Its aim is to help foster ‘a culture of responsible risk taking and effective governance’ and enhance trust in UK business.

Ensuring that leadership transitions do not rock the business is key to organisational resilience and success.

Some degree of tension is essential for effective board dynamics, but it needs to be managed to remain constructive.

Boards can make a difference to the planet’s sustainability, provided they focus on areas they can control.

The evolution of boards and of the skills they require is gathering pace, according to a Non-Executive Director Awards webinar.

Now more than ever, boards need non-executive directors with outstanding skills to help steer them through the difficult decisions ahead.

Recent failures in corporate governance raise questions about boards’ approaches to identifying and managing risk.

Bigger executive pay packets will not fix underperforming organisations. It’s a long game and needs a longer-term solution.

Low fee increases over the past five years mean non-executive directors’ pay rises have dropped below inflation, survey shows.

The LSE’s response to the government’s panicky U-turn on governance regulation is not helpful to NEDs and other stakeholders.