25 June, 2019
Cybersecurity: how to close the knowledge gap
As cybersecurity becomes a mainstream business risk, boards are coming under increasing pressure from customers, regulators, investors and the government to understand and oversee potential breaches e...
5 June, 2019
Cultivating trust in business: Guy Singh-Watson, Riverford
There can’t be too many corporate leaders around whose day can include boardroom meetings and an attempt to cull perennial weeds that threaten freshly planted trees. But that is Guy Singh-Watson, fo...
29 May, 2019
Banking on better cybersecurity
J P Morgan Chase’s chief executive and chair Jamie Dimon has been touted as a potential US presidential candidate, but anyone scouring his annual letter to shareholders for evidence of political amb...
26 May, 2019
Organisational models: why teal is the new colour of business
To a certain extent, corporate governance is no longer treated only as a legal matter dealing with structures and procedures, but is increasingly perceived as leverage to serve other objectives. In...
3 May, 2019
The outlook for governance in 2019
This could be a significant year in the development of governance. Among the big topics in 2019, boards need to get to grips with cybersecurity, manage the changing nature of engagement and come to te...
30 April, 2019
Executives: the new social leaders
Big corporations have traditionally been seen as a bogeyman by people fighting for social and environmental change. But the latest annual Edelman Trust Barometer, which researched 33,000 citizens acro...
29 April, 2019
Risk hotspots: a global roundup
Economy — South Korea Unemployment in South Korean hit a nine-year high of 4.4% in January, offering more bad news as the economy slows. Manufacturing and retail have seen the worst of the...
25 April, 2019
Audit committees: increased scrutiny is the only certainty
There is a very good chance that life is about to get much tougher for audit committee members. While in the past those serving on the board committees that supervise auditors may have undertaken thei...
11 April, 2019
Country profile: Canada
Fast facts GDP in 2017 US$1.7trn GDP growth in 2018 1.8% Population 37m Inflation in 2018 2.4% Heavy construction
10 April, 2019
