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  • Category: Board Expertise
    • Top fund fires warning shot at ‘laggard’ boards
    • Why we need to value whistleblowing
    • HR: How to build employee trust in corporate culture
    • Top companies dismiss concept of workers on boards
    • Boards want powerful CEOs in tough times
    • Risk: beware the leadership clique
    • How listening to workers can boost business
    • NEDs ‘needed more than ever’ in times of uncertainty
    • Why are ‘ethical’ executives still highly paid?
    • Companies lean towards hiring CEOs new to the C-suite
    • How to chair the board more effectively
    • ‘Poor’ proxy advisers ‘stifle’ investor stewardship
    • Every board needs a STEM professional
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Number of ‘ESG-engaged’ directors rises steeply
    • Governance must not stand in the way of innovation
    • Integrity as a means of internal control
    • Succession planning can calm the market
    • Boards must prepare for active political engagement
    • Culture fit: make or break for M&As
    • Let AI pick up the board’s admin only, experts advise
    • Boards advised to ‘act now to save auto sector’
    • Nominations open for this year’s Non-Executive Director Awards
    • Diversity statements are not all ‘cheap talk’, finds study
    • Why do narcissistic CEOs promise and fail?
    • Board veto of shareholder AGM resolution under scrutiny
    • Why D&I should top the board agenda
    • The X factor in crafting new CXO roles successfully
    • The Secret NED: whistleblowing and the board
    • What happens when a director resigns?
    • Psychology: the CEO on the couch
    • 3 things you can do to improve ESG
    • What the world can learn from Nordic boards
    • Business transformation is a priority now, say experts
    • US boards slow diversity with poor retirement policies
    • Has hybridity killed teamwork?
    • ESG communications: What boards need to know
    • How to be an effective chair during volatile times
    • Paying for sustainable performance
    • Half of corporate leaders reject pay as a main driver for ESG
    • Stakeholder pressure increases urgency on ESG
    • Many executives ‘fail to understand the role and value of boards’
    • 5 topics to improve the effectiveness of your board
    • Why emotional intelligence is essential for successful leadership
    • AI decision-making presents new ethical risks
    • The heavy cost of boardroom disasters
    • What Ukraine teaches us about effective leadership in a crisis
    • Board effectiveness in the new world of work
    • Selecting a direction: the six paths to leadership
    • Climate leadership: meeting the challenges of ESG
    • Investor interference: how should your board respond?
    • NED Awards 2022: a diverse range of nominees and outstanding winners
    • Audit committees and ESG: 10 key observations
    • Business concern over cyber attacks rises in wake of Ukraine conflict
    • Rethinking boards: what does the future hold for directors?
    • The Secret NED: if your board has problems, don’t be a hero
    • Boards have intensified their attention on employee well-being, survey reveals
    • Boards ‘face data challenge’ as digital tools transform governance
    • The hot seat: how chairs shape a positive board culture
    • ‘Purpose-driven’ leaders honoured at Modern Governance awards
    • What is ‘independent judgment’—and how should board directors use it?
    • How to onboard directors so they hit the ground running
    • Are you asking the right questions of your data team?
    • Diligent launches its third Modern Governance 100 awards
    • Leaders confident of Covid comeback but doubt their abilities in digital
    • Raise your digital game: strategy, governance and skills for transformation
    • The Secret NED: board compliance matters, even on the little things
    • The post-Covid recovery demands ‘context-conscious’ leadership
    • NED Awards 2021 winners praised for ‘commitment, care and competence’
    • The group dynamics that define well-functioning boards
    • Three ways for the board to enhance its climate competency
    • Firms need ‘two layers’ of AI governance
    • Why ESG strategy is a complex corporate challenge for boards
    • Prime problem: the challenge of founder CEO succession
    • Foreign audit committee members linked to low-quality financial reporting
    • The Secret NED: a non-executive is not just for Christmas
    • Top companies report problems with CEO succession planning
    • The Secret NED: Clinton, company email and a confidentiality dilemma
    • A checklist for boards in the new normal
    • Dame Alison Carnwath: ‘We’d all rather look into somebody’s eyes’
    • Dame Alison Carnwath on NEDs, nomcos and future-fit boards
    • Digital expertise in the boardroom ‘improves company performance’
    • Leadership in wicked times
    • The Secret NED: how can non-execs balance oversight and loyalty?
    • What does it take to be an effective non-executive director?
    • Interview: Tesco chair John Allan on the role of non-executive directors
    • Board directors ‘lack specific sustainability knowledge’
    • Gender diversity on boards pays dividends—but inequality persists
    • Shareholders happier with CEO pay levels in 2020 as revolts halve
    • S&P prefers its CEOs to be insiders
    • Tech skills in the boardroom and the race for survival
    • How we formed a strategy—and then adapted it to a global pandemic
    • Crisis leadership and the role of the board
    • How failed M&A can destroy a director’s credibility
    • How to grow your resilience at a time of uncertainty
    • Balancing the books: the challenges of chairing a library charity
    • Forget perfect: how to make decisions during uncertain times
    • Stream team: how to make your virtual board meetings a success
    • Remote possibilities: can you really learn leadership online?
    • The role of the board in times of distress
    • NED Awards 2020: ‘It’s the unexpected that really tests us’
    • How true leaders communicate in a crisis
    • Board leadership and culture will be a differentiator in this crisis
    • Questions non-execs should ask before joining the board
    • How boards can learn to talk about ‘unspeakable’ issues
    • How boards can help shape the future of capitalism
    • Five qualities for business leaders in an age of uncertainty
    • Survey launches to reveal boardroom risk thinking
    • Feeling drained? Why leaders must learn to manage their energy
    • Corporate activism: how CEOs should approach political issues
    • NED Awards 2020: ‘Think strategically about how your company adapts’
    • Sustainability and the five archetypes of boardroom behaviour
    • Boards under media influence
    • New threats to ‘diversity of thought’ despite better board composition
    • Rapid technological change ‘is disrupting leadership’
    • Cybersecurity: how to close the knowledge gap
    • The Secret NED: mind your boardroom language
    • Banking on better cybersecurity
    • Winners revealed of Non-Executive Awards
    • What boards need to know about whistleblowing
    • Sir Roger Carr: What makes a good non-executive?
    • Performance and accountability: the changing role of the chair
    • Why poor cybersecurity is a ticking time bomb
    • A disruptive influence: how new technology is challenging boards
    • The Secret NED: the long (long) list for choosing a new chair
    • Culture and intangibles top list of engagement concerns
    • Learning from and resolving boardroom conflict
    • Domino’s debacle poses questions for SIDs
    • A healthy balance for parent banks
    • Tax transparency: compliance burden or reputation booster?
    • Being prepared: The rise in internal investigations
    • Subsidiaries under scrutiny
    • Harnessing conflict for boardroom success
    • Tomorrow’s leadership, today: nurturing future leaders
    • NED Awards: what it takes to be great
    • Resilient leadership: how leaders can survive trauma
    • The chemistry of leadership: can hormone replacement therapy help?
    • Ten measures boards should take to protect against cybersecurity attacks   
    • Succession planning: Alibaba works its magic
    • Corporate photos reveal a minority report of directors
    • Public image a major concern for boardroom leadership
    • Preparation key for growing trend of corporate venture capital deals
    • Why it is time to take stock of governance in banking
    • A practical guide to executive onboarding
    • How automation and digitisation are driving an outsourcing rethink
    • Inside the minds of ‘athletic’ leaders
    • Board gender diversity requires a diversity of attitude
    • The Secret NED: time for the governance code to find its direction
    • The Five Qs – a recipe for effective leadership
    • Five attributes of successful board directors
    • Five steps to ensuring an effective board merger
    • The Secret NED: why boards must think seriously about sustainability
    • Non-execs need the right skills for effective integrated reporting
    • Twelve of the biggest mistakes boards make about culture 
    • The guardianship circle: praxis of governance and audit committees
    • Information asymmetry is good for effective boards
    • Give investors a greater say on executive pay
    • Non-executives and setting the right tone at the top
    • Twelve questions to determine board effectiveness
    • The Secret NED: how boards can keep RoboNed at bay
    • Board chair practices across the world: an INSEAD study
    • The three Es of effective board leadership: an INSEAD study
    • View from the chair: Kieran Moynihan on PE versus PLC board performance
    • FTSE100 CEO pay falls but much further to go, say governance experts
    • Research reveals route to resolving boardroom tension and conflict
    • The Secret NED: the trials of the remuneration chair
    • Eleven leadership guidelines for the digital age
    • Three crucial advantages of multicultural management teams
    • The right C-suite incentive structure makes firms smarter
    • Personal impact: making your presence felt in the boardroom
    • A happy engagement: The path to good investor relations
    • Do company boards need an expert in cybersecurity and technology?
    • Audit committees and the environment
    • What’s behind the rise in shareholder class actions?
    • Why women struggle with shorter boardroom tenure
    • The overstretched non-exec and balancing a portfolio
    • What leaders can learn from the rise of the outsider
    • Bye bye NED
    • The Secret NED: Welcome, newbie NEDs
    • Overconfident CEOs are less socially responsible
    • The need for engaged boards is more crucial than ever before
    • Courage ranked top boardroom trait
    • How conflict makes for effective boards
    • Limits to value in board diversity
    • 10 questions for building a board
    • Specialist deficit on boards
    • It’s all about attitude
    • Perceptions matter when it comes to investor relations
    • Critical distance
    • Societal costs of CEO hubris
    • Governing self-interest
    • Story telling
    • Pay pressure
    • Should it be lonely to be a CEO?
    • How to appoint the right auditor for your business
  • Category: Board Moves
    • Whitbread appoints NED
    • British Honey Company appoints NED
    • Barclays announces board changes
    • Landsec names new chair
    • Young’s announces NED appointment
    • Permanent TSB appoints chair designate
    • Caroline Silver to be chair designate at Barratt Developments
    • Dame Karen Jones becomes Whitbread NED
    • TT Electronics makes NED appointments
    • New senior NED for easyJet
    • Samy Reeb joins Playtech as NED
    • Reach plc announces non-executive director appointment
    • Rio Tinto appoints NED
    • Stuart Lewis to join NatWest
    • Reckitt appoints NED
    • Santander nominates independent director
    • Fever-Tree raises toast to next chair
    • Geeta Nanda moves to Redrow as NED
    • Ryanair appoints NED
    • John Brewis to chair Games Workshop
    • Centrica appoints NED
    • New NED for Travis Perkins
    • Unbound Group appoints non-executive director
    • NextEnergy Solar Fund appoints next chair
    • PZ Cussons gains NED and future chair
    • Bob Iger returns as Disney CEO
    • Naked Wines announces NED
    • ICG appoints chair
    • Sage appoints non-executive director
    • Christine Ramon joins Vodafone
    • Schroder fund appoints NED
    • PUMA promotes Arne Freundt to CEO
    • Virgin Experience Days announces new chair
    • AO appoints a new NED
    • Barratt appoints non-executive director
    • Danske Bank UK announces new chair
    • Shell appoints NED
    • Ocado appoints non-executive director
    • Three new NEDs for Spire
    • On the Beach appoints executive director
    • Comptoir appoints CEO
    • Li Fanrong becomes chair of Pirelli
    • De Beers Group announces co-chair and new chief executive
    • New NEDs for Experian
    • NatWest announces NED appointment
    • Aston Martin Lagonda appoints NED
    • Satish Pai to join BP board as a non-executive director
    • Nationwide appoints Tracey Graham as independent non-executive director
    • Baroness Rock to chair Costain’s board
    • Tesco appoints non-executive director
    • DFS appoints non-executive chair
    • Shell confirms CEO transition
    • Serco announces CEO designate
    • Véronique Laury joins BAT board
    • Yahoo appoints independent director
    • Mary Dillon becomes Foot Locker CEO
    • McDonald’s elects new board members
    • Wizz Air creates deputy chair role
    • BNY Mellon’s Pershing appoints CEO of EMEA
    • New NED for Card Factory
    • Anand Aithal joins Saga as NED
    • Co-op appoints Shirine Khoury-Haq as CEO
    • AstraZeneca announces chair succession
    • Gwendoline Cazenave to be next Eurostar CEO
    • EasyJet reshuffles its board
    • Harland & Wolff gains NED
    • New CEO joins Joules
    • Scottish Building Society appoints chair
    • Philips announces CEO succession
    • Shaw healthcare appoints chair
    • Xerox appoints CEO
    • Alan Stewart to be NED at Burberry
    • ECB selects next chair
    • Amanda Blanc joins BP board
    • Matt Davies becomes Greggs’ chair designate
    • JD Sports appoints new CEO
    • FCA chair appointed
    • Volkswagen Group appoints next chair
    • Tourism Northern Ireland names new chair
    • Cressida Hogg to become chair of BAE Systems
    • Eoin Tonge to join ABF as finance director
    • Hyatt Hotels names CIO
    • Credit Suisse nominates new group chief executive
    • Alison Brittain is appointed Premier League chair
    • Rolls-Royce announces its next CEO
    • Lee Taylor to become CEO at Allianz UK
    • Cabinet Office makes key appointments
    • BNY Mellon names next chief financial officer
    • Jane Millichip to be CEO of BAFTA
    • René de Groot joins British Airways as COO
    • Mirriad Advertising appoints two NEDs
    • Deutsche Bank appoints chief sustainability officer
    • Graihagh Crawshaw-Sadler appointed CEO of Bookmark
    • Technology company SDI appoints its next CFO
    • Naureen Hassan to become president of UBS Americas
    • Nyetimber appoints chief executive
    • Hospice UK names Toby Porter as CEO
    • Chris Browne appointed as NED at Kier Group
    • Katie Murray to become chair of Phoenix board audit committee
    • McDonald’s nominates Ian Borden as chief financial officer
    • Jupiter Fund Management appoints next CEO
    • EasyJet’s chief operating officer resigns
    • Dominic Paul to return to Whitbread as chief executive
    • Sam Smith steps down from finnCap CEO position
    • The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity appoints new chair
    • TUI Group confirms new CEO and CFO
    • AkzoNobel announces new chief executive
    • Shaun McCabe to become CFO at Boohoo
    • Berkeley Group names Michael Dobson as next chair
    • Asos appoints new chief executive and chair
    • Santander nominates Héctor Grisi as CEO
    • Foxtons Group appoints Guy Gittins as chief executive
    • B&M names Alex Russo as its next chief executive
    • Simon Moore appointed as the next chair at LV=
    • Karen Witts joins Dunelm board as chief financial officer
    • JD Sports appoints interim CEO and non-executive chair
    • John Bason to join SSE board as non-executive director
    • New leadership team takes the helm at M&S
    • ANZ Banking Group appoints Jeff Smith as non-executive director
    • Lynne Weedall joins Greggs as non-executive director
    • National Grid appoints Iain Mackay as non-executive director
    • Stephen Carter to join Vodafone board as non-executive director
    • Susan McErlain joins Brickability as an independent non-executive director
    • Dalton Philips appointed as chief executive of Greencore
    • Ian Smyth named as next chief executive of Electricity North West  
    • IHG appoints Byron Grote as non-executive director
    • Delphine Cunci and Simon Segars to join Vodafone board
    • Aston Martin Lagonda appoints Amedeo Felisa as chief executive
    • United Utilities names Louise Beardmore as CEO designate
    • Carnival appoints Josh Weinstein as president and chief executive
    • Oxford Biomedica appoints Namrata Patel as non-executive director
    • Ann-marie Murphy joins The Gym Group board
    • Nokia appoints three new non-executive directors to the board
    • Mark Brooker joins Heathrow Airport board as non-executive director
    • Howard Schultz rejoins Starbucks board as interim CEO
    • Chet Patel and Salma Shah join Mitie board as non-executive directors
    • Shirine Khoury-Haq named as interim CEO at Co-operative Group
    • FirstGroup appoints Myrtle Dawes as non-executive director
    • Tracy Corrigan joins Domino’s Pizza as non-executive director
    • Raj Subramaniam named as chief executive of FedEx
    • Chris Smith and David Berry join Osler Diagnostics board
    • Credit Suisse proposes three new non-executive directors
    • Charles Allen appointed as non-executive chair of THG
    • Purplebricks names Helena Marston as its new chief executive
    • Doug Lafferty to join Aston Martin Lagonda as chief financial officer
    • Alan Keir joins Nationwide board as non-executive director
    • Dunelm appoints Kelly Devine as non-executive director
    • Sinead Gorman named as chief financial officer at Shell
    • Robert Maersk Uggla appointed as chair of A.P. Moller–Maersk
    • Smith+Nephew appoints Deepak Nath as chief executive
    • Jitesh Gadhia to join Rolls-Royce board as non-executive director
    • Financial Reporting Council appoints four new non-executive directors
    • Krishnan Anand joins British American Tobacco as non-executive director
    • Luca Maestri and Chris Leong nominated to join Nestlé board
    • Peloton appoints Angel Mendez and Jonathan Mildenhall to the board
    • LV= appoints Seamus Creedon as interim chair
    • Lyssa McGowan takes the lead at Pets at Home
    • Taylor Wimpey names Jennie Daly as chief executive
    • Jay Malave joins Lockheed Martin as chief financial officer
    • Jochen Eickholt appointed as chief executive of Siemens Gamesa
    • The Home Depot names Ted Decker as chief executive
    • SMS appoints Tim Mortlock as chief executive officer
    • Kevin Parry takes up chair role at Nationwide
    • Simon Dingemans joins WPP as non-executive director
    • Shawn Purvis named as president and CEO of QinetiQ US
    • Kraft Heinz appoints Andre Maciel as global chief financial officer
    • Veolia board names Estelle Brachlianoff as next chief executive
    • Asos appoints Patrick Kennedy as senior independent director
    • Anne E. Robinson joins National Grid board as non-executive director
    • InterContinental Hotels Group names Deanna Oppenheimer as next chair
    • Credit Suisse Group appoints Axel Lehmann as new chair
    • David Blackwood and Dominic Lavelle join the Go-Ahead board
    • Facebook owner Meta names Tony Xu as board director
    • Lee Williams appointed as chief financial officer at Seraphine Group
    • Dirk Van den Berghe joins The Very Group as chair
    • Foxtons Group appoints Chris Hough as chief financial officer
    • Henry de Zoete joins Hornby board as non-executive director
    • Volvo Cars appoints Jim Rowan as CEO and president
    • Roisin Currie named as next chief executive of Greggs
    • Amber Rudd joins Centrica board as non-executive director
    • Jan du Plessis lined up as next chair of the Financial Reporting Council
    • Susan Arnold becomes first female chair of Walt Disney
    • Pearson appoints Omid Kordestani as chair designate
    • Rio Tinto names Dominic Barton as next chair of the board
    • Apurvi Sheth and Kelly Kuhn join SSP Group as independent NEDs
    • Oxford Biomedica appoints Catherine Moukheibir as non-executive director
    • Robert Isom named as next chief executive of American Airlines
    • Lyft appoints Elaine Paul as chief financial officer
    • Angela Lockwood joins Mears Group as non-executive director
    • Lisa Fretwell joins Santander UK as independent non-executive director
    • TSB boss Debbie Crosbie named as next chief executive of Nationwide
    • Fashion group Inditex gives its leadership team a makeover
    • Twitter names new chief executive and chair
    • Patrick Coveney appointed as group CEO of food travel firm SSP
    • KPMG UK extends Bina Mehta’s term as chair
    • Burberry appoints Danuta Gray as non-executive director
    • Lord Stuart Rose and Dame Alison Carnwath join Asda board
    • Zheng Yin to join Informa board as non-executive director
    • Alexander Wynaendts chosen as next chair of Deutsche Bank
    • UBS nominates Colm Kelleher and Lukas Gähwiler as chair and vice-chair
    • Nick Bate named as chair of Redcentric board
    • Alan Ralph joins DCC board as non-executive director
    • Jason Liberty to take the helm at Royal Caribbean Group
    • Holly Elliott joins City Pub Group as chief financial officer
    • Wizz Air appoints Anna Gatti as non-executive director
    • Duncan Wanblad named as next CEO of Anglo American
    • Graham Allan appointed as senior independent NED at IHG
    • Gillian Sheldon and Tom Delay join Severn Trent board
    • Barclays appoints C.S. Venkatakrishnan as group chief executive
    • Dr Harry C. Dietz to join GSK board as independent non-executive director
    • Direct Line Group appoints Tracy Corrigan as non-executive director
    • Arlene Isaacs-Lowe and Sundar Raman to join Compass Group board
    • Monique Melis named as senior independent director at Metro Bank
    • ReNeuron appoints Catherine Isted as chief financial officer
    • Ian Tyler to join Anglo American as non-executive director
    • Versace boss Jonathan Akeroyd appointed as Burberry CEO
    • Ian Dyson named as new chair of the board at Asos
    • Informa appoints Joanne Wilson and Louise Smalley as non-executives
    • Vijay Talwar joins Dunelm board as non-executive director
    • 3i Group appoints David Hutchison as chair
    • Deborah Kerr to join Vodafone board as non-executive director
    • Linda Marston-Weston joins Playtech as non-executive director
    • Sebastian Coe scoops board role at lottery firm Sazka
    • Glencore appoints David Wormsley as independent non-executive director
    • Paul Manduca takes the wheel as chair of Eurowag
    • Kevin Davidson named as CEO of Norman Broadbent
    • Biffa appoints Linda Morant as non-executive director
    • Mike Coupe joins fashion brand New Look as chair
    • John Flint named as CEO of the UK Infrastructure Bank
    • Afonso Reis e Sousa becomes chief financial officer at Petrofac
    • Elmar Schnee takes on chair role at pharma firm Clinigen
    • Stephen Hester appointed as next chair of easyJet
    • New deputy CEO, COO and non-executive director at AJ Bell
    • Joanne Curd joins Dillistone Group as chief financial officer
    • James Saralis named as chief executive of NAHL Group
    • Nicky Morgan joins Santander UK as independent non-executive director
    • Adam Crozier appointed as chair of BT Group
    • Naked Wines appoints Darryl Rawlings as its new chair
    • Philip Hourquebie takes over chair role at Investec Group
    • ANZ appoints Christine O’Reilly as non-executive director
    • Mark Anderson and Dan Nicholson to join board of Great Portland Estates
    • Argo Blockchain board welcomes three new independent non-execs
    • Schroders appoints Dame Elizabeth Corley as its next chair
    • FirstGroup chair David Martin to take on temporary executive role
    • Kathryn Mikells joins ExxonMobil as chief financial officer
    • Paul Lewis takes over as firmwide managing partner at Linklaters
    • Watkin Jones appoints new chair and chief financial officer
    • Barbara Staehelin appointed as senior independent director at ReNeuron
    • Aston Martin accelerates board diversity with new NEDs
    • Tony Wood and Martha Wyrsch join National Grid as non-execs
    • David Wells appointed as next chair of the board at Wise
    • Kalidas Madhavpeddi named as new Glencore chair
    • Andy Jassy becomes CEO of Amazon as Jeff Bezos moves to chair role
    • Gymshark founder Ben Francis takes back CEO role
    • Matthew Ashley joins Micro Focus as chief financial officer
    • Kantar names Chris Jansen as its new chief executive officer
    • Elish Angiolini and Debbie Crosbie to join SSE as non-executive directors
    • Southwest Airlines appoints Bob Jordan as chief executive officer
    • Pamela B. Jackson joins the board at TTM Technologies
    • RBG appoints Patsy Baker and David Wilkinson as independent NEDs
    • Lord Livingston joins National Grid as non-executive director
    • GameStop scores new CEO and CFO for ‘refreshed board’
    • Heathrow appoints climate expert Joan MacNaughton to its board
    • Anita Frew named as first female chair at Rolls-Royce
    • Ben Wyatt to join Rio Tinto as non-executive director
    • AstraZeneca appoints Aradhana Sarin as chief financial officer
    • Eytan Uliel moves into CEO role at Challenger Energy
    • Smiths Group appoints Paul Keel as chief executive officer
    • Dan Janki joins Delta Airlines as chief financial officer
    • EssilorLuxottica names new CEO, chair and board in governance overhaul
    • L Brands appoints new CFOs at Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works
    • ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming hands over to co-founder Liang Rubo
    • Lutz Schüler and Patricia Cobian to take CEO and CFO roles at merged mobile firm
    • George Farmer named as new chief executive of Parler
    • Steve Priest appointed as eBay’s new chief financial officer
    • Mark Breuer named as next chair of the board at DCC
    • Danone appoints Antoine de Saint-Affrique as CEO
    • Charles Wilson joins Menzies Distribution as non-executive director
    • Neil Manser confirmed as chief financial officer at Direct Line Group
    • Dr Anne Beal joins GlaxoSmithKline board as a non-executive director
    • Linklaters elects Aedamar Comiskey as senior partner
    • Mary O’Connor to leave KPMG after being overlooked in CEO vote
    • Michel Doukeris appointed as chief executive of AB InBev
    • Shouzi Chew named as new chief executive of TikTok
    • Peter Sjölander joins Superdry as chair of the board
    • Matt Puckett named as new chief financial officer at VF Corporation
    • Pearson appoints Annette Thomas as independent non-executive director
    • Sacha Sadan joins the Financial Conduct Authority as ESG director
    • Duncan Tatton-Brown and Anne Wojcicki to join Cazoo board
    • Lyca Group appoints Navanit Narayan as chief executive
    • Satoshi Tsunakawa takes over as Toshiba president and CEO
    • Les Thomas joins board of Jersey Oil & Gas as independent NED
    • Jon Holt elected as new chief executive of KPMG UK
    • Sarah Sands scoops board role at Berkeley Group
    • Four new non-executive directors join Indivior board
    • General Motors appoints Meg Whitman and Mark Tatum to the board
    • Jim Mintern to join board of CRH as group finance director
    • Marc Rowan takes over as CEO of Apollo Global Management
    • Cineworld appoints Ashley Steel as independent non-executive director
    • Helena Morrissey and Evelyn Bourke to join the board of AJ Bell
    • Simon Kirkpatrick appointed as group CFO at Mitie
    • Habib Annous to join Hammerson board as non-executive director
    • Gilles Schnepp takes over from Emmanuel Faber as chair of Danone
    • Merit Janow nominated for election to Aptiv’s board of directors
    • Lodewijk Hijmans van den Bergh set to join ING supervisory board
    • Marston’s CEO Ralph Findlay calls time on current role
    • HSBC appoints Rachel Duan as independent non-executive director
    • Bob Sternfels elected global managing partner at McKinsey
    • Sir Andrew Mackenzie named as new chair of Shell
    • Reddit appoints Drew Vollero as its first chief financial officer
    • Vin Murria joins M&C Saatchi as deputy chair of the board
    • Rio Tinto chair Simon Thompson to step down in 2022
    • Michael Angelakis and Jeffrey Ubben join ExxonMobil board
    • Sensyne Health appoints new CFO and two non-executive directors
    • BT chair Jan du Plessis to step down later this year
    • Fuel retailer EG Group appoints Dame Alison Carnwath to the board
    • Daniela Barone Soares and Richard Anderson join IHG board
    • Stella David joins Domino’s Pizza as independent non-executive director
    • Stripe appoints Mark Carney to its board of directors
    • Adriane M. Brown joins the board of American Airlines
    • Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala named director-general of the WTO
    • ABN AMRO nominates Lars Kramer as chief financial officer
    • Anglo American appoints Elisabeth Brinton as non-exec
    • Dame Carolyn Fairbairn to join HSBC as independent NED
    • Olaf Swantee set to join Vodafone as non-executive director
    • KPMG appoints Bina Mehta as temporary chair
    • Valérie Baudson appointed as chief executive of Amundi
    • John Barker named as chair of ITI Capital
    • Cynthia Carroll joins Glencore as independent NED
    • Prudential appoints Chua Sock Koong and Ming Lu as NEDs
    • Tony Quinlan joins Costain as non-executive director
    • Rosalind Brewer named CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance
    • Tate & Lyle appoints Vivid Sehgal as chief financial officer
    • UBS announces nomination of two new board members
    • WH Smith appoints Kal Atwal as non-executive director
    • Simon Wolfson takes up non-exec role at Deliveroo
    • Rio Ferdinand joins The Gym as independent non-exec
    • Hammerson’s CFO James Lenton announces his departure
    • Direct Line Group CFO Tim Harris takes leave of absence
    • Board moves: David Smith named as non-executive chair of Kavango Resources
    • Board moves: M&G chair to take temporary leave of absence
    • Board moves: Simply Biz Group appoints Imogen Joss as non-exec
    • Board moves: BHP announces board changes as Susan Kilsby steps down
    • Board moves: Adrian Joseph appointed to board of Direct Line Group
    • Board moves: Sir Ian Cheshire to step down as chair of Barclays Bank UK
    • Board moves: Tamara Ingram to chair new M&S ESG committee
    • Board moves: new chair for National Grid nominations committee
    • Board moves: LandSec announces changes to executive leadership team
    • Board moves: David Howell to leave chair role at Countryside Properties
    • Board moves: Burberry appoints Antoine Bernard de Saint-Affrique as NED
    • Bernard Meunier and David Rennie to join Nestlé board
    • Board moves: Sir Peter Bonfield joins Imagination Technologies as NED
    • Board moves: Michael Macdonnell to join Sensyne Health as chief operating officer
    • Board moves: Jane Fraser to take over as Citigroup CEO
    • Rio Tinto CEO resigns following Aboriginal caves scandal
    • Board moves: Domino’s delivers on gender diversity after industry pressure
    • Board moves: Andy Bird appointed CEO at education publisher Pearson
    • Rio Tinto revamps board after criticism over lack of diversity
    • Board moves: Tristel appoints Bruno Holthof as chair
    • Board moves: Lookers signs tech non-exec Heather Jackson
    • Board moves: Rightmove completes on new chair
    • Board moves: Andrew Coppel named as chair of Arcadia
    • Board moves: Katrina Cliffe appointed SID at HomeServe
    • Board moves: Millennium & Copthorne Hotels and Nyrstar
    • Board moves: Heathrow Airport Holdings, Network International and WPP
    • Board moves: London Stock Exchange Group, AB InBev and British Land
    • Board moves at Marks & Spencer; Huntsworth; and RBS
    • Board moves: Unilever and Rathbone Brothers
    • Board Moves: Derwent London; Serco; and Idox
    • Board moves: IG; Sensyne Health; and Pendragon
    • Board moves: BT; ASOS; and appScatter
    • Elon Musk drops Tesla chairman role; and IG CEO leaves board
    • Hellawell leaves Sports Direct as Ashley lambasts City and media
    • Stobart appoints first female executive in board overhaul
    • Uber boosts IPO plan after long-awaited CFO appointment
    • Board moves at YouGov, Direct Line, and Silence Therapeutics
    • ITV finance head to chair ITN
    • Board moves at Fiat Chrysler/Ferrari; GAME Digital; and Smiths
    • Board moves at Speedy Hire; Barclays; and BTG
    • Brexit could increase European voices on UK boards, says report
    • Stobart chairman wins pyrrhic AGM vote as board overhaul looms
    • Board moves at Sainsbury’s; TP ICAP; and Ocado
    • Crozier to take ASOS chairmanship
    • Ex-Olympics minister takes Camelot chair in board evolution
    • Board moves at TP ICAP; Standard Life Aberdeen; Ashtead Group; & Northgate
    • Board moves for comparethemarket.com; Drax; and Abcam
    • Board moves at Domino’s Pizza Group and Stanley Gibbons
    • Board moves at RBS; BP; and Safestyle
    • Air France-KLM appoints interim governance structure
    • Board moves at Halfords; St. James’s Place; and C&C Group
    • Board moves at Centrica, Whitbread, GSK and National Grid
    • Board moves at Sainsbury’s/Asda; Tesla; and Cabot Energy
    • Board moves at Safestyle; Hurricane Energy; and Citi
    • Board moves at Tullow Oil; Deutsche Bahn and Mothercare
    • Board moves at Zurich and Toshiba
    • Telecom Italia executives quit, as investor Elliott calls move ‘stalling’
    • Board moves at Euronext and Latham & Watkins
    • Board moves at TUI Group and Mondi
    • Former easyJet CFO takes IoD chair during Lady Judge case
    • Board moves at AkzoNobel, Euromoney and Telit Communications
    • Board moves at Standard Life Aberdeen and Rolls-Royce
    • Lufthansa irks Belgians with restructuring of Brussels Airlines management
    • Board moves at Helical, Victrex and Future
    • Hargreaves Lansdown appoints Oppenheimer as new chair
    • Board moves at Haynes Publishing, Findel and Interserve
    • Meller quits Department for Education role over Presidents Club scandal
    • Board moves at Countrywide, Inchcape and Capita
    • Major board moves for British Land and insurance firm esure
    • Dixons Carphone CFO to join M&S as retailer steps up transformation plan
    • Tyler becomes chairman at Amey
    • Eric Schmidt steps down as chairman of Google owner
    • Rio Tinto appoints Simon Thompson as chairman
    • Long-serving Fransson takes chair at Net Insight
    • London Stock Exchange struck by leadership crisis after CEO quits
    • Investor ire sees Sir Mick Davis’s Rio Tinto chairmanship plan shelved
    • Olisa lined up for Interswitch; Whitman to leave Hewlett Packard Enterprise
    • Activist investor set for Procter & Gamble board after dramatic vote recount
    • Conservative Party CEO lined up for mining return with Rio Tinto
    • LSE clashes with shareholders over governance of CEO departure
    • Deutsche Börse CEO quits amid insider dealing investigation
    • Former AA chairman Bob Mackenzie faces bonus repayment demand
    • Hornby’s interim chairman sets departure time; Pettigrew quits Crest Nicholson
    • BP leadership set to change in search for new chairman
    • Sainsbury’s said to begin search for new chairman
    • Novartis appoints new chief executive as Jimenez retires
    • Air France-KLM hunts for female director after shareholder protest
    • Institutions oppose Sports Direct chairman’s reappointment
    • Infosys board cites ‘founder criticism’ as reason for CEO’s departure
    • Paddy Power Betfair CEO Corcoran to leave, while non-exec steps up
    • Major investors ditch Sports Direct holdings as governance concerns continue
    • The AA removes executive chairman citing ‘gross misconduct’
    • Drax builds sustainability credentials with Nussbaum appointment
    • MacKenzie set to face shareholders after taking the chair at BHP
    • ITV’s Crozier takes board role at Whitbread
    • Ethical ‘lapses’ driving more CEO departures, says study
    • New appointments this week
    • Legal & General man joins board of FRC
    • Mark Tucker to chair HSBC
    • Merger created between Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management
    • Tullow’s CEO to become chairman
    • ITV boss Adam Crozier to join Whitbread board as non-executive
    • Ghosn to chair Mitsubishi
    • DFS chairman to step down
    • Cobham chairman to step down
    • OECD committee gains new president and two new VPs
    • William Hill in board shake-up
    • Land Securities appoints Cadbury as NED
    • Tata replaces Mistry with interim chair
    • Cath Kidston names Wikstrom as NED
    • The Exeter appoints new NED
    • Chairman and NED to leave OneSavings
    • Dawson joins Lancashire as NED
    • Hampton joins Great Portland Estates
    • Fulham Shore appoints former Conran CEO
    • Mitchells & Butlers brings in Browne
    • Andalas hires oil and gas veteran Arnott
    • Hikma brings in Henderson
    • Thomson Reuters appoints Peck
    • Punch appoints Fox
    • Larmon joins Bodycote
    • Sinha travels to Verona
    • Electrocomponents plc picks Pryce
    • Jack Tai joins HSBC board
    • Ramsay joins Standard Life
    • Co-founder leaves Paddy Power Betfair
    • McGuire crosses the line for Sportech
    • Smile man joins Personal Group
    • Smurfit to chair John Menzies board
    • Tesco appoints Golsby
    • Shoe Zone chief executive takes on chairman’s role
    • EG Solutions appoints Payne
    • De La Rue appoints Bray
    • Soap maker banks on Silver
    • Griffiths joins Johnson Matthey board
    • Atkins has designs on Watkins
    • Glaxo signs Cox for responsibility role
    • Worldpay charges Karen Richardson with board duties
    • Parry joins Nationwide
    • Clemett joins Restaurant Group
    • John Menzies chairman steps down
    • Diageo reveals Ferran as new chairman
    • Sir Michael Peat joins M&C Saatchi
    • Edginton joins Elixirr
    • Jimmy Choo hires Elisabeth Murdoch as NED
    • Morrisons appoints Vennells
    • HSBC hires new non-execs
    • Stock Spirits appoints private equity adviser to board
    • Grimstone joins Barclays
    • Pearson makes Taurel chairman
    • Broderick joins Lombard
    • X5 makes DuCharme chairman
    • Bolloré becomes chairman at Canal+
    • Pötsch to head VW supervisory board
    • Dallaglio joins board of Wasps
    • Sara Mathew joins Shire
    • Henry Boot brings in new boardroom trio
    • Grafton appoints former Travis Perkins exec
    • Ryanair appoints Leahy and Millar
    • Pheonix appoints WH Smith chairman
    • Ruijter moves to chairman at Delta Lloyd
    • Rank bets on Hooper
    • BT dials up Mike Inglis
    • Esure’s remco hooks Pike
    • ARM signs two new non-executives
    • John Menzies delivers new senior non-exec
    • New non-execs stride into Jimmy Choo
    • Freestone joins Smith & Nephew and moneysupermarket.com
    • Richards checks in to Morrisons audit committee
    • Easyjet’s strategy guru joins Persimmon
    • Coke serves up new non-execs
    • Essien signs to Old Mutual
    • Standard Chartered bumps up Kheraj
    • Booker Group serves up Stewart Gilliland as chairman
    • New chairman at Charles Taylor plc
    • Domino’s audit committee cooks up new member
    • Shire appoints Olivier Bohuon
    • LSE brings Schapiro to the board
    • Peter Long to chair Royal Mail
    • HSBC signs two new non-execs
    • Cineworld brings in Warner Brothers star
    • Bichsel joins Petrofac
  • Category: Board Resources & Advisers
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • ESG reporting all-important in stakeholder engagement
    • BDO now biggest auditor in the UK by number of listed clients
    • PwC loses top spot in the FTSE 100 audit rankings to KPMG
    • Relationship audit: how to maximise the benefits of your AIM auditors
    • BDO client increase sees it overtake KPMG in UK auditor rankings
    • Accountants must help business confront the challenge of climate change
    • Board performance evaluation: ticking a box or making a difference?
    • New SEC guidance increases pressure on proxy advisers over disclosures
    • Top proxy advisers sign up to new code of practice
    • How accountants can help build a culture of sustainability
  • Category: Career
    • Meaning at work: the value of workplace rituals
    • Women hold only 13.7% of executive director roles in FTSE 100
    • New CEO appointments reflect ‘multi-dimensional role’ amid the pandemic
    • The new hybrid workplace will need organisational glue
    • Forced CEO turnover can damage the reputation of board directors
    • Executive gender pay gap diminishes over time—but doesn’t disappear
    • More than money: the evolving role of the chief financial officer
    • Diligent launches search for top 100 governance professionals 2020
    • Real deal: the advantages of being (seen as) authentic at work
    • Poor mental health ‘associated with greater CEO turnover’
    • Heartache to headache: why workplace relationships are a problem
    • CEOx1Day: ‘Valuable perspectives and a fresh way of looking at things’
    • What makes a successful non-executive director?
    • CEOx1Day: Giving future leaders a taste of the top job
    • Unconscious bias is keeping women out of senior roles
    • There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to boosting diversity and business growth  
  • Category: Comment
    • A week of business moving to the centre of human rights
    • Why we need audit reform right now
    • Sustainability and climate change: the other energy crisis
    • Can ESG be saved?
    • The rise of corporate democracy
    • Are cyber disclosure demands too high?
    • ESG is not a ‘distraction’
    • The 30-year itch: time to ditch the UK Corporate Governance Code
    • The UK needs a code of conduct for company directors
    • Why risk perception is vital
    • What’s a company for? Milton Friedman responds
    • How to sink a reputation: lessons from the P&O Ferries crisis
    • BP and Shell windfall tax row reveals lack of progress on purpose
    • Could dual-class shares resuscitate the London Stock Exchange?
    • Are UK corporate governance rules leading to market malaise?
    • Executive pay, sustainability KPIs and the climate crisis
    • How to build strong governance ahead of an initial public offering
    • Predictable pay-outs expose the charade of performance-related pay
    • Good governance relies on gut instinct, not just rules
    • A remixed roadmap for the future of board leadership
    • Corporate purpose: reasons for optimism, but vigilance is required
    • Accountancy professionals can help boards to rethink risk
    • We need clearer, more consistent information on ESG
    • The UK has gone from leader to laggard on business and human rights
    • Why remote board meetings will survive the Covid pandemic
    • Workforce voice in corporate governance: where are we now?
    • Boardroom coup at ExxonMobil is a global governance earthquake
    • Why we need to redesign AGMs for the era of ESG
    • Activists set their sights on underperforming AIM boards
    • The new reality of ransomware attacks: better targeted, more damaging
    • Organisational culture is the key to rebuilding trust in audit
    • Fraud vigilance should be bolstered with the aid of technology
    • Dual-class shares threaten shareholder democracy and good governance
    • Audit and assurance policies: innovative ideas for change
    • What scandal is waiting to be exposed at your company?
    • Winning the case for sustainable corporate governance
    • The purpose and practice of independent board evaluations
    • Is it inevitable that the FTSE 350 is ahead on boardroom diversity?
    • Six key areas of brand activism—and how your company can speak out
    • Why directors should make compliance a strategic exercise
    • Why 2021 is a year of opportunity for boards to build business resilience
    • Why Covid-19 is driving action on climate, biodiversity and social justice
    • ‘A systemic risk’: investors demand greater ethnic diversity in boardrooms
    • CEO pay incentives reflect board priorities—and its still shareholder returns
    • Australian parliamentary report slams Rio Tinto board and culture
    • Corporate purpose: elevating performance from board to brands
    • New ISS benchmarks increase the pressure for diverse boards
    • From A to Zero: how to build a credible corporate net zero strategy
    • How 2020 has sparked acceleration to a comprehensive reporting system
    • Can business leaders be more effective human rights advocates?
    • ‘Tech emperors’ need effective checks and balances in the boardroom
    • How understanding AI can help the board to boost business
    • Companies should embrace Europe’s roadmap to stakeholder capitalism
    • Audit keeps failing—here’s why a fundamental change is needed
    • What’s a company for? An answer from Ancient Greece
    • Three teamwork trends that may not survive this crisis
    • Business looks to automation in the wake of Covid-19
    • Working from home? Stay alert to the risk of cyber-attacks
    • How will Covid-19 impact diversity in UK business?
    • What Covid-19 data can—and can’t—tell us about leadership
    • Will Covid-19 accelerate the shift towards stakeholder governance?
    • What every business can do to help during this crisis
    • Auditing global progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals
    • What’s in your hand? How businesses can create social value
    • Who is an ‘essential worker’ at times of crisis?
    • Regulators must grant boards flexibility during Covid-19 crisis
    • Boards must harness tension to succeed in a time of disruption
    • Putting more women at the helm of corporate boards
    • Covid-19 is a new systemic risk. What are the implications for governance?
    • Section 172 reporting is an opportunity to increase transparency
    • Company purpose and profit are not mutually exclusive
    • Better sustainability disclosures require clear reporting boundaries
    • Stakeholder debate should not be used to weaken shareholder rights
    • The stakeholder capitalism era could mean more UK governance reform
    • How does your board deal with sexual misconduct?
    • How to hold businesses to account on carbon? Include their supply chains
    • New UK regulator should be freed to focus on audit
    • Why stakeholder capitalism is dominating the global business agenda
    • Why every company needs a chief fun officer
    • Five myths and five realities about the role of shareholders
    • Global leadership on sustainability requires greener boards
    • Be proactive with shareholder engagement to avoid damaging disputes
    • Designing a suitable taxonomy for a sustainable future
    • Integrating climate reporting is key to effective risk management
    • A manifesto for UK leadership on corporate governance
    • Organisations are still falling short on staff mental health
    • McDonald’s upheaval is a stern reminder to CEOs about ethics
    • Shareholder activism might sound good, but it won’t change much
    • When fighting social injustice clashes with shareholder demands
    • TCFD summit confirms climate risk should be your board’s priority
    • Due diligence in recruitment requires the human touch
    • Corporate reporting best practice
    • How corporate governance can drive a sustainable economy
    • Strategic shifts are needed to ensure due diligence in global supply chains
    • A new agenda for Europe: capital markets union, sustainability and IPOs
    • Company data: balancing transparency with privacy
    • Why insecure leaders trust algorithms over advisers
    • Audit and technology: not a panacea, but a catalyst for improvement
    • Better Alignment Project maps the road to sustainability
    • If you want employees to speak up, show that you will listen
    • Board preparation is key to fighting the ransomware threat
    • Imbalance of power: loyalty shares threaten ‘one share, one vote’
    • Integrated reporting: a framework for a more sustainable future
    • Financial risk: questions the board should ask in uncertain times
    • Shaping the boards of the future
    • Revised EU Shareholder Rights Directive puts engagement in the spotlight
    • Broadening board diversity is good corporate governance
    • Social media: when personal beliefs clash with corporate values
    • How many chairships is too many?
    • The changing face of activism
    • Boardroom lessons from Brexit
    • Nissan’s governance report is a warning for all boards
    • Promoting SME growth markets
    • Why boards need to support whistleblowers
    • The growth of impact investing and the role of boards
    • Business minister’s intervention on board diversity is long overdue
    • King IV code change favours quantity over quality
    • How to accelerate gender diversity
    • Separation of powers makes for healthy board dynamics
    • Dim prospects for employees on boards
    • Gender diversity on UK boards in need of a ‘step change’
    • Balancing act: stock exchanges and dual-class shares
    • How strong investor relationships stem from enhanced dialogue
    • Workforce disclosure – on the agenda and here to stay
    • Sink or swim: board leaders must go on a journey of discovery
    • Opinions of the code: The good, the bad and the missed out
    • Action needed now on banking fraud and the erosion of trust
    • Next-generation thinking on governance can’t be ignored
    • Why serious investors demand more than just climate disclosure
    • Making a difference through diversity in the boardroom
    • How business can recognise the true value of people and communities
    • The audit market concentration ratchet strengthens case for reform
    • The gloves are off: gender pay gap reporting and dirty tricks
    • How boards can use technology to retain a competitive edge
    • Grant Thornton’s decision throws a cloud over audit market
    • Will a private company governance code really duck executive pay?
    • Facebook makes data ethics the big governance issue
    • Stepping up supply chain protection
    • Share buybacks: a question of governance?
    • Want gender diversity on corporate boards? Try a diversity of tactics
    • Why modesty is king when it comes to CEO remuneration
    • Twenty-five years of the UK Corporate Governance Code
    • Is British business behaving more ethically, or does it just look that way?
    • UK’s draft new governance code has a social mission
    • Are directors courting legal action by keeping quiet on climate risk?
    • Every board has a role in the transition to a low-carbon economy
    • There’s still everything to gain from having workers on boards
    • Origins of investor stewardship and the Japan code
    • The Bored: Higgins on (un)sustainability
    • Sustainable development means securing the future of business
    • South Africa needs a stepped-up approach to governance
    • View from the chair: Ken Olisa on good governance
    • Female directors positively influence firms’ corporate social performance
    • Governance concerns the whole organisation, not just the board
    • Why every board should care about their working carers
    • The Bored: Higgins on digital non-transformation
    • Digital revolution: how business can address the impact
    • Directors must do more to restore public trust
    • Inclusive capitalism and total stakeholder value: the ideal marriage
    • Human capital disclosure – resist, comply or exploit?
    • Governance: collective wisdom applied to complex uncertainty
    • Sustainable Finance report: implications for investors and directors
    • World of uncertainty for governance as need for change intensifies
    • France: Macron and the future of corporate governance
    • Good governance should start with boards’ own performance
    • What’s next for corporate reporting: the technology question
    • Doubts for governance reform in hung parliament
    • Giving out perks doesn’t necessarily lead to results
    • Long-term thinking: a key principle of 21st-century governance
    • General election creates uncertainty for governance reform
    • Barclays’ whistleblowing debacle will affect public perception of governance
    • Governance should aim at investment for greater good
    • Integrated thinking can create long-term value
    • Brexit: a strategic risk that makes scenario-planning a priority
    • Why one share, one vote is the best long-term investment option
    • Time to focus on reputation
    • Why women and men too easily accept the gender pay gap
    • Purpose at the heart of business and how to achieve it
    • Untangling corporate governance
    • That was the governance week
    • Trump puts business values to the test
    • Trump’s travel ban and the challenge to governance
    • Why the pay debate refuses to go away
    • Bringing stakeholder comms online
    • Davos: Debunking the myth of shareholder primacy
    • Executive pay battle: a futile stomp over old ground
    • The Bored
    • Mind the (pay) gap
    • Beyond the boardroom
    • Director performance and the ‘expectations gap’
    • Let’s keep integrated reporting voluntary
    • Reasons to be cheerful: ICGN/IIRC conference
    • Build your company’s future on trust
    • FTSE not just delivering value for shareholders
    • Rebuilding trust, going beyond compliance
    • Workers on boards make sense and add value
    • Trump is here. What of governance?
    • Will Theresa May transform business?
    • Why contract theory won the Nobel economics prize
    • Claw backs, CHOICE and governance
    • Feel the heat: climate change reporting
    • Climate change: the reporting debate
    • Cleaning up the governance act
    • America’s boardroom diversity crisis
    • Theresa May and the future of corporate governance
    • Brexit waiting game
    • The future after Brexit
    • New audit regs are here
    • Tax transparency is here to stay
    • The tragedy of BHS governance
    • Fostering the principle
    • Two hats
    • ‘Guinea pigs’ or highly trained professionals?
    • The great IT meltdown
    • Rethinking risk leadership
    • Anti-social behaviour
    • Capital markets union and governance
    • Banks, governance and selling RBS
    • Britain’s broken corporate governance regime
  • Category: ESG
    • Threat to stakeholder governance from Twitter sale ‘overstated’
    • Elon Musk weighs in against ISS and Glass Lewis
    • Climate litigation: how 2022 will shape 2023
    • Activist investor campaigns rise back up to pre-Covid levels
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Companies ‘will face growing climate litigation’
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Retail’s ethical failures top the 2022 list
    • Say-on-climate voting is on the up, but investor support falls
    • D&O insurance looks to ESG liability
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Board priorities 2023: tact, trust and transparency
    • Biodiversity crisis: pressure builds on companies
    • How to ensure stakeholders trust your sustainability reporting
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Fall in number of firms doing well on climate disclosures
    • Call to reform ‘comply-or-explain’ element of governance
    • Stakeholder engagement: it’s time to ditch public vs private
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Most investors believe annual reports contain greenwashing
    • 5 questions to help boards walk the green talk
    • Last-minute appeal to strengthen due diligence directive
    • US moves to link ESG and executive pay
    • OneLove, but not at the World Cup
    • Board focus is essential to improving human rights
    • Twitter’s sale to Elon Musk leaves stakeholder governance high and dry
    • US companies face governance issue over abortion rights
    • ESG: what happened at the 2022 proxy season?
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • OECD governance code review falls short of expectations
    • ESG and your supply chain
    • BlackRock to test shareholder democracy in the UK
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Share schemes could make employees ‘better off’ during cost of living crisis
    • Watchdog aims to clamp down on greenwashing
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Investors call for sustainability standards to take in ‘double materiality’
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Experts clash over ESG investment ‘agenda’
    • Greenwashing: are directors ultimately liable?
    • Investors seek clarity from firms on net zero pledges
    • Leadership in ESG: take part in our survey
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Meta faces US lawsuit over its corporate governance
    • Improve reporting of boardroom ethnic diversity action, says FRC
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Executive remuneration through the ESG lens
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Corporate efforts to define their ‘purpose’ fail to convince employees
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • BlackRock defends its ESG position
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • The long and winding road to financial reporting standards
    • Campaigners protest against EU due diligence proposals
    • Companies fail to credibly commit to net zero pledges
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • UK leads as say-on-climate voting grows across Europe
    • Climate change gets up close and personal for board members
    • ESG legislation: What are the FRC proposals?
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • The ESG debate needs to be more nuanced
    • Companies urged to dig deeper on climate change reporting
    • Virtual AGMs fall out of favour
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Investors influence ESG performance, study reveals
    • Norges Bank backs mandatory US climate risk reporting
    • Meta publishes first human rights report
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Business Roundtable takes aim at SEC climate risk reporting
    • Regulator to review impact of ESG ratings on firms
    • Focus on the ‘G’ of ESG
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Supreme Court ruling ‘may derail SEC’s climate reporting rules’
    • Greenwashing threatens shareholders’ interests
    • Companies ‘may inflate ESG performance’ to boost ratings
    • Technology, cyber risk and ESG top list of business leaders’ concerns
    • Unilever CEO defends company’s focus on sustainability
    • Government confirms commitment to sustainability disclosure requirements
    • Growing backlash against ‘inflexible dogma’ of ESG
    • Landscape for retail boards ‘more challenging and complex than ever’
    • Battle of the boards: risk, ESG and two-tier board structures
    • EU’s human rights and sustainability law faces criticism from academics
    • ClientEarth’s climate case against Shell ‘likely to fail’
    • Corporate sanctions against Russia indicate a new level of social responsibility
    • Directors need to ‘up their game’ on ESG strategy
    • AGMs 2022: a focus on logistics, ESG and executive pay
    • SEC unveils plan for mandatory climate reporting
    • Investment managers hesitant to embrace ethics as part of ESG
    • Amazon shareholders call for tax transparency
    • Stewardship goals: creating value, responsibly, with a sense of purpose
    • EU publishes proposals for human rights due diligence law
    • UK shareholder pay revolts increase by 56% in 2021
    • Audit committees and ESG: ‘It’s a difficult journey to navigate’
    • Climate risk and supply chains revealed as AGM hot topics for 2022
    • Companies cut emissions after earnings calls that mention climate
    • Rio Tinto report reveals culture of sexual harassment, bullying and racism
    • Why the right sponsors are crucial to women’s leadership progress
    • GE whizz: Jack Welch’s focus on corporate culture was ahead of his time
    • Ethics in the technology sector remains a headline issue
    • Stakeholder capitalism ‘won’t work’—but investors need to do more
    • BlackRock CEO letter: stakeholderism ‘is not woke’, it’s capitalism
    • It’s time for boards to make new resolutions on ESG performance
    • Annual survey reveals 42% of the public consider business ‘unethical’
    • PwC CEO survey reveals climate strategy challenges
    • US corporate governance improvements ‘slowed or stagnated’ in 2021
    • High Pay Day reflects slight fall in FTSE 100 CEO pay
    • Financial reporting must show real impact—and costs—of ESG activities
    • Greater board diversity drives company climate action
    • Good ESG ratings make firms more attractive to long-term investors
    • Companies must put equality at the heart of the race to zero
    • Executive pay—buying virtue
    • Leading change: the board’s role in driving business transformation
    • Does diversity deliver? We don’t know yet—and here’s why
    • In extreme times, we need new priorities for corporate governance
    • What really determines CEO compensation?
    • What works? Achieving gender balance on executive teams
    • The challenges of balancing purpose with performance
    • Company purpose is more than a marketing slogan—it’s a new philosophy
    • The ‘G’ in ESG: what needs to be reported on governance
    • Why boards should address value preservation at a strategic level
    • AGM season will see focus on reporting, remuneration and communication
    • Beyond Covid: risk and resilience among governance trends for 2021
    • The ICGN Global Stewardship Principles: 2020 revisions
    • Responsible innovation: implications for corporate governance
    • ICGN issues guidance for investors amid Covid-19 pandemic
    • How companies can develop more diverse boardrooms
    • Why workforce disclosure is a governance issue
    • ESG catalysts: how consumers can change corporations
    • ESG reporting: what is the endgame?
    • Special report: Future-proofing financial services
    • Prepare for the transition to a zero-carbon, digital economy
    • Ten mistakes boards can avoid on human rights
    • Follow the rules of corporate obligation, and reap the rewards
    • Solving deep problems with corporate governance requires more than rearranging deck chairs
    • ESG: is it truly being integrated with investment decisions?
    • Facebook’s fail: the ‘story’, the risks and the role of the board
    • Sustainable expectations: how the ESG investment agenda is shifting
    • Reporting directive paves way for improved accountability
    • Ethical turn: the welcome marriage of risk management and ethics
    • European survey: boards struggle with culture
    • Sense in sustainability: the changing focus for boards
    • Non-Financial Reporting Directive: embracing the challenge
  • Category: Ethics
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • EU under fire over sustainability reporting reforms
    • US passes clawback rules
    • MPs demand jail time for directors who fail to prevent fraud
    • Renewed call for human rights due diligence law
    • Ethics, ‘shareholder wealth’ and Twitter drove companies to quit Russia
    • Pressure renewed for human rights due diligence
    • Ben & Jerry’s governance tested in court
    • Consumers judge a company by its ‘morality’
    • Regulator fines KPMG £14.4m
    • CEO Covid pay cuts merely ‘symbolic’
    • FRC launches probe into professional exams
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Corporate world urged to show its ‘ethical credentials’
    • Into the mind of white-collar criminals
    • Why big firms are rarely toppled by corporate scandals
    • Companies protest delay in EU human rights due diligence legislation
    • UN calls for ‘culture change’ to improve human rights in supply chains
    • Gen Z investors’ focus on ethics and ESG poses a challenge for boards
    • CEOs who post on social media ‘more likely to trade in their own stocks’
    • Calls grow for tougher rules on human rights in supply chains
    • Rise of the machines requires a ‘stakeholder approach’ from boards
    • Ethical investor Trillium issues warning to Alphabet over whistleblowing
    • Survey reveals lack of policies and procedures for corporate ethics
    • Ethics survey reveals global pandemic of misconduct
    • Furlough cash adds to ethical dilemmas around executive pay
    • Pandemic shows ‘broader range of expertise’ is needed on boards
    • If you get on with your boss you’re more likely to lie for them
    • Boohoo board in the firing line over governance failings
    • Four principles to keep your business’s social purpose goals on track
    • Three cognitive biases perpetuating racism at work—and how to overcome them
    • Covid crisis could lead employees to ‘compromise ethical standards’
    • Equality pays: the economic and social benefits of women on boards
    • Governance week: Covid business models, CEO pay, CSR, McDonald’s scandal
    • From codes to committees: the institutionalisation of business ethics
    • Is human rights risk monitoring a weak link in your supply chain?
    • Stakeholderism: study finds evidence in short supply
    • How the impact of Covid-19 could cause an epidemic of misconduct
    • Social factors ‘now key to good corporate governance’ says ICGN
    • Investors call for mandatory human rights due diligence
    • Businesses ‘must consider human rights’ amid pandemic response
    • Fall in number of boards that ‘discuss ethics on a regular basis’
    • Big data ‘poses biggest ethical challenge’ for businesses
    • Moral leadership has a positive impact—if you tread carefully
    • Public confidence in ethical business behaviour falters
    • UK CEOs ‘not incentivised’ to focus on their environmental impact
    • Anti-bribery and corruption efforts ‘compromised’ by poor procedures
    • Norway pushes for mandatory human rights due diligence
    • Companies need to grow the pie, not worry about how to split it
    • Norges Bank excludes G4S from portfolio over human rights concerns
    • Mind the gap: enabling productive thinking to develop gender balance
    • Campaigners call for German supply chain law to protect human rights
    • Debate over ‘shareholder’ or ‘stakeholder’ primacy goes global
    • Human rights due diligence push ‘could turn boards into legal departments’
    • Financial watchdog moves to strengthen audit ethics
    • Ethics body issues warning to boards over AI accountability
    • Executives: the new social leaders
    • Ethical business in the age of AI
    • Cambridge Analytica and Facebook scandal ‘a failure of governance’
    • Data security poses growing ethics risk
    • Battling climate change boosts stock performance
    • Sustainability, creating value & the role of the board
    • 2018: A year in governance
    • Portuguese workers lead on ethics
    • How the Google walkout was no ordinary employee protest
    • BlackRock’s sustainable investment ambition
    • The Khashoggi crisis and the role of business
    • Sustainable Development Goals: which comes first?
    • Rise in firms taking responsibility for ESG
    • Business ethics and building a strong ethical culture
    • Opinion split over the rise of the integrity officer
    • Ethics: Must have, not nice to have
    • Responsible business conduct: the OECD way
    • Enforcement activity of City watchdog FCA increases
    • MPs call for extension of gender pay gap reporting
    • Gender diversity in Singapore’s boardrooms makes progress
    • When doing good garners bad press
    • Pressure increases on European employees to compromise ethics
    • Business ethics: Why do good people do bad things?
    • Pension fund trustees to report on climate change policies
    • LGIM names companies performing badly on climate change
    • Research reveals executives’ views on the ethics of high pay
    • OECD publishes guidance on responsible business due diligence
    • Facebook under scrutiny by ESG funds as shares plummet
    • Whistleblowing: the problem with speaking out
    • Corporate culture: concept into focused action
    • Confidence high in harassment and misconduct policies after Weinstein
    • Artificial Intelligence: the ethical dimension
    • Ethics institute reveals principles for safe use of AI
    • Lessons from Sweden in sustainable business
    • Lead by example: the many benefits of ethical leadership
    • Opinion of business ethics rallies, but stays lower than 2015 level
    • Industrial strategy calls for improved reporting of capital allocation
    • Campaigners call on EU to back mandatory human rights due diligence
    • Call for more corporate reporting on UN Sustainable Development Goals
    • Rolls-Royce executives plead guilty to bribery charges
    • US watchdog raises hurdle for shareholder votes
    • Businesses lack commitment to ethics, say UK and Irish workers
    • Personal moral values key to ethical corporate governance
    • PwC reveals BAME pay gap of 12.8% in bid to ‘shine spotlight on ethnicity’
    • Ethics must be ‘front and centre’ as non-executives check financial reports
    • Corporate culture: five questions for the boardroom
    • PR agency expelled from professional body for ‘racially divisive’ work
    • Ethical principles vital as digital age recasts business environment
    • A partner for society: Alice Steenland
    • A matter of principle: Fiona Reynolds
    • Whistleblowers should not be incentivised with payments, says ecoDa
    • Reward whistleblowers, says Lib Dem peer
    • All employees should be given digital skills
    • Speak up: how to encourage whistleblowing in your organisation
    • Why UK companies cannot ignore modern slavery reporting
    • A good investment: Steve Waygood
    • Watchdog worried climate disclosures will lead to ‘checklist mentality’
    • Trump will not derail ESG investment, say experts
    • Trump inauguration prompts questions over business ethics
    • Norwegian oil fund to focus on ‘unacceptable emissions’
    • VW: restoring confidence
    • Compliance: why it pays to stay on the right side of the law
    • Weighing up the new standard on anti-bribery
    • Patagonia: the business of virtue
    • Empowerment, not punishment, fuels ethical behaviour
    • GSK pays $20m to settle China bribery charges
    • Slavery Act: UK companies under fire over statements
    • Non-executives ‘influential’ on corporate culture but worried by information
    • Race and ethnicity perceived as barrier to boardrooms
    • Tokyo’s governance revolution
    • World exchanges push ESG agenda
    • Climate of change
    • The plague of VW
    • Agents for positive change
    • Prioritising mental health
    • Investors take a stand on climate change
    • Diversity’s strategic imperative
  • Category: Finance
    • Audit reform in the UK risks ‘losing momentum’
    • FRC unveils new audit committee standards
    • Years after Carillion’s collapse, the UK still waits for audit reform
    • How to beat short selling activism
    • BlackRock expands voting choice in response to investor demand
    • Company credit ratings ‘negatively associated with CEO narcissism’
    • Global minimum corporate tax rate negotiations ‘need a fairer forum’
    • Why CFOs need to engage with external stakeholders
    • Internal auditors sound alarm over corporate culture
    • UK sanctions on Russia reveal risk of complex corporate structures
    • Language used in financial press releases ‘reveals M&A prospects’
    • Audit committee chairs ‘are confusing quality of audit and quality of service’
    • Jan du Plessis gives first insights into FRC governance and audit reform
    • Anglo-Saxon CEOs ‘increase a firm’s risk profile through their decisions’
    • What the decline of General Electric can teach us about M&As
    • Elliott Advisors calls for restructuring of the SSE board
    • Investor activism set to enter ‘golden age’ as firms emerge from pandemic
    • FRC warns over climate disclosures ahead of COP26 summit
    • UK green finance report puts focus on transition plans
    • Climate disclosures ‘unlikely to drive a green transition’
    • Dual-class shares ‘would enhance investor protection’
    • Corporate disclosures and investor relations ‘impaired by Covid-19’
    • Going green benefits businesses—and should be central to their recovery
    • Blockchain, supply chains and the post-Covid world
    • How blockchain can create more resilient supply chains in the post-Covid recovery
    • Establishing vision and values in financial services
    • Conflicts of interest: the global fight over dual-class shares
    • Lawful impediment: company law and insider control
  • Category: Governance
    • Top stories of 2022: corporate governance gets political
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • UK boards face internal controls shake-up
    • How companies are hosting AGMs now
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Can outsourcing improve governance?
    • Auditors press for internal controls law
    • Law experts defend Nasdaq in board diversity battle
    • Fresh detail for reforming Section 172
    • How Nasdaq’s board diversity rule creates potential for real change
    • Twitter drops due diligence bombshell
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • How to ensure governance of artificial intelligence (AI)
    • Cyber security reporting falls short
    • Governance code reforms will ramp up internal controls
    • Why do boards fail?
    • Companies that make political donations are ‘less risky’
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • 5 reasons for boards to implement a whistleblowing solution
    • IoD calls for voluntary code of conduct for board directors
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Gender diversity warning for FTSE All-Share Index
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • EU proposes 40% quota for female non-executives
    • Is there a Machiavellian CEO in your boardroom?
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Disaster or disruption? Crisis management requires clear definitions
    • Government publishes response to audit reform proposals
    • Women take 54% of FTSE 350 board roles but fail to win ‘top jobs’
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • World Economic Forum issues business guidance on human rights
    • Average FTSE 350 pay ratio ‘almost doubles’ in 2022
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Age-diverse boards associated with less corporate misconduct
    • Politics in the Magic Kingdom: Disney, DeSantis and LGBTQ+ rights
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Directors’ social networks reduce risk of corporate failure
    • Parker Review: progress update and priorities for change
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Most CEO ‘resignations’ may actually be terminations
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Executive pay rebounds as pandemic recedes
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Is Elon Musk trolling Twitter?
    • The diversity narrative: a strategy for improved performance
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • When did your board last review CEO performance?
    • Companies made ‘fake cuts’ to CEO pay during pandemic
    • Ericsson faces shareholder ire over Iraq investigation
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • BlackRock CEO: War ends globalisation, but we’ll still get to net zero
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Shell faces shareholder litigation over climate risk
    • SEC set to issue proposals on US climate change disclosures
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Research reveals Silicon Valley’s growing appetite for dual-class shares
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Senator Marco Rubio calls for workers to sit on US boards
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Steps for a smooth and successful CEO transition
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Board priorities 2022: a checklist for directors
    • TUC urges change to company law that prioritises shareholders
    • Governance 2022: multidimensional landscape brings board challenges
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Boards must ‘keep momentum going’ to improve ethnic diversity
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Boards ‘lack the right knowledge’ to set effective climate policies
    • Top 150 UK firms have more women than men in non-executive roles
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • NGOs challenge European Commission on delay to human rights law
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Watchdog highlights companies’ lack of progress on C-suite succession planning
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Boards need dedicated ESG committees ‘as part of company strategy’
    • CEO pay falls by 9%—but LGIM issues warning over engagement
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Investor pressure ‘should be primary tool’ in changing firms’ ESG behaviour
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • NEDs at a time of crisis: ‘The culture of boards made a huge difference’
    • Pandemic ‘has shown how vital employees are to corporate success’
    • COP26: plans revealed for new international sustainability standards
    • Cutting quarterly reporting may undermine the value of companies
    • Women on boards ‘are driving progress on ESG’
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Top UK companies push for mandatory human rights due diligence
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • The storm before the calm: how boards can make better decisions
    • US senator Marco Rubio: ‘woke corporations’ could breach fiduciary duty
    • Companies with narcissistic CEOs have lower share prices but better governance
    • Firms with a strong CSR record are more likely to survive a crisis
    • South Africa is tightening its rules around executive pay, but gaps remain
    • New Zealand parliament to debate reform to directors’ duties
    • BLM protests see investors back boards with black directors
    • Independent directors play essential role in assessing share buybacks
    • Boards prioritising company insiders over independence
    • Company law ‘should place purpose at the centre of business’
    • Dual-class shares ‘would enhance investor protection’
    • What boards need to know about sanctions risk and legislation
    • Covid causes fall in CEO pay—but excessive earnings remain an issue
    • What boards need to know about sanctions risk and legislation
    • How resilience reporting could help firms meet future challenges
    • Board networks: who you know contributes to what you know
    • Academic warns that ‘good’ corporations are bad for democracy
    • Covid causes fall in CEO pay—but excessive earnings remain an issue
    • FRC says climate disclosures are ‘failing to meet investor expectations’
    • Board networks: who you know contributes to what you know
    • FRC calls on companies to provide more detailed climate disclosures
    • Boards ‘should add technology to governance concerns’
    • Europe sees 18% increase in shareholder revolts on executive pay
    • Introduction of dual-class shares could create ‘unsackable CEOs’
    • US corporates ‘should do more’ to help environment and low-paid workers
    • Audit committees ‘lose independence’ the longer they serve
    • Pandemic ‘opened door’ to the use of new boardroom technology
    • MPs call for new parliamentary committee to scrutinise tax deals
    • Boards need to stop ESG greenwashing and recognise reputational threats
    • Changes to company law would enable use of ‘robot directors’
    • Pay experts recommend a revamp of remco responsibilities
    • BlackRock voting report reveals focus on independence and diversity
    • Stubborn group of ‘bubble-bound’ boards ‘do not treat diversity as a priority’
    • FRC report calls for more diversity on nominations committees
    • UK sees fall in number of shareholder votes against directors’ re-election
    • Shareholder votes on climate action plans ‘more complex’ than expected
    • ESG activism ‘likely to proliferate’ following ExxonMobil vote
    • Directors’ duties: more enforcement needed to drive action on climate
    • Audit reform consultation set to close as dissenting voices emerge
    • Good governance boosts companies’ CSR performance
    • Boardroom pay revolts are on the rise as investors seek restraint
    • Executive remuneration models ‘do not describe how pay is actually set’
    • OECD warns that Covid-19 requires a governance response
    • ACGA urges overhaul of Hong Kong corporate governance
    • The regulator’s dilemma: finding a balance between trust and compliance
    • MEPs protest over EU sustainable corporate governance measures
    • To B-Corp or not to B-Corp? FRC chief says no in governance debate
    • US firms ask SEC to introduce global standards on climate reporting
    • FTSE4Good companies warned over new ESG standards
    • Volkswagen insurance payout ‘sets a dangerous precedent’
    • NBIM says China should tighten rules on corporate ESG reporting
    • UK and EU companies lead the US on ESG targets in pay deals
    • Ranking companies by corporate governance scores ‘improves standards’
    • Do CEOs matter?
    • Shell climate plan ruling holds lessons for investors
    • Liquid asset: corporate boards and water risk management
    • S&P 500 appoints nearly 200% more black board directors in past year
    • Worker engagement report reveals ‘pockets’ of good practice
    • Taming the tiger: how investors are tackling inflation in executive pay
    • Diversity in the UK: progress on targets, but power imbalances remain
    • System error: why AI without humans is a governance challenge
    • Hong Kong reforms could see company directors’ details kept private
    • Hill Review proposals could trigger fight to block FTSE dual-class shares
    • Japan to include human rights reference in its corporate governance code
    • US boards ‘should develop transparent policies on political issues’
    • FTSE 100 rejects idea of employee director to boost worker engagement
    • Companies with female directors ‘do better on E&S measures’
    • Super League debacle gives ‘fresh impetus’ to campaign for company law reform
    • Auditors on notice to reject ‘expectations gap’ consultation
    • Governance safeguards ‘detrimental’ to dual-class share proposals
    • Campaign urges reform of section 172 to promote ‘purpose of the company’
    • Academics issue ‘call for reflection’ on EU corporate governance reforms
    • Controversy as US moves towards mandatory ESG disclosures
    • Climate reporting requires ‘shift in approach’ to reflect TCFD principles
    • LGIM backs calls for ‘say on climate’ shareholder votes
    • LGIM annual report reveals 21% rise in ‘active engagement’ in 2020
    • State Street Global Advisors CEO calls for improved diversity reporting
    • UK stewardship code ‘has not changed the nature of investor engagement’
    • Do we overestimate the impact of CEOs on company performance?
    • Audit white paper proposes new powers for regulator to sanction directors
    • Linking pay to ESG targets ‘could have unintended consequences’
    • Business leaders issue warning on governance rules and sustainability
    • Dual-class shares come a step closer in the UK as Lord Hill issues review
    • Hampton-Alexander report highlights lack of women on executive teams
    • Investors and analysts ‘still learning to price ESG-related incidents’
    • Bonuses and bias: the risks of variable pay for compliance professionals
    • Diversity milestone as FTSE 350 bids farewell to all-male boards (again)
    • AIM and FTSE SMC companies lag behind larger firms on diversity
    • FRC backs use of augmented and virtual reality in corporate reporting
    • Adoption of ESG pay incentives ‘doubles over past two years’
    • Norges Bank rejects idea of standards for board sustainability skills
    • Reforms impose new responsibilities on directors for financial reporting
    • Progress on ethnic diversity in FTSE 100 boardrooms ‘has stalled’
    • Dual-class shares: “Solutions exist to mitigate the governance risk”
    • Norges Bank divests from companies over tax issues
    • Annual BlackRock CEO letter focuses on climate and diversity
    • Board evaluations review finds room for improvement
    • Boards urged to reform AGMs as part of post-pandemic strategy
    • Investor group calls for shareholder votes on climate strategy
    • Local CEOs ‘spend more on CSR in their communities’
    • CEO pay: FTSE 100 bosses earn median annual wage in 34 hours
    • Pay ratio reports: boards challenged to reveal how they will use data
    • NBIM set to publish voting intentions five days before company AGMs
    • It’s time for sustainability to be the big issue in the boardroom
    • ‘Unfriendly’ boards served better information by CEOs
    • Sacha Sadan: ‘Good companies have always thought about these issues’
    • LGIM’s Sacha Sadan on stewardship and sustainability
    • ‘Future generations’ clause in section 172 could boost sustainability
    • Evidence builds for introduction of new audit committee standards
    • Shareholder pressure gets women directors on US boards
    • Does your board have the ESG skills they need for future success?
    • Watchdog’s ire provoked by ‘vague’ purpose statements
    • Decrease in CEO pay variation blamed on ‘reciprocal benchmarking’
    • UK to review dual-class shares as part of consultation on listings
    • Roadmap to mandatory TCFD reporting ‘should focus minds’
    • Audit fees increase when foreign investors become majority owners
    • FRC says climate disclosures are ‘failing to meet investor expectations’
    • Biden presidency set to bring corporate governance shift
    • Dividend payouts set to resume after pandemic-related cuts
    • Brussels pushes ahead with project for new European governance
    • BlackRock backs global sustainability reporting standards
    • Governance experts call for US Stakeholder Capitalism Act
    • Business leaders want incentives to spur switch to ‘purposeful’ companies
    • How hedge fund activists influence target firms
    • FRC issues further warning over Covid and corporate reporting
    • Changes to company constitutions ‘could allow use of AI on the board’
    • LGIM says it’s ‘time for action’ to boost ethnic diversity on boards
    • Nominations open for the Non-Executive Director Awards 2021
    • Businesses ‘can play important role in stemming executive misconduct’
    • How good governance can stop toxic ‘bro behaviour’ at companies
    • EcoAct sustainability study warns of FTSE 100 performance gap
    • When corporate social responsibility is mostly for show
    • Vanguard takes big names to task over pay and climate policies
    • Share buybacks criticised for ‘short-term self-enrichment’ of executives
    • Governance week: Rio Tinto, ESG, climate risk, Aussie audit
    • Women leaders are better at fighting the pandemic
    • How directors should manage AI, GDPR and data privacy risks
    • Not business as usual: returning to the workplace after the pandemic
    • Only 8% of UK businesses have ‘fully-fledged’ climate risk plan
    • Why succession planning should be part of a company’s corporate culture
    • Corporate support builds for mandatory human rights due diligence
    • US rule change sets up clash with proxy advisers
    • Companies ‘need new mechanism’ to integrate stakeholder interests
    • Power, politics and crisis response on the board
    • Why is there a progress gap between FTSE gender and ethnicity targets?
    • Governance week: stakeholderism, US election, IoD departure, ESG blow
    • Average US CEO pay increases to $21.3m
    • ESG ‘not a factor’ in share price resilience during Covid-19 crisis
    • Worker directors: what to consider when appointing employees to boards
    • What would a Biden–Harris victory mean for US corporate governance?
    • Covid-19: cuts to executive pay ‘mainly superficial or short term’
    • A blueprint for business to transition to a nature-positive future
    • UK dividends slashed by a ‘dizzying’ £22bn in Q2
    • CVAs: flexible business aid or delaying the inevitable?
    • #MeToo continues: why sexual harassment is a growing litigation risk
    • Warning over boardroom composition as businesses adapt to Covid-19
    • Boohoo supply chain under scrutiny after Leicester lockdown claims
    • Axa introduces 33% gender diversity target for investee companies
    • FRC issues principles for separation of audit from other services
    • Companies Act duties ‘need testing in the courts’ to improve governance
    • The PEP framework: how business can harness the power of purpose
    • Governance centre aims to rebuild ‘professional legitimacy’ of directors
    • Institute of Directors launches new corporate governance centre
    • Top US CEO pay falls 53% as pandemic and investor pressure continues
    • Investors want gender diversity on boards—but aren’t sure about targets
    • Importance of culture ‘ignored by most corporate governance codes’
    • Investors use securities law to sue over sexual misconduct
    • Norges Bank issues warning over shareholder proposals
    • Investors signal unease with banks’ support for Hong Kong security law
    • US public backs shift to stakeholder capitalism amid Covid-19
    • Twitter CEO takes on Trump over tweets that ‘violate company rules’
    • Covid-19 pandemic ‘has accelerated shift to stakeholderism’
    • Growth in protectionism ‘threatens corporate governance’
    • FRC urges companies to provide ‘full disclosure’ of survival prospects
    • ‘Chairman contagion’ highlighted as growing reputational risk
    • McKinsey diversity report highlights growing performance risk
    • LGIM to vote against ExxonMobil chair over climate concerns
    • MPs call for ban on state aid for firms using tax havens
    • Quarter of FTSE 100 companies cut executive pay
    • Companies ‘failing to demonstrate oversight of vulnerable workers’
    • ‘Going concern’ regulation puts firms and auditors under the microscope
    • Government bail-outs indicate ‘shift in mindset’ towards societal purpose
    • Asset managers urge restraint on executive pay during pandemic
    • Warnings over risk of investor activism as boards focus on survival
    • Investors ‘expect boards to take a long-term view’ amid crisis
    • Succession planning in the spotlight amid ‘genuine shock’ of PM’s illness
    • No more business as usual: Professor Colin Mayer, Saïd Business School
    • Covid-19 adds to an unprecedented landscape of risk
    • Collaboration is key for the challenging AGM season ahead
    • Pushback on buybacks as global brands postpone plans
    • FRC warns firms to be candid about prospects of corporate failure
    • Regulators offer guidance on AGMs amid Covid-19 pandemic
    • Leaders in crisis: why teamwork is the way forward
    • FRC chief indicates support for a UK version of Sarbanes-Oxley
    • FTSE firms given written warning over gender diversity
    • Bank of England economist Andy Haldane enters stakeholder debate
    • EU set to review its Non-Financial Reporting Directive
    • UK watchdog to review companies’ climate reporting
    • FRC issues advice on coronavirus risk disclosures
    • Most EU non-financial reporting is ‘poor quality’
    • FTSE 100 hits target on female board directors—but challenges remain
    • Parker Review reveals slow progress on ethnic minority appointments
    • LGIM to vote against combined CEO/chair roles worldwide
    • CEO pay and director re-elections named top issues for shareholder dissent
    • EcoDa: Stakeholder model should not turn boards into “bargaining bodies”
    • Public loses faith in capitalism while backing ‘stakeholder’ business
    • UK firms urged to improve carbon emissions reporting
    • Narrow sustainability reporting boundaries ‘can amount to greenwashing’
    • Workforce disclosures ‘are not providing the data investors want’
    • FRC governance report calls for ‘greater focus’ on culture and strategy
    • ISS governance rating downgrade ‘can hit share performance’
    • FTSE 100 CEOs ‘earn average worker’s annual salary in three days’
    • Key trends in corporate governance for 2020
    • 2019: The year in governance
    • BlackRock challenged to provide details of stakeholder pledge
    • European agreement on sustainable business taxonomy divides opinion
    • Audit committees ‘need a makeover’ to help fix audit
    • British Academy issues principles to ‘put purpose at the heart of business’
    • MSCI goes public with ESG ratings for 2,800 companies
    • Conservatives focus on executive pay and audit reform
    • US audit committees ‘could do better’ on disclosures
    • Labour announces plans for UK corporate governance reforms
    • The campaign for dual-class listings in London
    • ISS policy change puts nomcos under pressure to boost gender diversity
    • Auditors struggling to challenge management, says FRC
    • Boards gear up for section 172 disclosures
    • Thomas Cook review urges action on audit reform and bonus clawbacks
    • Sustainable investment set to grow as investors focus on climate
    • New UK stewardship code puts focus on investor engagement
    • UN treaty renews focus on the role of business in human rights
    • Think tank calls for governance reform to encourage progress on employee pay
    • Better data and consolidated standards needed to drive ESG investing
    • Mark Carney predicts more action on climate-related risk disclosures
    • Active investors bring about better governance, academics confirm
    • Almost half of top investors have gone public with their ESG strategy
    • FRC citizens’ juries reveal public views on corporate governance
    • Brexit and ESG to top the agenda at the Global Invest Forum
    • Major asset owners pledge to decarbonise portfolios by 2050
    • Facebook creates oversight board to judge complaints about content
    • Board independence revealed as key issue for investors in 2020
    • UK directors’ duties ‘include ESG responsibilities’ says legal expert
    • Governance on the political agenda as general election looms
    • US boards increase engagement with investors’ ESG concerns
    • Institutional investors ‘should confront failing chairs’ to fight private equity deals
    • Shareholders ‘don’t understand executive remuneration policies’
    • US business leaders pledge to ‘redefine corporate purpose’
    • FTSE 100 CEO pay falls as investors retain focus on remuneration policy
    • Hampton-Alexander CEO warns of ‘challenge to shift attitudes’ on gender diversity
    • Avast CEO Ondrej Vlcek opts to receive nominal $1 salary
    • Workforce Disclosure Initiative puts pressure on big names
    • ‘Single all-encompassing framework’ needed for sustainability reporting
    • Climate reporting: TCFD urges companies to disclose data
    • CDP criticises top companies over environmental disclosures
    • NGO governance: finding solutions to future challenges
    • Cultivating trust in business: Guy Singh-Watson, Riverford
    • New drive to integrate UN SDGs into corporate reporting
    • Asset manager urges separation of chair and CEO roles
    • Shareholders call for greater transparency on dividend policies
    • FRC reveals increased budget as it prepares for transition
    • Organisational models: why teal is the new colour of business
    • Governance and executive pay at heart of IFS Deaton inequalities review
    • European companies embrace climate governance
    • Designated non-executives set to represent workforce views
    • The outlook for governance in 2019
    • Theresa May’s worker representation proposal fails to gain support
    • The gendered corporation
    • US corporates open up on political donations
    • How should a board manage a maverick CEO?
    • New guidance pulls non-execs into ‘going concern’ debate
    • Think tank recommends culture and people role for remcos
    • How information overload can threaten board effectiveness
    • A new culture of compliance in a complex environment
    • EU non-financial reporting: Good start, could do much better
    • New stewardship code shifts emphasis to disclosures and ‘outcomes’
    • Survey reveals boards struggle with sustainability
    • High hopes for Wates’ private companies governance code
    • Could Japan’s governance be improving?
    • Is it time to apply governance rules to the AIM stock exchange?
    • The governance revolution: time to take control
    • How do you solve a problem like audit?
    • Steps to strengthen boardroom culture, reputation and risk
    • Audit reform: which way now?
    • Overboarding is a growing concern
    • A new act in the performance of capitalism
    • Governance shaped by climate, tech and demographics
    • New world order for global banking
    • Compliance failures and diversity doubts
    • Audit woes and reform wrangles
    • Tale of Tesla’s Elon Musk is a ‘sadly familiar story’
    • Understanding the true costs of compliance and non-compliance
    • US chief executive pay surges 17.6%
    • PwC heavily criticised for ‘failed’ audit of BHS
    • Chief executive pay up 11%, despite rising opposition
    • Investors tougher on pay in latest voting season
    • ICGN reveals stewardship awards nominees
    • IoD calls for independent commission to take governance from FRC
    • Governance chief defends Australian code process
    • Stewardshop code adopted by vast South Korean pension fund
    • Investor urges boards to embrace worker representation set out by new code
    • Flexibility on offer for chairman terms in new governance code
    • Competition regulator asks Big Four to look for ways to change audit market
    • Institutional investors’ group publishes Dutch stewardship code
    • Zuckerberg under fire over Facebook governance
    • KPMG under further scrutiny over audit of booze business
    • KPMG chief concedes that public trust in audit is waning
    • French business groups adopt revised governance code
    • Watchdog spotlights KPMG for ‘deterioration’ in audit quality
    • Executives warned of action using senior managers regime
    • Corporate governance principles for private companies published
    • KPMG fined over audit work at Quindell
    • Japan’s wave of governance reform is welcomed, and isn’t over yet
    • UK listings rules for sovereign companies to change
    • Shareholder body advises against reappointment of Coca-Cola HBC chair
    • Commonwealth Bank faces record fine over money laundering failings
    • More powers for FRC receives scant support from company secretaries
    • Remcos must be reformed to reign in executive pay
    • FTSE 350 bosses give ‘pitiful’ excuses for failing to hit gender targets
    • Activist attacks accounting and governance at Samsonite
    • Buyback mountain: why the rise in share buybacks is causing concern
    • Remuneration tightrope: what is the future of exec pay?
    • MPs call on competition regulator to review audit market post-Carillion
    • Standard Life’s Gilbert counts the days to non-executive resignation
    • QCA updates smaller quoted companies’ governance code
    • Asset manager Hermes calls for external review of culture at Volkswagen
    • Listed Companies Conference: The new governance landscape for PLCs – London, April 2018
    • Zuckerberg must quit Facebook, says New York pension fund official
    • Watchdog to review Aviva’s plan to cancel preference shares
    • Gove told financial regulators should get tough on climate risk reporting
    • Code for private companies will leave out executive pay
    • ‘Monocultures’ in financial firms lead to governance issues, says regulator
    • UK directors and shareholders face tougher post-insolvency regulation
    • Paradigm shift: Jane Diplock, IIRC
    • The promises and limitations of institutional investors
    • Carillion collapse reveals gaps in supply chain accounting
    • Belgian business groups publish guide on non-financial reporting law
    • Time for a governance rethink: enforced compliance or not?
    • Investors: revised code ‘too narrowly’ focused on workforce engagement
    • Norway’s sovereign fund rejects broader role for remuneration committees
    • Carillion chairman ‘lacked even a tenuous grasp’ on its position
    • IoD seeks greater role for remcos over share buybacks
    • Dutch plan to counter ‘tax haven’ reputation
    • Which direction for corporate governance?
    • ‘Fundamental governance failings’ in RBS unit saw SMEs ‘poorly treated’
    • Could a revised governance code offer broader scope?
    • William Hill pays £6.2m settlement for ‘systemic senior management failure’
    • A very strategic engagement: stakeholders and long-term value
    • Evolving a corporate governance code that is fit for purpose
    • Investors to focus on boardroom skills and experience in 2018
    • Redrow chairman slams mega-payout for Persimmon CEO
    • Ex-Carillion chairman takes ‘full responsibility’ as directors grilled
    • Dutch corporate governance committee calls for more shareholder activism
    • James Wates to chair private company governance group
    • Watchdog to probe KPMG over its audit of Carillion
    • Why gender diversity pays
    • MPs to investigate Carillion auditors and board over ‘disaster in the making’
    • Larry Fink: companies must make a ‘positive contribution’ to society
    • Half of large corporates have unreported compliance breaches
    • Carillion directors face probe after company goes into liquidation
    • Pearson tops list of shareholder revolts on remuneration
    • Exxon bows to shareholder demands and agrees climate change report
    • ‘Communication gap’ found between audit committee chairs and auditors
    • One-fifth of FTSE 100 chairs could be affected by nine-year tenure rule
    • French investors tackle reporting on ESG with Article 173
    • Dutch shareholders oppose inclusion of governance in accountants’ role
    • Revised UK Corporate Governance Code meets with broad welcome
    • UK’s new governance code targets corporate culture, wider society and pay
    • Remuneration committees’ remit broadened under revised UK Code
    • FRC: We should have moved more quickly on KPMG/HBOS audit inquiry
    • Big Four accounting firms face £10m in fines for faulty audits
    • Watchdog to review reporting of Brexit risks
    • Investors head for showdown with LSE board over CEO’s departure
    • SEC approves enhanced auditor reporting and communication
    • Firms fail to digitise bulky annual reports
    • Advancing to a state of readiness: the new Shareholder Rights Directive
    • Improve detail in corporate reporting, says watchdog
    • FTSE350 governance compliance rises, while stakeholder engagement low
    • MPs slam RBS chief for ‘extraordinary outburst’ against business owners
    • Diageo tops rankings in IoD’s good governance report
    • Advisors turn against James Murdoch as Sky chairman
    • Investigation into PwC’s client asset reporting at Barclays closes
    • Reputation for the long term requires a change of attitude
    • Uber board agrees governance reforms and Japanese investment
    • Governance reform proposals ‘took the easy line’, says City grandee
    • PM criticises Uber decision while lauding UK’s governance record
    • Telit’s governance tidy-up includes financial review and cost-cutting
    • European banking authorities urge greater diversity among managers
    • New guidelines launched for stakeholder engagement
    • Uber loses licence over ‘lack of corporate responsibility’
    • Takeover Panel moves to protect British-based R&D with tougher rules
    • Dutch directors’ association calls for trust-based governance
    • Audit firm KPMG cleared over HBOS audit after 2007 financial crisis
    • Long-term value at heart of revised Dutch governance code 
    • Corporate culture a ‘standing item’ for boards across the globe.
    • King IV on corporate governance: a product of African soil
    • Corporate governance and the proactive board
    • Malaysia to disclose companies lacking female board members
    • Hong Kong firms see improvement in corporate governance
    • Recommendations to rethink UK corporate governance
    • China’s Communist Party occupies central governance role
    • Improve executive behaviour with better board education
    • UK government waters down plans to strengthen corporate governance
    • Publishing pay ratios is ‘crude’, but are a ‘step in the right direction’
    • Governance reform expands reporting obligation of large UK firms
    • Specialist pay consultants and their relationship with the Remco
    • Governance on the agenda for newly formed Standard Life Aberdeen
    • Easing rules for sovereign-controlled listings ‘detrimental’ to governance
    • S&P bars companies from indices over voting rights concern
    • IIRC marks advances in integrated reporting, but ‘work to be done’ in US
    • Let’s keep ‘comply-or-explain’ in corporate governance burning bright
    • Corporate governance ‘best way to achieve better work’
    • Burberry faces remuneration opposition from shareholders
    • Boards ‘weighed down’ by governance reform, report warns
    • Disquiet after governance reform fails to appear in Queen’s Speech
    • No corporate governance reform ‘talk’ in Brexit-focused Queen’s Speech
    • SFO brings fraud charges against Barclays and former executives
    • Audit quality improves among FTSE350, says watchdog
    • Greg Clark reappointed business secretary
    • Shareholder body advises vote against Tesco chairman
    • Corporate Governance and Reporting Event – London, June 2017
    • Japan’s investors prepare to report on voting practices
    • French regulator receives complaints over governance at Renault-Nissan
    • New committee to review Indian governance
    • Hong Kong stock exchange explores new share structures
    • Australia’s sovereign fund votes against key appointments
    • Philanthropist challenges BlackRock over executive pay voting
    • Courtroom clash between AkzoNobel and shareholders set for today
    • Football Association reserves boardroom seats for women
    • Tories commit to greater employee involvement in governance
    • AkzoNobel accused of ‘hoax’ governance policy by major shareholder
    • Review of UK code will focus on section 172 duties
    • IoD calls for shareholders to have second vote on pay
    • Directors’ body says CEOs should “speak up” on societal issues
    • RBS faces concern over diversity and pay ahead of AGM
    • Corporate governance becomes an election campaign issue
    • Integrated implementation: Tim Haywood
    • US boards prepare for contact with activist shareholders
    • Environmental concerns dominate US shareholder proposals
    • Systemic risk and corporate governance to lead Cass event
    • Culture involves everyone, but begins with the board
    • Transparency should be at the heart of executive pay reform
    • LGIM toughens stance on climate change, diversity and pay ratios
    • European Central Bank urged to beef up governance
    • Diversity now means more than gender
    • Governance has biggest impact on corporate reputation than ever before
    • Executive pay: time to revolutionise a faulty system
    • India to reform stewardship code
    • Sky takeover investigation may focus on governance
    • Hong Kong beefs up anti-money laundering and corporate disclosure laws
    • China to enhance anti-corruption legislation
    • IIRC seeks global feedback on integrated reporting
    • Singapore: Code of Corporate Governance to be reviewed
    • Draft EU tax directive on ‘hybrid mismatches’ agreed
    • Gender pay gap regulation looms for large UK companies
    • Financial regulator seeks to review UK capital markets
    • Revised German Corporate Governance Code urges ‘ethical behaviour’
    • UK governance needs radical overhaul to make business ‘purposeful’
    • Should chairmen become CEO within the same company?
    • Legal and regulatory roundup
    • Inadequate supplier monitoring puts large firms at risk
    • FRC seeks extended corporate governance powers
    • New reporting rules on payment practices for large firms
    • Unions and business groups unite to call for strengthened governance
    • May: governance reform at heart of UK effort to remain ‘global’
    • New gender quotas come into force for large French companies
    • Governance leaders to produce guidance on UK board decision-making
    • 2017: Key issues in the year ahead
    • Workers on boards
    • 2016: the governance year in review
    • Corporate commitment to ESG principles will survive Trump
    • Fox-Sky deal to face governance demands
    • Multi-capital reporting could rebuild public trust in business
    • Interview: Michelle Edkins, Blackrock
    • Dutch revise governance with long-term value creation at its heart
    • Bars to geo-blocking mooted
    • Remuneration guidance published
    • Changes to money laundering directive proposed
    • A question of cultural reform
    • Watchdog tells MPs it needs more powers
    • Values and governance integral to business success, says FRC
    • Measuring governance: why corporate culture needs a health check
    • Executives believe companies must think ‘beyond profit’
    • FRC welcomes Hampton/Alexander report
    • Slow start for Modern Slavery Act
    • The Five Governance Questions Issuers and Investors Need to Ask
    • Watchdog backs PM’s drive for governance reform
    • The murky politics of boardroom pay
    • Sports Direct switches governance review away from legal advisers
    • Governance chief calls for ‘increased focus’ on UK corporate culture
    • Tesco comes bottom of governance index
    • Sports Direct commissions governance report
    • ICSA questions strengthening of shareholder rights
    • IoD prepares code for private companies
    • Investment managers publish new governance principles
    • Reported: views on Theresa May’s governance proposals
    • May reveals radical reform of governance
    • FIFA’s own goal
    • Audit Insights: Cyber Security – Closing the Cyber Gap
    • Taxing reports
    • Family affair
    • It’s all in the emphasis
    • A long way to go
    • Swiss court backs sale of Sika stake to Saint-Gobain
    • Female non-executives increase at FTSE 350 companies
    • FRC responds to governance recommendations
    • Insights from the ICGN conference 2015
    • Independence is secure but pay is too low
  • Category: Headhunter Profiles
  • Category: Insights
    • Listen up—and get a feel for future risk
    • 4 strategies for digital success
    • Corporate-startup partnering can be a force for good
    • How boards can build an effective ransomware response plan
    • How ‘risk blindness’ threatens the effectiveness of board decisions
    • Post-pandemic, firms need chief social connectivity officers
    • The war for talent: creating competitive advantage through diversity
    • Home front: how digitalisation is moving cybersecurity boundaries
    • Webinar: what’s next for boards in financial services?
    • Identity crisis: the threat of malicious credential abuse
    • The relationships that create successful acquisitions
    • CEOs who play to type win the market
    • Two CEOs, no drama: ground rules for co-leadership
    • Building better boards: why firms must accelerate diversity in leadership
    • Implementing strategic change at a time of uncertainty
    • Why businesses should optimise supply chains for resilience, not just cost
    • Covid-19 is forcing us to rethink responsible approaches to business
    • Risk management lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
    • Will your next annual report come with installation instructions?
    • What boards need to know about business transformation
    • How boards can steer companies to ‘build back better’
    • Big boss is watching: the pros and cons of employee surveillance
    • How should corporate leaders navigate a political crisis?
    • How technology threatens mental health—especially if you’re inauthentic
    • Cyber-accountability for C-suite and boards
    • Hybrid working requires new technology and HR strategies
    • Creativity in a crisis: finding a route to recovery through innovation
    • D&O litigation on the rise amid host of emerging risks
    • How to prevent your employees’ mistakes compromising cybersecurity
    • Pandemic or no, it’s business as usual for boards
    • The state of AI-driven digital transformation
    • How to make the most of a chief sustainability officer
    • How Covid-19 raises the digital stakes even higher
    • In the current crisis, less hierarchical companies show special resilience
    • Centre stage vs. backstage: the two faces of leadership
    • Five ways racism is bad for business—and what we can do about it
    • Computer says no: the risks of AI in the post-pandemic digital workplace
    • Lessons from CEOs: leading through the Covid-19 crisis and beyond
    • Leading in a crisis: Covid-era CEOs are ‘keen, tough or edgy’
    • CEO activism: should leaders speak up about social causes?
    • Governance after the pandemic requires a stewardship approach
    • Digital disruption: how will Covid-19 affect the future of work?
    • Measuring stakeholder capitalism: ESG, metrics and the board’s role
    • Black Lives Matter: US corporates speak out
    • Internal investigations are on the rise—but are they robust enough?
    • Ardern and Cuomo lead the way on crisis communications
    • Stakeholder accountability at risk from the Covid-19 crisis
    • Covid-19 has taken remote working mainstream. What next?
    • CEOs say these 4 factors will shape business in 2020
    • Google CEO Sundar Pichai on AI and quantum computing
    • Want to do business in Germany? Make sure you know the rules
    • Setting the pace: how to ensure your board is fit for the future
    • Outsourcing: the risks and rewards of a multi-faceted tool
    • Risk hotspots: a global roundup
    • Country profile: Canada
    • Taking control of cyber risk
    • Why integrating ESG is the key to sustainable business
    • Strategic decision-making in a fast-changing world
    • How the revised shareholder directive will help overcome short-termism
    • Country profile: Sweden
    • Get ahead of ESG risk and reap the rewards
    • Books every board should have on its shelf this autumn
    • Why Blockchain is good news for governance
    • The governance of cybersecurity
    • Ten most common mistakes boards make about risk management
    • ‘Uncharted territory’ for directors as hard line set for pension regulation
    • Lead or be led: Why digital transformation starts at the top
    • Risk hotspots – a global roundup
    • The technologies senior leaders plan to deploy in the coming years
    • The cultural attributes of the most innovative companies
    • Why there is a case for live video streaming of boardroom meetings
    • Cybersecurity is a key corporate governance concern
    • Why boards should be clear about long-term value
    • A road map for protection against cybercrime security
    • How boards foster a strong culture
    • Stronger together: the wider benefits of women on boards
    • Risk hotspots: a global roundup
    • Activist investors: the corporate world’s new fixture
    • Sustainable business begins with digital boardrooms
    • How good board communication can mitigate risk
    • Ten simple ways boards can manage their risks better
    • Risk management: prevention is better than cure
    • There’s no merit in untapped female talent for board roles
    • Sustaining momentum: Daniel Schmid, SAP
    • Well connected: David Nussbaum, Drax
    • Too many ESG measures lead to reporting fatigue
    • Business data: why it now falls under the competition regulators’ spotlight
    • A leading role for the future: Robert Swannell, M&S
    • The barriers to getting more women on boards can be overcome
    • How technology could transform board evaluations
    • Why directors should learn to love cybersecurity
    • M&A post-crisis: the changing role of the NED
    • Crisis management: the key to a sound corporate reputation
    • Overcoming difference as Chinese investment in Europe grows
    • Uncovering and understanding the hidden value of intangible assets
    • Enduring institutions prosper through serving society
    • Risk hotspots: a global roundup
    • Managing reputation risk in the boardroom
    • Does gender diversity affect a company’s risk management?
    • Risk: Why boards need a collective mindset
    • Digital transformation: how boards can weather the storm
    • Mittelstand companies: secrets behind their success
    • Europe’s new experiment: a year into EU audit reform
    • Technological change: what’s your attitude to risk?
    • Under-pressure company secretaries need relief from admin burden
    • Is business becoming criminalised?
    • Titanic lessons to be learned about climate change
    • Organisational politics can be an asset to strategy execution
    • Five challenges that could derail a succession plan
    • How to spot the narcissist in the boardroom
    • How robotics can bring UK manufacturing up to speed
    • Blockchain: the technology of choice for decentralised, secure transactions
    • Why every business needs a digital strategy
    • Flexibility is key for the digital boardroom
    • Boardrooms should heed new frontiers in personal data security
    • Technology key to secure boardroom communication
    • Why culture matters with digital start-up collaboration
    • Three ways to get ahead of the digital competition
    • Hostile intent
    • Why the whole board needs to be on top of risk management
    • Digital tools and integrated reporting
    • Cyber threats: how the board can prepare & mitigate risk
    • Cyber: the nuclear option
    • Artificial intelligence revolution
    • The need to nurture business culture is here to stay
    • Corporate borrowers should be braced for refinancing headwinds
    • Corporate bosses could soon take the rap for staff criminality
    • Tech world governance
    • Crime in the making
    • Create value, support growth
    • Investor support
    • The true cost of cyber breaches
    • Executive pay should focus on more than cost
    • Serious action required
    • Anticipation failures
    • Long-term perspectives
    • Organisational resilience
    • Opportunity knocks
    • New horizons
    • Leapfrogging
    • Measure by measure
    • Acquisition trail
    • Digital menace
    • Binge buying
    • New beginnings
    • Moving beyond gender
    • Hunger tamed
    • Three things that matter
    • A must-have, not a nice-to-have
    • Starting out
    • So you want to chair an audit committee?
    • Coping without a CEO
    • Brain bias: Think before your next appointment
    • The trust gap and diversity
    • It’s not about the price tag
    • Crime fighters
    • Shareholder rights and remuneration
    • Coded explanations
    • All sorts of choices when it comes to audit
    • Shifting attitudes to risk
    • Integration is the key
  • Category: Interviews
    • Climate issues likely to figure prominently at next year’s AGMs
    • Sir Donald Brydon on audit reform, career NEDs and board relationships
    • Audit reform 2021: implications for board oversight of risk management
    • Ethics chief Patricia Harned: ‘Retaliation has a silencing effect on culture’
    • Aptiv CEO Kevin Clark on the effective integration of corporate purpose
    • Former CEO of Guardian Life Insurance Company of America on closing the skills gap
    • Innovation in a crisis: how to seize opportunities for growth
    • Tesco’s John Allan on the role of non-executives at a time of crisis
    • Profile: Amanda Blanc, CEO of Aviva, brings a policy of change
    • Profile: Jane Fraser, new Citigroup CEO, breaks the Wall Street barrier
    • Sasja Beslik: global finance industry ‘is the key to a sustainable future’
    • PRI policy chief warns that capital markets ‘remain unsustainable’
    • Fit for growth: Steve Hewitt, Gymshark
    • Stewardship vanguard: Hans-Christoph Hirt, Hermes EOS
    • An asset to responsible investment: Michael Herskovich, BNP Paribas
    • Culture at heart: Steven Baert, Novartis
    • View from the chair: Philip Aiken—Balfour Beatty & Aveva
    • Core strengths: Katharina Latif, Allianz
    • Engaging with happiness: Mark Price
    • Capitalising on the corporation: Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild
    • Digital optimist: Antony Jenkins
    • A fair gamble: Alex Gersh
    • View from the chair: Vanda Murray
    • Integrated reporting: leaders see strong potential for growth
    • View from the chair: Sir John Parker
    • Trust builds the future
    • Reporting revolution
    • Evolution not revolution
    • Stewardship, non-financial reporting and engagement
    • Taking the initiative
    • Governance revisited
    • Non-executive overload
  • Category: Investor Relations
  • Category: News
    • News round-up: this week in governance
    • Embrace data analytics to boost risk assessment, advises CIIA
    • Diversity business case arguments may deter job candidates
    • Queen’s Speech fails to provide clarity on audit reform plans
    • Companies urged to improve modern slavery reporting
    • Parker Review: 89 of FTSE 100 hit ‘one-by-21’ target
    • CEOs under fire: the psychology of leaders in a warzone
    • MHP chair offers a case study in crisis leadership in Ukraine
    • ‘The most important topic we discuss is the safety of our people’
    • UK and EU regulation differences deepen complexity of sanctions
    • Experts urge vigilance on cybersecurity amid Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russia sanctions: check your contracts now, experts warn
    • D&O insurance price rises ease after years of turbulence
    • ‘Cultural proximity’ can aid audits, but may threaten innovation
    • Top stories of 2021: purpose and transformation amid the pandemic
    • EuropeanIssuers calls for EU law to apply to ‘third country’ companies
    • Institute of Directors rejects Boris Johnson’s comments on home working
    • FBI warns ransomware gangs are targeting M&A transactions
    • ‘Not enough being done’ to link diversity and climate goals
    • UK dividends up 89% on Q3 2020 as economy reopens
    • FRC chief’s comments spark debate over audit market cap
    • Campaigners urge FRC to name and shame failing audits
    • In-house lawyers concerned about legal implications of ESG disclosures
    • All-rounder CEOs ‘outperform those with specific industry knowledge’
    • Business Roundtable stakeholder statement ‘mostly for show’, says study
    • Research reveals benefits of having a female chief financial officer
    • Smaller boards are more likely to choose generalist chief executives
    • Companies with CEOs that focus on culture ‘have higher growth rate’
    • How to boost diversity in your company’s leadership team
    • Finance chiefs fear audit reforms will cause increase in costs
    • Shell ‘say on climate’ vote set to fuel further campaigns
    • How government proposals aim to rebuild faith in UK audit and auditors
    • Business bodies speak out against proposed EU stakeholder law
    • Change in audit committee chairs ‘sees audit fees rise and quality fall’
    • Experts highlight cybersecurity risk amid the pandemic
    • Parker Review urges final push to meet FTSE 100 ‘one by 2021’ target
    • How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected board strategy?
    • FRC: many firms ‘not transparent about their compliance with UK code’
    • Deanna Mulligan: how smart companies can close the skills gap
    • WEF launches coalition to ‘put racial equality on the board agenda’
    • Firms forge ahead with AI adoption despite a lack of skills on boards
    • Top stories of 2020: climate, coronavirus and stakeholder capitalism
    • Covid and liquidity boost ‘mega’ M&A deals
    • IIRC: Covid-19 crisis ‘has underscored the relevance of sustainability’
    • Collapse of Victoria’s Secret deal reveals weakness in M&A contracts
    • UK companies ‘need to go further’ on LGBTQ+ inclusion
    • UK seeks powers to block foreign investment on national security grounds
    • Sustainability in spotlight at IIRC Global Conference
    • Legal CSR measures are ‘fraught with conceptual contradictions’
    • Harvard experts slam EU report on long-term strategic thinking
    • FRC proposes ‘public interest report’ to highlight stakeholder issues
    • ICAEW report reveals a quarter of non-PIE audits require improvement
    • CFO taskforce reveals plan to boost UN Sustainable Development Goals
    • Narcissistic leaders are perceived negatively by their employees
    • AI survey: how is your business integrating artificial intelligence?
    • EU urges firms to focus on long-term strategy over short-term goals
    • US companies lead UK and Europe on speed of CEO turnover
    • Covid-19: FRC urges companies to provide ‘more extensive disclosures’
    • Risk report reveals pandemic forced companies to review strategy
    • FRC scrutiny of audit quality reveals “unacceptable” level of issues
    • FRC urges ‘clear and timely’ disclosures on company prospects
    • Business Roundtable members ‘should become benefit corporations’
    • Take part in our Covid-19 Risk Survey
    • Business ‘will fundamentally change’ as result of Covid-19 crisis
    • M&A activity predicted to increase post-Covid-19 crisis
    • Leadership in risk: share your experiences
    • EcoDa warns that sustainability standardisation ‘promotes box-ticking’
    • Investment Association calls for better climate risk reporting
    • Covid-19: UK business institutions and advisers set out likely impact
    • Mergers under scrutiny as competition regulator toughens stance
    • UK government set to implement mandatory TCFD reporting
    • US regulator orders tech giants to release data on acquisitions
    • Investor focus on results and remuneration ‘creating friction’ with boards
    • UK government could introduce shared audits for large companies
    • BlackRock CEO letter issues warning on sustainability disclosures
    • Hong Kong companies ‘failing to integrate ESG’ into policies and planning
    • Brydon review: ‘true and fair’ must go while fraud becomes auditor responsibility
    • FRC is ‘working on a UK version of Sarbanes–Oxley’
    • FTSE 100 boards fail to improve BAME representation
    • Top chairs see remuneration rise by 30% over past decade
    • ISS launches lawsuit against the SEC over proxy adviser guidelines
    • Big Four accountancy firms see decline in combined audit income growth
    • Investors believe companies are ‘falling short’ on climate reporting
    • Sir John Kingman warns government over unfinished FRC reforms
    • Net effects of mandatory CSR reporting ‘difficult to assess’
    • PRI report reveals global shift to national sustainable finance policies
    • Indian regulators work on new rules to halt auditor exodus
    • Auditor resignations indicate new attitude to client selection
    • Controversy in Hong Kong over mandatory ESG reporting
    • Sustainable funds prosper as strategic shift gathers pace
    • Financial services CEOs ‘lack technology expertise’
    • Fines almost triple as regulators get tough with auditors
    • GDPR: data protection rules seen as ‘burdensome’ one year on
    • ‘Practical actions needed’ to improve board diversity
    • Ransomware warning as cybercriminals target large companies
    • FRC calls for better reporting of climate-related risks
    • Greece tops list of most complex international jurisdictions
    • CEO turnover falls as firms seek ‘continuity and consistency’
    • Climate change ‘is biggest risk factor for businesses’ say CEOs
    • New approach aims to improve transparency of ESG information
    • Mazars wins Goldman Sachs audit deal amid debate on market reform
    • Practical steps needed to boost gender diversity on US boards
    • Why mental health is a board-level issue
    • Risk management ‘is about opportunities, not just threats’
    • Investors fail to challenge CEO pay
    • Lack of turnover slows progress for women on US boards
    • Audit committees: increased scrutiny is the only certainty
    • Audit committees face public reprimand as part of market reforms
    • Trend for portfolio reviews drives M&A optimism
    • Shareholders focus attention on diversity and climate
    • What impact investments mean for boards
    • More work needed on workforce disclosures
    • MPs call on regulator to get tough on executive pay

    • Government to push ahead with new audit and governance watchdog
    • Share buybacks prompt promise of fresh US legislation
    • Ghosn scandal poses big questions for strategic alliances
    • Citi’s information-sharing deal unlikely to spread
    • Brexit, cybersecurity and climate change lead risk concerns for 2019
    • Audit committees braced for new relationship with regulators
    • UK to replace governance watchdog with new regulator
    • Debate heats up over sustainability reporting
    • Ted Baker: ‘Hugging’ and making employees heard
    • ‘Repeat offenders’ warned to heed shareholder revolts
    • Limits to shareholder voting rights mooted by investors
    • Executive pay storms back onto corporate agenda
    • Managing mental health among executive high-fliers
    • Success for women in the boardroom, but not necessarily as chair or CEO
    • Battle for the future of proxy advisers
    • The gender pay gap is closing – but the UK is behind
    • Germany launches new governance code
    • Corporate reporting approaches a new start
    • Norges Bank declares opposition to combined CEO-chairs
    • Why marrying societal impact with financial strategy takes time
    • Boards increase their efforts on cybersecurity
    • Regulators make climate demands of financial services
    • Companies set to swerve option of workers on boards
    • Global warming: business on the front line
    • Data ethics: defining the governance of artificial intelligence
    • Employee ownership: a help or hindrance to UK business?
    • When an IT failure should mean ‘goodbye’ for a CEO
    • Quarterly reporting: Useful or an obstacle to jobs?
    • ‘Internal’ or ‘external’ for the best CEOs?
    • Shareholder revolts against remuneration reports rise
    • Blockchain projects in wide-scale development
    • KPMG conflict of interest with Ted Baker results in £3m FRC fine
    • European Commission edges closer to ‘sustainability’ investment rules
    • Governance briefs from around Europe
    • Investors increasingly vote against remuneration reports
    • The investor activists are here to stay
    • Strategic report guidance amended to include ‘broader impact’
    • Survey to reveal sustainability thinking among boards
    • Shareholders reject Royal Mail’s remuneration report
    • Shareholder proposals gain ‘traction’ during US proxy season
    • Australian CEO pay scales new heights
    • Board chairs offered extension on nine-year terms in new code
    • UK companies warned: time running out for Brexit preparations
    • Big Four accountants accused of EU tax policy ‘conflict’
    • Growth in ranks of activist investors reported for H1 2018
    • Regulators demand IT security plans from financial services firms
    • Dividends looking more ‘sustainable’, for now
    • Female directors boost company performance, says research
    • Boardroom pay rising in the US, according to survey
    • PwC to pay $625.3m damages over collapsed US bank
    • UK plc hits record debt levels
    • SEC accused of ‘discouraging’ executive whistleblowers
    • Deloitte investigated over SIG audit
    • Air France-KLM mulls split of CEO role
    • Outgoing Carrefour chief gives up €4m of retirement package
    • EU agrees measures to stamp out VAT fraud
    • Uber to lean on governance changes in licence appeal
    • Lib Dem leader backs more action on executive pay
    • UK companies face increase in investor activism
    • Audit industry to face fresh “root and branch” review by UK government
    • Intel CEO resigns following breach of ‘fraternisation’ policy
    • ‘Grandfather’ financial services post-Brexit to protect 36m policyholders
    • Whitbread’s demerger pay plan under fire from investor advisors
    • France orders banks to keep extra capital buffer
    • Unilever likely to part company with FTSE 100 index
    • New UK CEO pay-ratio reporting laws announced
    • EU inches closer to banking governance reforms
    • Companies face new law demanding they justify pay gap
    • Female non-executive directors ‘expect less pay’ than males
    • Corporate and pension schemes must report climate change risk
    • Measures to protect stakeholders in insolvent firms proposed
    • Asset managers devise questions for “purpose-led” companies
    • Campaign for RBS shareholder committee takes another turn
    • Google CEO tops global reputation list
    • LGIM launches gender diversity fund to promote women on boards
    • Big Four auditors ‘prepared’ if regulators push for split
    • Many firms not ready for GDPR: but compliant organisations reap benefits
    • Investor representative pushes for vote against Shell remuneration
    • Brussels seeks amended law to facilitate cross-border moves
    • EC seeks to amend and standardise shareholder rights law
    • ‘Professional scepticism’ must be further embedded into audit firms’ culture
    • EC proposes better protection for whistleblowers
    • Amazon faces calls to separate CEO and chairman roles
    • EC proposes simplified cross-border mergers, moves or divisions
    • Aviva offers ‘goodwill payment’ to investors over preference shares
    • Weir Group’s pay reforms could be ‘model for other companies’
    • Persimmon AGM vote sees investors slam executive mega-payouts
    • London Stock Exchange told to tackle culture following CEO’s departure
    • FTSE 100 looks beyond UK for CEOs
    • Campaign demands more ‘sustainable’ companies for investors
    • Legal & General and investment group to ‘vote against’ non-diverse boards
    • ‘Root and branch’ review of FRC launched by government
    • Credit Suisse faces further ructions over boardroom pay
    • Norway’s oil fund backs closure of LTIPs at Weir
    • Former Afren chiefs disqualified as directors by Insolvency Service
    • Watchdog to step up monitoring of largest audit firms
    • Investors should push companies on cybersecurity, warns expert
    • Big Four auditors could face £10m fines under new sanctions
    • Sir Martin Sorrell investigated by WPP over alleged misconduct
    • Companies warned of court action over gender pay gap reporting
    • European Commission introduces tough tax laws for digital business
    • Financial Reporting Council to face ‘competency inquiry’ by government
    • Asset owners should ‘enforce’ ongoing investor engagement
    • Former FDs at Carillion face probe over financial statements
    • BlackRock reveals more details on its engagement priorities
    • Regulator seeks audit market probe into Big Four domination
    • HSBC reveals gender pay gap of 60% but pledges to improve diversity
    • Unilever opts for single Netherlands HQ and ‘one share one vote’
    • Goldman Sachs criticises Hong Kong’s dual class share limit
    • Hiscox reports an average gender pay gap of 31%
    • ING banking group scraps pay rise for CEO after public outcry
    • General Electric’s former CEO took big fall in pay prior to departure
    • Certainty on Brexit transition preferred over ambitious deal, say businesses
    • EU launches fintech action plan to support business
    • Top paid jobs dominated by men fourfold, HMRC reveals
    • CBI: Brexit deal must avoid ‘cliff edge’ for financial services
    • Behaviour of IoD chairwoman Lady Judge called into question
    • Remuneration issues under scrutiny after gender pay gap reports
    • Pension fund trustees could be forced to publish climate policy
    • Gender pay gap reports published by only a fraction of companies
    • Hong Kong Stock Exchange proposes allowing dual class shares
    • UK and US financial services authorities sign deal on fintech cooperation
    • Investors more concerned than CEOs about cybersecurity
    • Persimmon’s mega executive payouts curbed by 50%
    • Barclays International reveals its gender pay gap of 48%
    • Government considers intervention in Melrose bid for GKN
    • HSBC spends $28m preparing for Brexit
    • Belgium drafts revised corporate governance code
    • Investors ramp up pressure on BHP Billiton over dual listing
    • Integrated reporting the focus for ICGN-IIRC gathering
    • GPIF, Japan’s pension fund, to probe external fund manager’s pay
    • Heavy industry in EU faces steeper cuts to CO2 emissions
    • Financial and administrative burden on Belgian companies ‘too high’
    • Compliance: take it or leave it
    • Investors’ fiduciary duty should ‘require’ attention to climate change
    • European Commission urges businesses to prepare for data protection law
    • EU lawmakers back plans for greater CO2 cuts in key sectors
    • ICGN calls for inclusion of buy-backs in governance code
    • ISS advocates AGM vote abstention for ex-Carillion audit chair Andrew Dougal
    • Hong Kong set to create independent audit regulators
    • Public believes CEOs can improve UK’s fortunes as trust in media dips
    • PM reveals new sanctions for company leaders over pension deficits
    • SFO launches corruption inquiry into defence firm Chemring
    • Investor concern as GKN rebuffs Melrose’s hostile takeover bid
    • MPs ask if voluntary climate-risk reporting recommendations are enough
    • Persimmon CEO defends bumper bonus scheme
    • AA ‘astonished’ at former exec chairman’s wrongful dismissal claim
    • Fat Cat Thursday renews pressure over executive pay
    • Reputation of business improves since Brexit
    • Japanese companies face call for rapid improvement on ESG
    • European CEO pay ratios highest in UK, France and Germany
    • Non-executive directors’ average age breaks through 60
    • Regulator warns of ‘unlimited’ fines for failures over pay gap reports
    • London Stock Exchange chairman Donald Brydon likely to remain in post
    • Persimmon chairmen resign over executive pay cap omission
    • BlackRock to target diversity and climate change reporting in 2018
    • Boards must improve tech knowledge as “adaptation is critical” for future
    • Akzo’s merger talks with Axalta provoke shareholder fury
    • Shell reports gender pay gap of 22.2%
    • Shareholders to vote on future of London Stock Exchange chairman
    • Landmark ruling on holiday pay could prove costly for business
    • Investment consultants warned of climate change risks
    • Business needs a Brexit Christmas gift, says IoD
    • Investors seek more ‘comprehensive information’ on risks
    • Tenders may face investigation on intra-group collusion
    • Mitie’s financial reporting falls under further scrutiny
    • Governance in the Gulf still lags behind global peers, says S&P
    • Norway’s sovereign wealth fund to disinvest from oil and gas
    • LSE row prompts demand for CEO confidentiality waiver
    • Italy introduces law to protect whistleblowers
    • Proposals published on EU citizens’ rights post-Brexit
    • European Parliament adopts EU-wide whistleblowing recommendations
    • ESG low priority for more than half of Japanese companies, survey shows
    • ICGN Paris conference will focus on developments in Europe
    • FTSE 350 firms urged to increase gender diversity in leadership teams
    • Skills crisis threatens UK’s place in the industrial world, say CBI panellists
    • Investors turn the screws over toned-down executive pay awards
    • CBI seeks independent body for industrial strategy development
    • MSCI extends investigation of non-voting shares
    • Work to be done on ethnic diversity of banking and finance
    • Thousands of businesses in the dark about GDPR
    • Broaden evaluation of foreign investors’ intentions, urges EEF
    • French trend sees merger of CEO and chairman roles
    • FCA faces questions over sovereign-owned companies’ listing rule
    • Commission probes UK tax scheme for multinationals
    • Regulator seeks to hold international audit networks to account
    • Company Secretary Forum to differ from previous years
    • R&D spend ‘feels the effects’ of economic nationalism
    • AkzoNobel in further shareholder spat over board candidates
    • Danone combines CEO and chair roles in bid to boost governance
    • MPs spotlight diversity at Bank of England
    • Ex-Rio Tinto CEO and CFO charged with fraud over ‘inflated’ asset values
    • Ministers seek greater powers to block foreign takeovers
    • Auditor fined £1.8m for ‘misconduct’
    • Opposition to listing rule changes continues to build
    • New EBA guidance published on Brexit relocations
    • FTSE 100 boards given deadline for finding ethnic minority members
    • Debt and riskier punts push company takeover values close to European IPOs
    • Corporates must get to grips with new accounting standards, says FRC
    • GE chairman appoints activist investor representative onto board
    • ‘Modest’ improvement in gender equality at board level, finds OECD
    • Corporate tax evasion crimes added to Criminal Finances Act
    • Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild heads IIRC convention line-up
    • Annual reports swell in size and content improves, but work to be done
    • External CEO directorships affect shareholder returns, says research
    • Financial watchdog defends change to listing rules
    • Corporate culture and how to rebuild public trust
    • Boards fail to describe preferred culture to staff, survey shows
    • Interserve chief’s payoff elicits investor criticism following profit warning
    • Boards need ‘protection’ from short-term shareholders
    • Energy supplier SSE reveals growing gender pay gap
    • Brexit uncertainty affecting investment decisions, says Bank of England
    • European Commission unveils comprehensive industrial policy strategy
    • Germany: compliance management system can reduce fines, court rules
    • UK companies face higher risk of activist action
    • Regulator clashes with government over Sky takeover
    • Lobby group urges EU to strengthen single market and cut costs
    • EU merger ruling for new joint ventures ‘welcome’
    • Take part in the European corporate culture survey
    • Post-Brexit customs barriers could cost traders £4bn a year
    • Strategic thinking in the age of digital transformation
    • MPs seek assurance over reputation of UK governance
    • Hellawell narrowly retains Sports Direct chair after shareholder vote
    • French entrepreneur body calls for wider application of labour law reforms
    • Dutch company boards failing to meet female quotas
    • European commissioner to publish company law initiative in November
    • Former Tesco directors to stand trial for fraud and false accounting
    • FRC updates mission statement and website to improve transparency
    • Samsung heir jailed as South Korea clamps down on corruption
    • Amended Shareholder Rights Directive implemented
    • ‘Shareholder spring’ dents FTSE100 remuneration rise
    • Ethnic minority pipeline to FTSE100 boards rises; existing number falls
    • PwC hit by another £5m fine after admitting failures in RSM Tenon audit
    • More detail of long-term value created by UK companies proposed by FRC
    • Chinese firms need stronger governance to attract British investors
    • Singapore’s governance improves, but stakeholder engagement still poor
    • Malaysia’s corporates need to improve governance, says MICG president
    • Telit CEO Oozi Cats resigns over historic US fraud allegations
    • Unilever looks to improve governance with €450m preference share buyback
    • Ex-Tech Data finance director banned from accounting membership
    • Google employee fired over ‘gender differences’ email to staff
    • Unilever’s takeover rejection becomes a turning point
    • Dame Helen Alexander, former CBI president, dies
    • EU Damages Directive transposed into Belgian law
    • Investors improve reporting under Stewardship Code, says FRC
    • Watchdog launches probe of Mitie audits by Deloitte
    • Barclays CEO’s whistleblower hunt ‘completely inexcusable’
    • Audit improves but professional scepticism remains a concern
    • Seat at the Table event develops female executives
    • Global M&A deals holding firm, EY figures show
    • China reveals state-owned enterprise reform plan
    • AkzoNobel told new CEO Thierry Vanlancker’s position ‘untenable’
    • Advisors recommend vote against The Sims chairman
    • Poll shows Japanese boards hesitate to increase shareholder returns
    • Investors need carbon exposure stress-test, says think-tank
    • Halfords faces opposition to reappointment of auditor
    • Fiduciary duties must include ‘sustainability risk’, says EU group
    • World’s largest pension fund GPIF to allocate more to ESG
    • Burberry shareholders revolt against executive pay report
    • Malaysian boards urged to establish good governance incentive schemes
    • Chinese firms see corporate governance improvements, survey shows
    • Germany: New equal pay and maternity protection laws approved
    • Boards should be keeping banks to ‘spirit of regulation’, says regulator
    • Simplifications for Prospectus Regulation proposed
    • New guidelines for non-financial reporting aim to be ‘business-oriented’
    • Japan’s boards face criticism over former executives’ retirement perks
    • Revamped UK governance code will have a new focus on culture
    • New Zealand announces new anti-money laundering initiatives
    • Legal and Regulatory Roundup – Europe & Asia
    • Shareholder displeasure against S&P500 directors reaches high level
    • France: update to Sapin II Law aims to improve transparency
    • Investors seek more disclosures on global workforce management
    • Pay of US bank CEOs outstrips that of global peers
    • Global risk: hotspots from the UK, US, Italy, Europe and Qatar
    • Germany: New proceeds of crime law implemented
    • EU’s Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive in force
    • EU proposal aims to curb aggressive tax arrangements
    • Deadline looms for implementation of new EU financial directives
    • Philippines faces corporate governance ‘obstacles’
    • Research captures shift in purpose for global business
    • Malaysia releases new corporate governance code
    • Japan’s big corporates shift to provide AGM agendas online
    • Germany to bring into force remuneration transparency law
    • European survey to reveal how boards are shaping corporate culture
    • Details revealed of new French whistleblowing protections
    • Index firm reviews membership role of non-voting shares
    • EU companies to face new anti-money laundering obligations
    • Morrisons’ chairman clashes with shareholders over directors’ pay
    • Shareholder pressures WPP over CEO succession
    • Gender diversity best where companies are also led by women
    • Singapore sees rise of female board directors overall
    • Pension fund group to increase pressure over climate risks
    • ESMA sets out principles for Brexit among EU member states
    • Low-level support for CEOs becoming chairmen, poll suggests
    • Experts set to explore the evolution of governance
    • Business voice must be heard in Brexit negotiations
    • Labour targets executive pay and plans expanded duty of care
    • Labour planning corporate ‘levy’ for the highly paid
    • Just one in ten companies do leadership strategy well, says survey
    • CBI calls on election winner to address pay and employee engagement
    • Regulator to investigate KPMG’s audit of Rolls-Royce
    • Malta hosts EU corporate governance conference
    • Directors could be struck off for failing to protect pensions, says PM
    • ‘Misinvoicing’ accounts for majority of illicit financial flows in global trade
    • Urban Outfitters faces action over diversity criticism
    • Criminal Finances Bill receives Royal Assent
    • Barclays’ CEO risks shareholder backlash over whistleblowing scandal
    • AstraZeneca shareholders signal concerns over pay
    • Companies are at risk from failing to invest in compliance, research shows
    • Wells Fargo chairman survives vote with slim margin
    • Pay consultant argues LTIPs are ‘effective’, despite calls to end them
    • Grant Thornton fined £2.3m over audit of firefighting company
    • Exxon under pressure over climate change reporting
    • Adviser concern builds for executive pay at Persimmon
    • CEO pay is falling, says PwC study of annual reports
    • CEO of Next sees pay package fall
    • Legal & General to vote against all-male US boards
    • Wells Fargo directors a week away from critical vote
    • Risk hotspots — tremors from around the world
    • Directors could ‘improve’ contact with wider stakeholders
    • Rio Tinto faces shareholder opposition over boardroom diversity
    • Hermes to take action on boardroom pay and diversity
    • Barclays’ CEO reprimanded over whistleblower actions
    • Rolls-Royce: after the shocks and blows, can it get back on course?
    • Norwegian oil fund seeks the end of LTIPs
    • BP cuts chief executive’s pay package by 40%
    • Update to UK limited partnership law will allow for PFLPs
    • MPs propose major changes to UK governance code
    • Trudeau ‘not pleased’ with Bombardier’s executive pay proposal
    • Shareholder Rights Directive goes live
    • Banking guidelines ‘insufficient’ on leadership and strategy role of boards
    • Investors consider legal action over RBS shareholder committee rejection
    • Companies with all-male boards could lose investor votes
    • ISS cuts support for activist investors
    • France: large firms face new ‘duty of care’ on risk management
    • Legal & Regulatory Roundup – Europe
    • CBI calls for Brexit quick wins
    • Financial services firms battle to increase female applications
    • Tesco agrees £129m penalty over accounting scandal
    • Atos tops CAC 40 governance index
    • Sir James Dyson hits out at governance proposals
    • Less than a quarter of boardroom roles go to women
    • Crest Nicholson suffers shareholder revolt over pay
    • Nine in ten FTSE 100 CEOs paid more than 100 times living wage
    • Why audit committees worry about risk management systems
    • Google apologises to advertisers in move to protect reputation
    • Climate risk a key issue for 2017, says BlackRock
    • Global investor urges Unilever to stick with ‘sustainable’ business model
    • Intelligence chief calls on boardrooms to act on cybersecurity
    • M&S and BHP Billiton lead new human rights benchmark
    • Governance uncertainty prompted by Trump unlikely to end ESG demands
    • Employee representative ‘will do little’ to fix Sports Direct governance
    • ESG issues see Norwegian oil fund divest from 210 companies
    • Rio Tinto withholds bonus payments from former CEO
    • Reforms mooted for UK IPO process
    • Investment expert advocates salary-only model for executive pay
    • Singapore puts governance under review
    • Watchdog confirms call for new powers over company directors
    • Government told shareholder engagement ‘does not work’
    • FTSE 100 wealth manager to seek more focus on ESG investment
    • Executive pay best reformed with long-term equity
    • Remco chairmen should resign over shareholder revolts
    • FRC to launch ‘fundamental’ review of UK governance code
    • Watchdog to review audit firm governance and culture
    • Hermes targets infrastructure firms for big governance improvements
    • MPs say extend governance code to private companies
    • Shareholders seek softer measure over binding pay votes
    • One in ten consider end to long-term incentive plans
    • Thomas Cook suffers pay revolt by shareholders
    • IT leaders and board members split over responsibility for cybersecurity
    • Churches warn FTSE 350 of ‘unjustified’ pay policies
    • Investors reveal concern over audit tender exclusions
    • Lack of cybersecurity expertise on FTSE 100 boards ‘alarming’
    • Investors aim to head off government intervention on executive pay
    • Sports Direct debacle prompts desire to change listing rules
    • Twitter faces calls for user ownership
    • Uncertainty whether UK governance model is working
    • RBS rejects call for shareholder committee
    • US investors reveal deadline for new governance principles
    • US investors look to end dual-class shares
    • Britain needs a ‘reinvigorated’ equity culture
    • Audit committee chairs remain concerned by lack of audit choice
    • Ethics communication needs work
    • Board Agenda launches to inspire exemplary board performance
    • UK governance reform needs ‘patient’ capital
    • French Connection begins search for non-execs
    • BlackRock warns of scrutiny for tax holiday cash
    • Greencore faces executive pay opposition
    • Boardroom changes demanded at French Connection
    • Investor stewardship: society ‘demanding more’ of asset owners
    • Corporates receive call to heed UN sustainability goals
    • Rolls-Royce agrees £671m settlement over bribery claims
    • Blackrock warns FTSE 350 to link pay to performance
    • UK to beef up corporate crime law
    • Project launches to improve boardroom understanding of stakeholders
    • OECD: governance a weapon in the battle against inequality
    • Pension funds set for action against executive pay levels
    • Activists muster against Zodiac
    • Regulator criticises quality of non-compliance explanations
    • Corbyn’s national wage cap ‘lunatic’, says economist
    • Executive pay becomes a political issue in Germany
    • Sports Direct CEO welcomes support of hedge fund manager
    • VW executive charged with fraud
    • Survey finds ‘substantial work’ needed on risk management
    • Boards face ‘industrialisation’ of cyber-threat
    • New board evaluation advice for Indian companies
    • Hellawell survives at Sport Direct
    • Governance commission rejected
    • Sports Direct chairman faces fresh vote
    • High Pay Commission declares ‘Fat Cat Wednesday’
    • Barclays: A fork in the road
    • Catch-up: RBS, FTSE 350 pay, Tata, ESG under Trump
    • Value creation the missing link in integrated reporting
    • Top UK companies short of BAME directors
    • Task Force releases climate risk recommendations
    • Companies face ‘strategic uncertainty’ in 2017
    • Tax complexity is biggest compliance burden
    • Ethnic diversity in the boardroom falls
    • Legal & regulatory roundup – Europe
    • ICAEW calls for workers on boards
    • Confidence in UK business ethics falls
    • US bank splits chairman and CEO roles
    • Business bodies welcome government consultation on UK governance
    • Executive pay regulation to tighten
    • Mistry letter intensifies Tata feud
    • May dilutes pledge to get more workers on boards
    • FSB shines light on ‘poor payments culture’ of big UK business
    • Concern over Trump plan to gut NY anti-fraud law
    • French companies increase resource for ESR reporting
    • Tata Motors board evades Mistry feud by backing ‘management’
    • Fraud office decision on Barclays probe given March deadline
    • MPs begin hearings on UK governance
    • FRC holds fund managers to account under Stewardship Code
    • FTSE 350 compliance with Governance Code improving
    • Former BHS owner arrested amid tax investigation
    • Rio Tinto reports itself to fraud office
    • Tata calls meeting over Mistry dismissal
    • Australian investors angry over exec pay
    • VW chairman engulfed in diesel emissions probe
    • Government advances plans to get more women in senior management
    • Google faces new tax criticism
    • German pension reform to offer more certainty and flexibility to employers
    • Insolvencies could be prevented, says pensions adviser
    • Uber faced with £12m pensions bill
    • Fund managers warn over exec pay
    • Archbishop backs call for cultural change in financial regulators
    • Investor body calls for increased shareholder powers
    • Companies that report on value for stakeholders lauded
    • SEC reveals executive pay guidance
    • Hyundai executives face pay cuts
    • Japan’s stewardship code faces low level corporate support
    • Directors perceive boardroom expectations gap
    • UK criminal law should be extended to cover slavery
    • City figures back PM’s move to put workers in the boardroom
    • Companies fail to acknowledge bad news
    • Africa’s biggest economy publishes governance code
    • Caterpillar splits CEO and chairman roles
    • Portugal tops sustainability ranking
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  • Why poor cybersecurity is a ticking time bomb
  • King IV code change favours quantity over quality
  • How to accelerate gender diversity
  • Think tank recommends culture and people role for remcos
  • Share buybacks prompt promise of fresh US legislation
  • Reporting directive paves way for improved accountability
  • Why gender diversity pays
  • Risk management: prevention is better than cure
  • There's no merit in untapped female talent for board roles
  • Every board has a role in the transition to a low-carbon economy
  • Sustaining momentum: Daniel Schmid, SAP
  • There's still everything to gain from having workers on boards
  • Well connected: David Nussbaum, Drax
  • Too many ESG measures lead to reporting fatigue
  • Business data: why it now falls under the competition regulators' spotlight
  • Secret Ned: The serious dream of sustainability
  • Origins of investor stewardship and the Japan code
  • A leading role for the future: Robert Swannell, M&S
  • Non-execs need the right skills for effective integrated reporting
  • The barriers to getting more women on boards can be overcome
  • Sustainable development means securing the future of business
  • How technology could transform board evaluations
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  • View from the chair: Ken Olisa on good governance
  • Firms fail to digitise bulky annual reports
  • Sense in sustainability: the changing focus for boards
  • Advancing to a state of readiness: the new Shareholder Rights Directive
  • M&A post-crisis: the changing role of the NED
  • Crisis management: the key to a sound corporate reputation
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  • Uncovering and understanding the hidden value of intangible assets
  • Reputation for the long term requires a change of attitude
  • Corporate tax evasion crimes added to Criminal Finances Act
  • Corporate culture and how to rebuild public trust
  • Risk: Why boards need a collective mindset
  • King IV on corporate governance: a product of African soil
  • Corporate governance and the proactive board
  • Strategic thinking in the age of digital transformation
  • The Secret Ned: how boards can keep RoboNed at bay
  • Improve executive behaviour with better board education
  • Digital revolution: how business can address the impact
  • Directors must do more to restore public trust
  • Engaging with happiness: Mark Price
  • Specialist pay consultants and their relationship with the Remco
  • Digital transformation: how boards can weather the storm
  • Capitalising on the corporation: Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild
  • Digital optimist: Antony Jenkins
  • Unilever's takeover rejection becomes a turning point
  • A partner for society: Alice Steenland
  • Mittelstand companies: secrets behind their success
  • Non-Financial Reporting Directive: embracing the challenge
  • Europe’s new experiment: a year into EU audit reform
  • France: Macron and the future of corporate governance
  • Technological change: what’s your attitude to risk?
  • Is business becoming criminalised?
  • A fair gamble: Alex Gersh
  • Legal and Regulatory Roundup – Europe & Asia
  • Global risk: hotspots from the UK, US, Italy, Europe and Qatar
  • A matter of principle: Fiona Reynolds
  • The Secret NED on the trials of the remuneration chair
  • Integrated implementation: Tim Haywood
  • Long-term thinking: a key principle of 21st-century governance
  • How to spot the narcissist in the boardroom
  • How robotics can bring UK manufacturing up to speed
  • Risk hotspots — tremors from around the world
  • Speak up: how to encourage whistleblowing in your organisation
  • Rolls-Royce: after the shocks and blows, can it get back on course?
  • Transparency should be at the heart of executive pay reform
  • Blockchain: the technology of choice for decentralised, secure transactions
  • Integrated thinking can create long-term value
  • View from the chair: Vanda Murray
  • Why UK companies cannot ignore modern slavery reporting
  • A good investment: Steve Waygood
  • Diversity now means more than gender
  • Why every business needs a digital strategy
  • Flexibility is key for the digital boardroom
  • Boardrooms should heed new frontiers in personal data security
  • Technology key to secure boardroom communication
  • Why culture matters with digital start-up collaboration
  • Why audit committees worry about risk management systems
  • Employee representative 'will do little' to fix Sports Direct governance
  • Board Agenda launches to inspire exemplary board performance
  • Barclays: A fork in the road
  • The Secret NED: Welcome, Newbies
  • Mind the (pay) gap
  • VW: restoring confidence
  • Cyber threat: how the board can prepare & mitigate risk
  • Cyber: the nuclear option
  • Beyond the boardroom
  • Interview: Michelle Edkins, Blackrock
  • Artificial intelligence revolution
  • Legal & regulatory roundup – Europe
  • A question of cultural reform
  • French anti-corruption bill passed
  • The need to nurture business culture is here to stay
  • Compliance: why it pays to stay on the right side of the law
  • The need for engaged boards is more crucial than ever before
  • Measuring governance: why corporate culture needs a health check
  • Integrated reporting: leaders see strong potential for growth
  • Corporate borrowers should be braced for refinancing headwinds
  • View from the chair: Sir John Parker
  • Courage ranked top boardroom trait
  • Patagonia: the business of virtue
  • Workers on boards make sense and add value

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