11 January, 2021
Beyond Covid: risk and resilience among governance trends for 2021
Following the travails of 2020—the pandemic, the economic crisis and Brexit—many will be glad to put the past 12 months behind us. But what does 2021 hold for corporate governance? Those lookin...
23 December, 2020
Top stories of 2020: climate, coronavirus and stakeholder capitalism
This year has been one of the most disruptive, enraging, fear-inducing and thought-provoking years on record. The UK entered 2020 with a new government focused on implementing Brexit, yet by the sprin...
9 November, 2020
Biden presidency set to bring corporate governance shift
While all eyes are fixed on whether Donald Trump will leave the White House, others have moved their attention to likely policy decisions under a Biden presidency—and corporate governance is one of ...
7 September, 2020
US rule change sets up clash with proxy advisers
A war of words has broken out over the latest efforts to regulate proxy advisers and their ability to vote on ESG (environmental, social and governance) issues in the US. The latest episode comes a...
21 August, 2020
Governance week: stakeholderism, US election, IoD departure, ESG blow
This week saw the Business Roundtable (BRT), a club for the largest corporations, mark one year since
21 August, 2020
Average US CEO pay increases to $21.3m
While remuneration may be flat for chief executives in the FTSE 100, their colleagues in the US continue to see stellar rises in their pay packets. A new study reveals that average US CEO pay in th...
17 August, 2020
What would a Biden–Harris victory mean for US corporate governance?
Ahead of official confirmation at the Democrat’s National Convention this week, we now know that the candidates chosen to run against Donald Trump are Joe Biden and his freshly appointed running mat...
20 March, 2019
US corporates open up on political donations
If there’s one thing certain to cause consternation in US political discourse, it is the source of political funding. A case in point: In the same week
7 July, 2017
A fair gamble: Alex Gersh
Don’t ask Alex Gersh about his betting record. The 53-year-old finance director of Paddy Power Betfair doesn’t gamble much—his first ever flutter was when he joined the company four and a half y...
16 January, 2017
