How technology could transform board evaluations
Reforms to corporate governance could require greater board evaluation, but this needn’t be a headache. Technology in the shape of an external evaluation tool can help give businesses an edge, especially in the collection and anonymisation of data.

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The government’s planned changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code have stirred up more than just a few critics recently, but while the rules and regulations may force further corporate navel-gazing, there may be opportunity amid the red tape.
The emphasis of the changes to the Code will still be on ensuring that staff of listed companies are better represented at board level, as well as increased transparency on executive pay (although more watered-down than previously stated). These, like any other changes, can transform how boardrooms think—that is the intention of course—but also how they are evaluated.
Since 2012, FTSE350 companies have had to undergo external board evaluations (once every three years) to independe