Tag: Board composition
US boards slow diversity with poor retirement policies
Only 6% of organisations have term limits for directors, and there is reluctance around mandatory retirement policies.
How to be an effective chair during volatile times
Now, more than ever, boards need to be on top of their game to make the right decisions and drive growth—effective chairing is the key.
News round-up: this week in governance
Divestment may not drive renewables shift; US boards get bigger; call for transparency on lobbying; how famine affects board decisions.
Gender diversity warning for FTSE All-Share Index
Report from Women on Boards and Protiviti reveals half of FTSE All Share companies outside the top 350 have no female board directors.
EU proposes 40% quota for female non-executives
Agreement sees the threshold reduced to 33% if boards agree rules to include executive roles in their gender quota calculations.
Women take 54% of FTSE 350 board roles but fail to win ‘top jobs’
Just 19% of chair, chief executive, chief financial officer or senior independent director roles went to women in 2021.
Parker Review: progress update and priorities for change
The latest review identifies the work of increasing and maintaining ethnic diversity on UK boards, with a focus on the talent pipeline.
News round-up: this week in governance
Twitter uses ‘poison pill’ on Musk; Deloitte fined over Mitie audit; rise in investor activism; more women on boards; PwC fraud findings.
Executive pay rebounds as pandemic recedes
PwC research looking at FTSE 100 remuneration reports reveals most sectors are seeing pay levels return to pre-Covid levels.
Parker Review: 89 of FTSE 100 hit ‘one-by-21’ target
Report hails “remarkable progress” on ethnic diversity of non-executives, but highlights concerns over executive roles and talent pipelines.