17 June, 2019
Shaping the boards of the future
There have been enormous changes in the way organisations and individuals work over the past 20 to 30 years, but the structure of boards has not changed at anything like the pace of the organisations ...
11 June, 2019
NGO governance: finding solutions to future challenges
Recent scandals have placed national and international NGOs (non-governmental organisations) and NGO governance in the uncomfortable glare of press scrutiny. Whether it is over misuse of funds, inappr...
29 April, 2019
How many chairships is too many?
Reading through the policy guide of proxy advisory firm Gla...
25 April, 2019
Audit committees: increased scrutiny is the only certainty
There is a very good chance that life is about to get much tougher for audit committee members. While in the past those serving on the board committees that supervise auditors may have undertaken thei...
5 April, 2019
Boardroom lessons from Brexit
'The common good is of paramount importance' Marie-Louise Clayton Leadership? Headless chickens? Or, herding cats? Brexit has produced “Bercowesque”, my newly coined adjectiv...
29 March, 2019
Nissan’s governance report is a warning for all boards
Just 20 minutes. That’s the time Carlos Ghosn allegedly allowed for each board meeting when he was heading Nissan. Whatever the facts surrounding Ghosn’s guilt or innocence of the charges he no...
14 March, 2019
How should a board manage a maverick CEO?
How do you solve a problem like Elon Musk? The impulsive chief executive of Tesla seems rarely out of the news. But it’...
14 February, 2019
How information overload can threaten board effectiveness
The composition of boards, their agenda and processes for decision-making are critical to ensuring boards discharge their responsibilities. But the quality of their decision-making is critically depen...
14 February, 2019
Establishing vision and values in financial services
The global financial crisis had at its heart a failure of governance and oversight. Controls were ineffective, non-executives did not challenge and relationships broke down with regulators. Boards ...
14 February, 2019
