Diony Lebot, formerly of Société Générale, and Wells Fargo’s Mary Mack will join the company in March and June respectively.

Lobbying on EU sustainability reporting rules; US pension fund supports disclosure; managed shared audit; UK shareholder activism grows.

Firms fail to keep pace with tech; AI and the never-ending board meeting; CEO pay at Barclays; remco strategies.

The former HSBC senior executive has been appointed to the Skipton Building Society group board with immediate effect.

Daniela Barone Soares OBE and Julia Wilson will join the board of the British international distributor in December.

The BP and Legal & General board member has become an independent non-executive director of the UK telecoms group.

Richard Taylor has been appointed as a non-executive director of the water supply company with effect from 1 April.

The former CEO of Barclays Investments Solutions becomes a non-executive director of BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust.

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

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