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NEWS: Governance, 18 April, 2024
Ex-Royal Mail chair insists he gave appropriate attention to Post Office
Speaking at the public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal, Allan Leighton was refuting a suggestion of ‘overboarding’.
NEWS: Executive pay, 15 April, 2024
Executive pay debate intensifies with proxy advisors in the firing line
Big pharma chair Michel Demaré points to proxy advisors as cause of block on higher pay while more FTSE 100 companies plan boost to packages.
NEWS: Governance, 12 April, 2024
News round-up: governance this week
Proxy advisors challenge pay deal; due diligence directive enforcement needs to be pragmatic; watchdog pauses US climate risk reporting.
NEWS: Audit reform, 11 April, 2024
Reform audit ‘payment model’, academic argues
Dirk Beerbaum writes the Wirecard scandal underlines the need to confront the ‘inherent’ conflicts of interest caused by companies paying the auditors who police their financial reporting.
NEWS: AGM season, 9 April, 2024
Pension fund savers value votes against directors
Survey finds that majority of savers believe shareholder votes enable ‘strong’ corporate goverance.
NEWS: Chair independence, 8 April, 2024
Splitting CEO and chair jobs becomes proxy season feature
Activists argue combining CEO and chair roles creates ‘inherent conflict of interest’.
INSIGHT: Board expertise, 5 April, 2024
Twelve steps to the top as a non-executive director
Here are a dozen things to consider for candidates ready to take the step up to the boardroom as a non-exec.
NEWS: Governance, 5 April, 2024
News round-up: this week in governance
Financial services pay gap; US corporates and ‘political posturing’; are liberal CEOs better in a crisis?; the rule of law is in ‘recession’.