25 June, 2019
Cybersecurity: how to close the knowledge gap
As cybersecurity becomes a mainstream business risk, boards are coming under increasing pressure from customers, regulators, investors and the government to understand and oversee potential breaches e...
6 June, 2019
Ethics body issues warning to boards over AI accountability
Back in April a report from a think tank at New York University made headline news around the world.
29 May, 2019
Banking on better cybersecurity
J P Morgan Chase’s chief executive and chair Jamie Dimon has been touted as a potential US presidential candidate, but anyone scouring his annual letter to shareholders for evidence of political amb...
29 March, 2019
What boards need to know about whistleblowing
Big corporate scandals have made whistleblowing a headline topic. From Danske Bank to the Panama Papers, whistleblowers have thrown a spotlight on problematic behaviour. Politicians and regulators ...
28 March, 2019
Taking control of cyber risk
When Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced the press after hackers stole data from up to 50 million social networking accounts last September, he said “we need to do more to prevent this f...
27 March, 2019
Performance and accountability: the changing role of the chair
Once a stately figurehead, the chair now faces the glare of publicity, and has become the potential focus of public anger at corporate governance failures. Since the financial crisis the chair has ...
22 January, 2018
Public believes CEOs can improve UK’s fortunes as trust in media dips
A search by the UK's public for credible "expert" voices, and a belief that CEOs can turn around British fortunes, has seen sentiment for business leaders pick up in the last year. The
2 October, 2017
Managing reputation risk in the boardroom
Non-executive roles are as varied as the companies that hire them. They range from some gentle hands-off mentoring of a welcoming but experience-light CEO, through to full-scale involvement with an e...
5 December, 2016
Courage ranked top boardroom trait
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8 October, 2016
