Tag: Tesla
News round-up: this week in governance
Musk ‘slept on factory floor’; Tyson Foods CFO arrested; FRC public interest entity definition grows; Japan urged to boost women on boards.
ESG and your supply chain
Businesses looking overseas for innovative solutions to supply chain disruption need to be aware of the potential for ESG-related litigation.
How should a board manage a maverick CEO?
Elon Musk is in further trouble with US regulators over a tweet. His behaviour raises big questions for chairs elsewhere forced to manage mercurial chief executives.
Elon Musk drops Tesla chairman role; and IG CEO leaves board
Elon Musk steps down from Tesla’s chairman role after an SEC settlement; and long-serving IG CEO Peter Hetherington leaves the board.
Tale of Tesla’s Elon Musk is a ‘sadly familiar story’
Elon Musk, Tesla’s “chairman, product architect and CEO”, has recently the displayed classic traits of a dominant, idiosyncratic and controversial boss which, according to one commentator, is a sure sign of weak governance.
Board moves at Sainsbury’s/Asda; Tesla; and Cabot Energy
Sainsbury’s CEO and chairman to head Asda combination; Tesla’s Elon Musk faces a threat to his CEO/chair role; and Cabot Energy begins the search for a new chairman.
Risk hotspots: a global roundup
Board Agenda reports on risk around the world, from Korean hopes for peace and Tesla’s gamble on growth, to pressure on plastics firms and rumblings in German politics.
Tesla merger opportunity for governance reform
Elon Musk’s merger of Tesla with SolarCity Corp seen as an opening to change the board structure and separate key roles.