Tag: Amazon
New NEDs for Dunelm
From 1 March this year, Ajay Kavan and Dan Taylor will become non-executive directors of the UK homewares retailer.
UN challenges CEOs for paying ‘poverty wages’
United Nations’ expert on extreme poverty names and shames profitable US giants Amazon, Walmart and DoorDash.
YouGov appoints non-executive directors
Shalini Govil-Pai and Devesh Mishra will this week join the board of the international research and data analytics group.
News round-up: this week in governance
Tory leadership contest; Grant Thornton fined; Norwegian insider dealing; virtual AGMs; US environmental disclosures; diversity at Amazon.
News round-up: this week in governance
JD Sports chair to depart; LGIM brings Jeff Bezos back down to Earth; CEO pay under scrutiny; fines for KPMG; and BlackRock backs off on ESG.
Amazon shareholders call for tax transparency
Investors want Amazon to use the Global Reporting Initiative’s Tax Standard to disclose its tax arrangements.
Andy Jassy becomes CEO of Amazon as Jeff Bezos moves to chair role
Jassy, who Bezos describes as “an outstanding leader”, is a longstanding Amazon executive and former CEO of Amazon Web Services.
Prime problem: the challenge of founder CEO succession
Two experts in leadership succession tackle the thorny problem of how to plan a successful transition from a founder CEO such as Jeff Bezos.
US regulator orders tech giants to release data on acquisitions
Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft face scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission over whether acquisitions of small tech firms were “anticompetitive”.
US business leaders pledge to ‘redefine corporate purpose’
Business Roundtable, a body whose members include the chief executives of Accenture and Amazon, has issued a new set of principles on corporate purpose and sustainable business strategy.