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NEWS: Stakeholder governance, 27 January, 2023

Threat to stakeholder governance from Twitter sale ‘overstated’

Academics and experts argue stakeholder governance will always come second while the law puts the interests of shareholders first.
NEWS: Governance, 26 January, 2023

News round-up: this week in governance

Lessons from Davos; companies risk sliding back on ethical practices; economics affects everyone; Sir John Kingman moves to Barclays.

NEWS: Audit reform, 26 January, 2023

The Financial Reporting Council still awaits the proposed new statutory powers that would allow it to enforce substantive change.

NEWS: ESG investment, 25 January, 2023

On Twitter, Musk complains that large proxy advisers hold ‘far too much power’ over shareholder voting decisions.

NEWS: Shareholder activism, 20 January, 2023

Research reveals that activist investors were busier in 2022 than in 2019—and the upward trend is likely to continue.

NEWS: Governance, 19 January, 2023

Musk and Edelman trade jibes; communication is key to investor relations; "green hushing" in the US; BlackRock speaks up for sustainability.

Board moves, 26 January, 2023

Whitbread appoints NED

Dame Cilla Snowball, former group CEO of advertising giant AMV BBDO, has joined the board as a non-executive director.
Board moves, 25 January, 2023

British Honey Company appoints NED

Andrew Smallman becomes a non-executive director of BHC, a producer of British honey and craft spirits, with immediate effect.
Board moves, 23 January, 2023

Barclays announces board changes

Sir John Kingman will join as a NED and take over from Crawford Gillies as chair of the group’s ring-fenced banking arm, Barclays UK.
Board moves, 20 January, 2023

Landsec names new chair

Sir Ian Cheshire will step down from the board of BT Group in order to take over as Landsec’s chair from Cressida Hogg CBE.