This infographic was designed by me and I just wanted to say that I really appreciate and agree with your feedback pertaining to the graphical representation of the data.

In fact in my the first few drafts, I did explore that sort of visual representation as I had more space since it was a vertical layout, but when I ended up redesigning it from scratch, I was a bit exasperated and so I wanted to keep it as simple and minimalistic as possible…little did I know that it would be approved by the client.
But if I had the chance to make changes on this, then I would most definitely do the things you mentioned in your post above. Once again, thanks for your insights.