United Nations’ expert on extreme poverty names and shames profitable US giants Amazon, Walmart and DoorDash.

JD Sports chair to depart; LGIM brings Jeff Bezos back down to Earth; CEO pay under scrutiny; fines for KPMG; and BlackRock backs off on ESG.

Jassy, who Bezos describes as “an outstanding leader”, is a longstanding Amazon executive and former CEO of Amazon Web Services.

Two experts in leadership succession tackle the thorny problem of how to plan a successful transition from a founder CEO such as Jeff Bezos.

Consumer campaign group says there is a conflict of interest in Jeff Bezos holding both the CEO and chairman roles at Amazon.