Quite often during a Board life, looking at the way to improve it’s composition, one member profile, in place, or to be recruited, is studied. The process recommended by Governance & Structures is to start from the company’s already defined strategy and from the existing and foreseen board structure. The standard approach is to list the factual parameters (age, gender, physical … [Read More...]
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The Benefits of an Early Start to Your Board Career
Family and social pressures on top of a busy executive job leave very little time for many to consider anything more than managing the status quo. However, not carving out some time to develop your personal brand can have serious consequences for your future board career. This means that starting your search for board roles early is absolutely critical. My previous Chairman (an exceptional … [Read More...]
The role of institutional investors in Corporate Governance
Corporate governance has emerged as a decisive business issue. Less corpora te governance research is undertaken in civil law countries like Germany. I n this thesis, the role of institutional investors in Germany is studied with the aim of providing an answer to the following research question: What role do independent institutional investors play in the corporate governance of listed German … [Read More...]
Evaluating Corporate Governance in Iranian Banks using the Scorecard Approach
In the past few years in Iran there have been publications of guidelines set out by the Central Bank on issues such as: internal control systems based on Audit and Risk Management and the improvement of corporate governance in the banks organizations. As a result, similar to other countries, Iranian banks are also in the process of implementing corporate governance principles and systems. With the … [Read More...]
Why is aviation safer than the boardroom?
By Simon Laffin
The basic model of commercial aviation is a thin tube of highly pressurised metal being propelled at 600 miles per hour by inflammable fuel at 35,000 feet in all weathers at temperatures of -57 degrees. So have you ever wondered how aviation got to be one of the safest forms of transport, despite being inherently full of such potentially catastrophic risks? … [Read More...]
B Corps Governance
Do B Companies’ boards of directors have their own characteristics? By definition, B Corps have a three-dimensional DNA, being concerned not only with economic results, but also with social and environmental matters. Traditional boards of directors assume a fiduciary duty that is related with loyalty and care: loyalty, by treating every shareholder in equal conditions; and care, by safeguarding … [Read More...]
Preview of the Regulatory Environment for 2016
By Curt Leger
Event Details January 14, 2016 2-3 p.m. (ET) Get key insights on current developments on regulatory forces impacting the boardroom and a look ahead at how companies are beginning to prepare for CEO pay ratio disclosure and an update on the proposed clawback listing standards rule, the pay versus performance disclosure rule, and the hedging disclosure rule. Hear perspectives from leading … [Read More...]
Bringing bad directors to book
The world’s full of good and bad – good and bad foods, good and bad books, good and bad movies. The list is endless and somewhere in there you’re bound to find good and bad directors. As it’s the bad directors who threaten to disrupt the good workings of the board and, in turn, the entity they serve, it’s worth having a look at just some of the tell-tale signs of bad behaviour. But before we … [Read More...]
Rules apply – to others
In Germany things tend to be a bit different. Our democracy encompasses us all, we have co-determination between representatives of capital and representatives of the workers, and we’ve got rules that don’t apply to everyone. One of these ‘don’t apply to everyone’ is what we call ‘cooling off’, namely a time out when members of the executive board may not move up to the Supervisory Board. To … [Read More...]
Path to Board Positions Paved with Honesty, Discipline and Hard Work
Forget the glamour and prestige of a board position. Yes, it’s a great professional achievement, it opens up enormous opportunity and there are plenty of rewards, but getting onto a board – especially if you’re a novice – and then serving on it and doing it justice takes a lot of honesty, discipline, dedication and downright hard work. … [Read More...]
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