News
Executive pay, 10 January, 2017
Executive pay becomes a political issue in Germany
Politicians line up to condemn high levels of executive pay after pension payments for Martin Winterkorn, VW’s former CEO, are published.
Corporate governance, 10 January, 2017
Sports Direct CEO welcomes support of hedge fund manager
Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey backs embattled Sports Direct CEO Mike Ashley.
Emissions scandal, 10 January, 2017
VW executive charged with fraud
Volkswagen’s former head of compliance, Oliver Schmidt, is arrested in Miami and held in custody.
Audit committees, 10 January, 2017
Survey finds ‘substantial work’ needed on risk management
Research finds that many audit committee members believe their risk management programmes need attention, while for many, managing major risk is becoming “increasingly difficult”.
Hospitality, 9 January, 2017
ITV boss Adam Crozier to join Whitbread board as non-executive
Crozier has been chief executive of Royal Mail and the Football Association, and has served as non-executive at G4S, Debenhams and Camelot.
Risk, 9 January, 2017
Boards face ‘industrialisation’ of cyber-threat
Executives could demand “unreasonable certainty” over cyber-security.
Regulators, 6 January, 2017
New board evaluation advice for Indian companies
SEBI issues guidelines after concluding many large Indian companies “may not have much clarity on the process of board evaluation”.
Chairmen, 6 January, 2017
Hellawell survives at Sport Direct
Independent shareholders vote against Keith Hellawell, the sitting chairman, who survives with the vote of chief executive Mike Ashley.
Employees on boards, 5 January, 2017
Workers on boards
Employees in British boardrooms remains a topic for debate in the UK. Lynn Strongin Dodds investigates models across Europe and learns that there is no “one-size-fits-all”.
Reform, 4 January, 2017
Governance commission rejected
Executive pay study prompts debate over calls for a new corporate governance commission in the UK.