21 January, 2021
Board evaluations review finds room for improvement
New proposals call on providers of board evaluations to disclose the measures they take to avoid conflicts of interest and to sign up to a new code of conduct. There is also a recommendation that c...
5 December, 2019
Board performance evaluation: ticking a box or making a difference?
A new lens is being applied to board performance. The demands and expectations on board members are changing dramatically with a clear focus on how boards are making decisions and responding to issues...
27 August, 2019
Institutional investors ‘should confront failing chairs’ to fight private equity deals
Institutional shareholders have been called upon to replace failing chairs as part of an effort to counter companies being sold “too cheaply” to private equity investors. According to David Cum...
16 July, 2019
‘Practical actions needed’ to improve board diversity
Companies have begun to boast about their achievements in making their boardrooms more diverse. Research regularly reveals diversity is improving. But there is still some way to go. Whether on gend...
28 February, 2018
Board gender diversity requires a diversity of attitude
The #MeToo movement has driven a well-overdue need for women to feel empowered, after a litany of sexual harassment allegations in the world of showbusiness expos...
22 February, 2018
Why modesty is king when it comes to CEO remuneration
Vlerick Business School has developed a “rich” database, fed every year with data on all aspects of CEO remuneration (for example, remunerati...
10 August, 2017
View from the chair: Kieran Moynihan on PE versus PLC board performance
When non-executive directors, chairmen, executives and investors are asked to identify high-performance boards that they have either sat on or engaged with, they inevitably point to private equity (PE...
4 July, 2017
Good governance should start with boards’ own performance
In the wake of recent corporate scandals revealing serious lapses in collective judgement, the board’s role in a company’s culture and leadership development is becoming an increasingly critical p...
9 January, 2017
Why the whole board needs to be on top of risk management
Following the 2008 financial crisis, Mary Schapiro, the former chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said
13 December, 2016
