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How many FTSE 100 Boards can one man chair at the same time? Part 2
Following on from my previous post about Sir John Peace who seemed to be able to chair 3 FTSE 100 Boards at the same time SABMiller have announced the appointment of Jan du Plessis, who is currently...
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Is your board dysfunctional?
Does your board have directors who trust each other, are committed, are comfortable with conflict, hold each other to account and are focused on results? If not, your board is likely to have some...
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Exactly what should directors do?
For the first time in law, the 2006 UK Companies Act sets out what a company directors duties are The 2006 Companies Act, which set out to streamline and simplify UK Company law, ended up being one of...
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The UK Corporate Governance Code 2014 Update
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued an updated version of the UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code) The latest update of the UK Corporate Governance Code has been issued by the Financial...
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Working with the board in the 21st century
Challenges Boards of organisations of all shapes and sizes in the private, public and voluntary sectors face new challenges due to the way society expects businesses and not-for-profits to behave....
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10 things Non-Executive Directors can do to satisfy their legal responsibilities
Falling foul of the law can have serious consequences for Non-Executive Directors – here are 10 steps you can take to avoid it happening The 2006 UK Companies Act, which sets out the legal duties and...
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Need a NED? Here’s how to avoid the pitfalls
Caroline Gourlay (caroline@carolinegourlay.co.uk) makes some interesting points in her latest blog, Need a NED? Here’s how to avoid the pitfalls, about the need for boards to fully understand the role...
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Why did George Osborne sack FCA CEO Martin Wheatley?
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) CEO Martin Wheatley was sacked by George Osborne despite, in Osborne’s own words, having “done a brilliant job of launching the FCA in tough circumstances”. So the...
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Kids Company, Corporate Governance and Conflicts of Interest
Alan Yentob, Chairman of failed charity Kids Company, cut a pathetic figure on prime-time television last week, scuttling into a coffee shop to avoid having to answer questions from the press –...
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Goldman Sachs, Greek Debt and Greed
I’m currently reading Flash Boys by Michael Lewis, a detailed and at times, inconceivable, account of the way High Frequency Traders manipulate stock markets to make substantial gains, when I came...
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“A BOARDROOM TALE”
Mark Ashcroft had just parked his car and was waiting for the airport shuttle bus when his mobile phone rang. Normally he would let it go to voicemail but when he saw that it was from the new...
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Non-Executive Directors – ‘Guinea Pigs’ or highly trained professionals?
Over 130 years ago, in the 1870s, company directors were not very highly regarded. In 1871 Temple Bar magazine refers to them as “Guinea pigs” – “the pleasant name for those gentlemen of more rank...
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IoD Buckinghamshire, Directors Briefing, Have you got what it takes to be a...
IoD Bucks & Milton Keynes Directors Briefing with David Doughty at Hartwell – “Have you got what it takes to be a Non-Executive Director?” Location: Hartwell House Date: 25 February 2016 Time:...
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Practical advice for NEDs when appointing a ‘leapfrog’ CEO
In their article, Leapfrog Succession: A New Trend in Appointing CEOs by Roselinde Torres, Gerry Hansell, Kaye Foster and David Baron, the authors identified an emerging trend whereby an increasing...
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What should NEDs do when the CEO leaves the board?
With the average tenure of a FTSE100 CEO at 5 years and two months it is highly likely that most boards will have to face the transition of the top executive position at one time or another....
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Governance guidance for BSAVA
In December 2015, David Doughty joined BSAVA as its Governance Consultant – a role that will help the organisation make the best use of its resources and take full advantage of all opportunities to...
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So You Want to Be a Non-Executive Director?
Are you thinking about becoming a non-executive director? Do you have the skills to join the board as an independent non-executive director? Do you know what the role entails? The following frequently...
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Specialist NEDs
There is a growing trend for Boards to seek specialist Non-Executive Directors It used to be the case that a Non-Executive Director’s independence was their most desirable quality, these days,...
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I’m an experienced NED but I’m not getting any new roles – what can I do?
This is a question I get asked quite a lot – getting a foot on the Non-Executive Director ladder is difficult enough but it does not seem to get any easier once you have secured your first NED roles....
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How to become a Non-Executive Director – London 23 May 2017
Find out how you can obtain a Non-Executive Director position by booking a place on this interactive 1-day course. “A well structured and presented introduction to the responsibilities, challenges and...
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