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INSIGHT: AI and the board, 28 April, 2025
4 ways AI will transform board dynamics
Opportunities and challenges are arising from the integration of artificial intelligence into corporate governance.
NEWS: Anti-corruption, 25 April, 2025
Firms offered sweetener for self-reporting of suspected fraud
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office seeks ‘genuine cooperation’ with corporates to tackle bribery and corruption.
COMMENT: Equity, diversity and inclusion, 25 April, 2025
Fairness makes for meritocracy
Favouring actions over persuasion, boards can take small yet extremely effective steps to improve diversity, equity and inclusion.
NEWS: Governance, 25 April, 2025
News round-up: this week in governance
NEWS: Activist investors, 24 April, 2025
Investor activism grows in Europe and the UK
INSIGHT: Board performance, 22 April, 2025
Who should review your board’s performance?
NEWS: Omnibus, 22 April, 2025
EU sustainability reporting reforms trigger backlash from NGO coalition
INSIGHT: CEO succession, 18 April, 2025
3 transformative approaches to finding the best CEO
Interviews
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NEWS: International business
Tariffs chaos drives boardroom focus on resilience
Business leaders will prioritise the resilience of their organisations in the face of economic upheaval caused by ever changing US policies on tariffs.
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NEWS: AI and the boardroom
Corporate world has a ‘huge appetite’ for artificial intelligence
AI could change boardrooms to the extent that directors’ duties would change too, a panel of governance, technology and legal experts heard.
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NEWS: Governance
EU non-financial reporting reforms are an ‘opportunity’
Firms can take advantage of the delayed implementation of CSRD and CSDDD to take stock and find out what’s required.
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NEWS: Governance
Governance needs ‘mutual understanding’ between shareholders & boards
Board directors and investors should remember they are ‘all on the same team’, advises ICGN’s Jen Sisson, in a governance podcast.
Board Moves
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Board moves, 23 April, 2025
Elyes Mrad to become an easyJet NED
The Hertz International EVP will join the airline’s board as a non-executive director with effect from 1 June this year.
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Board moves, 14 April, 2025
ITV appoints Helen Ashton to its board
The former CFO of ASOS will join the broadcaster’s board as an independent non-executive director with effect from 13 May.
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Board moves, 3 April, 2025
Sainsbury’s appoints two non-executive directors
Katie Bickerstaffe and Steve Hare will join the board of the UK retail group after its annual general meeting in July.
Regulation
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NEWS: Anti-corruption, 25 April, 2025
Firms offered sweetener for self-reporting of suspected fraud
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office seeks ‘genuine cooperation’ with corporates to tackle bribery and corruption.
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NEWS: Non-executive directors, 11 April, 2025
Institute of Directors launches non-executive director commission
Its aim is to help foster ‘a culture of responsible risk taking and effective governance’ and enhance trust in UK business.
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NEWS: Directors' duties, 3 April, 2025
Japanese directors face personal liability over climate risk
As climate is officially a ‘material risk’, a report warns that Japanese directors are legally bound to ‘act with due care’.
Partner Contributions
INSIGHT: Supply chain management
Supply chain scrutiny: the strategic role of the board
A new white paper from Forvis Mazars and Board Agenda explains how corporate boards can play their part in building a purposeful supply chain to support business strategy.
WEBINAR: NED Awards 2025
The right skills blend for the perfect board
The evolution of boards and of the skills they require is gathering pace, according to a Non-Executive Director Awards webinar.
NEWS: Technology
Boards are ‘inundated with data’ and face growing compliance risks
Organisations are struggling to achieve the data literacy that would empower their decision-making, new survey reveals.
Corporates with an international presence need to understand the incoming disclosure demands from regulators, a webinar panel agreed.
NEWS: Webinar
Collaboration is key to UK energy transition
Communication, innovation and engagement are needed for the move to net zero, an expert panel recently concluded.
