Sir Win Bischoff Archives

Sir Win Bischoff, FRC, Financial Reporting Council, corporate governance

16 July, 2018

Board chairs offered extension on nine-year terms in new code

Board chairs have been offered flexibility to serve beyond a nine-year term in the UK's new corporate governance code. Released on Monday this week, an earlier draft had been notable for provisions...

5 December, 2017

UK’s new governance code targets corporate culture, wider society and pay

A proposed new UK corporate governance code will stress the need for boards to consider their “contribution to wider society” and place new responsibilities on directors to manage company culture....

5 December, 2017

Remuneration committees’ remit broadened under revised UK Code

Wider workforce pay and policy influence, and details on how this relates to executive remuneration, would come under the remit of remuneration committees under a revised UK Corporate Governance Code....

boardroom, best practice standards, corporate governance

25 October, 2017

The guardianship circle: praxis of governance and audit committees

As anyone who has served on a board knows, what happens in practice in company boardrooms can be far different from best practice corporate governance standards, such as those promulgated in the Finan...

17 February, 2017

That was the governance week

It's been a big week in governance. The Financial Reporting Council, the UK's governance watchdog, proved that its staff must be in overdrive when it revealed that it would undertake a

16 February, 2017

FRC to launch ‘fundamental’ review of UK governance code

The UK's financial reporting watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), is to undertake a fundamental review of Britain's corporate governance code, a move that comes in the wake of prime minist...