10 February, 2021
Forced CEO turnover can damage the reputation of board directors
Parting company with an underperforming chief executive is a good thing, right? The fulfilment of a board’s governance responsibilities, and bound to boost their standing? It seems not. New resea...
8 February, 2021
Prime problem: the challenge of founder CEO succession
'They leave a space that is impossible for an outsider to completely fill' Dr Andrew White, senior fellow in management practice at Saïd Business School and a CEO executive coac...
9 September, 2020
Why succession planning should be part of a company’s corporate culture
Not many board decisions will be more critical than deciding who (and when) to appoint as a new lead executive—whether CEO, executive chair or combined chair and CEO. The new lead executive will be ...
10 August, 2020
S&P prefers its CEOs to be insiders
Corporate mandarins often claim they trawl the world for new chief executives, recruiting the best from a single pool of talent. Evidence from the US suggests this is not the case and boards more ofte...
3 August, 2020
US companies lead UK and Europe on speed of CEO turnover
When Expedia’s chief executive Mark Okerstrom stepped asid...
13 June, 2019
CEO turnover falls as firms seek ‘continuity and consistency’
It’s official. FTSE 100 chief executives are finding their way to the exit less often than they used to. A survey from recruitment agency Robert Half reveals that the annual attrition rate has fa...
11 September, 2018
Succession planning: Alibaba works its magic
The news this week is once again full of the rags-to-riches story of Jack Ma, the billionaire co-founder and executive chairman of the internet giant Alibaba. This time, though, Ma is making headlines...
26 July, 2018
Board moves at Fiat Chrysler/Ferrari; GAME Digital; and Smiths
Fiat Chrysler/Ferrari One of the automotive sector’s most influential characters, Sergio Marchionne, has died aged 66. His role as CEO at Fiat Chrysler has been taken over by Mike Manle...
23 April, 2018
FTSE 100 looks beyond UK for CEOs
A review of appointments among Britain's largest listed companies found that 47% of all externally appointed CEOs are candidates from overseas. The number of UK nationals leading FTSE 100 companies...
5 April, 2018
