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By Nancy Falls – Chief Executive Officer of The Concinnity Company The world of business is a world disrupted. Digital advances are changing the way we communicate, the way we work, the way our...
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By Tom Johnson – Chief Executive Officer, Abernathy MacGregor In today’s governance world, a corporate board’s duties are increasingly diverse. From helping determine the strategic course of the...
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By Puneet Chhatwal – MD & Chief Executive Officer & Beejal Desai – Senior Vice President and Legal & Company Secretary of the Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) Historically,...
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By Kerrie Waring – CEO, International Corporate Governance Network The announcement by the Business Roundtable in August that it was abandoning the doctrine of shareholder primacy it has advocated...
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By Turid Elisabeth Solvang – Founder and CEO, FutureBoards AS Board directors are in the driving seat, making the final judgement calls on behalf of the companies they are appointed to serve –...
View ArticleAgeism within the workplace
By Alison Gaines – Global CEO, Gerard Daniels Boards are increasingly interested in organisational culture. They realise that it is a key enabler of enterprise performance. Infact, it is one of...
View ArticleBoC: Recovery from crisis
By Eleftheria Koumouli – Manager of Governance & Markets Compliance Dept., Group Compliance Division, Bank of Cyprus PCL Bank of Cyprus (BoC) has come a long way since the heady days of 2013...
View ArticleLuxury with a sustainable soul
By Puneet Chhatwal – MD & Chief Executive Officer & Beejal Desai – Senior Vice President and Legal & Company Secretary of the Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) Historically,...
View ArticleInvesting in sustainability
By Kerrie Waring – CEO, International Corporate Governance Network The announcement by the Business Roundtable in August that it was abandoning the doctrine of shareholder primacy it has advocated...
View ArticleWho’s gonna drive you home?
By Turid Elisabeth Solvang – Founder and CEO, FutureBoards AS Board directors are in the driving seat, making the final judgement calls on behalf of the companies they are appointed to serve –...
View ArticleAgeism within the workplace
By Alison Gaines – Global CEO, Gerard Daniels Boards are increasingly interested in organisational culture. They realise that it is a key enabler of enterprise performance. Infact, it is one of...
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