AVANGRID: Utility of the future
By Scott Mahoney – Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; Chief Compliance Officer of AVANGRID AVANGRID, a leading sustainable energy company, has developed a unique corporate...
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By Vladislav Ryabota – Regional Corporate Governance Lead, IFC South Asia Many studies show the clear and positive correlation between increased gender diversity at top levels of corporate...
View ArticleA smarter way to corporate governance
By Cristina Ungureanu – Head of Corporate Governance, Eurizon Capital It is increasingly acknowledged that successful and sustainable businesses are not just good for the economy, they support the...
View ArticleIn governance we trust
By Héctor Lehuedé – Senior Manager, OECD Corporate Affairs Division “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” wrote Leo Tolstoy in the opening lines of Anna...
View ArticleThe science of inclusive and effective boards
By Dr Doyin Atewologun – Lecturer in Organisational Leadership and Learning, Queen Mary University of London Effective boards result from getting several processes right, including director...
View ArticleTransforming organisational culture
By Dr Debra L. Brown – Chief Executive Officer, Governance Solutions Many of our most perplexing social problems are addressed by organisations. A significant number of these organisations fail to...
View ArticleGood governance ‘pays’
By David Frick – Member of the Executive Board and Secretary to the Board, Nestlé S.A. The question of correlating good governance with good performance is as old as the corporate governance...
View ArticleEnel: Powering its way to strong governance
By Fabio Bonomo – Head of Enel’s Corporate Affairs Department Enel is a world-leading mutlinational player in electricity generation and distribution as well as in the energy management value...
View ArticleShareholder primacy: Is this concept fit for purpose?
By George Dallas – Policy Director at the International Corporate Governance Network Why do companies exist and for what purpose? The Anglo-American model of corporate governance has traditionally...
View ArticleTo speak or not to speak?
By Professor John Coffee is the Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law at Columbia University Law School and Director of its Center on Corporate Governance How should public corporations behave when they...
View ArticleStrengthening governance during crisis
By Merima Zupcevic Buzadzic – IFC’s Corporate Governance Lead for the Europe and Central Asia region Of all the critical needs facing countries dealing with fragility, violence or conflict, you may...
View ArticleThe new rise of ESG
By Abe M. Friedman – Chief Executive Officer, CamberView Partners In early January, activist hedge fund JANA Partners and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) announced a...
View ArticleBoardroom diversity critical for institutional investors
By Raj Tulsiani – Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Green Park We operate in a time when boardroom practices are increasingly scrutinised and impact customer satisfaction, as well as trust in...
View ArticleIn pursuit of effective corporate governance
By Dr Peter R. Crow CMInstD – Acknowledged expert on strategy, corporate governance and board effectiveness From hardly rating a mention 20 or 30 years ago, boards are now newsworthy. Questionable...
View ArticleChanging times
By Helen Pitcher OBE – Chairman, Advanced Boardroom Excellence To quote Bob Dylan: “the times they are a-changin”. As we enter a new year there is a significant shift in the corporate governance...
View ArticleOpening boardroom doors to women
By Jayne E. Juvan – Partner, Co-chair of the Corporate Governance Practice Group and Chair of the Private Equity Practice Group at Tucker Ellis LLP “Diverse boards make better decisions, so every...
View ArticleRed Eléctrica: Open and sustainable
By José Folgado – Chairman, Juan Lasala – CEO & Rafael García de Diego – General Counsel and Non-Director Secretary of The Board of Directors Ethical Boardroom: Many congratulations on scooping...
View ArticleZenith: Riding the ethical high road to the top
By Jim Ovia – Chairman, Zenith Bank Plc When Zenith Bank went public in 2004, there was an overwhelming endorsement of the brand as its initial public offering (IPO) was oversubscribed. The bank’s...
View ArticleWomen on boards: Driving the change
By Dr Ashraf Gamal El Din – Chief Executive Officer, Hawkamah, The Institute for Corporate Governance Gender diversity is probably one of the most talked about subjects in the business world....
View ArticleReady for action
By Stephen Davis – Associate Director and Senior Fellow at the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance It is no small irony that the biggest source of capital in the world – tens of...
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