Protecting investors from controlling shareholders
It is time to rethink the way independent non-executive directors are elected so that they can provide thoughtful and robust challenge to management in the boardroom.
DISCUSSIONS on corporate governance, particularly in the aftermath of a corporate governance scandal, tend to focus on the non-executive directors, and in particular the role and performance of independent non-executive directors (INEDs).
The role of the INED came to the forefront with the Cadbury Report in the UK almost 25 years ago. That report is often considered the philosophical root from which many subsequent codes of co…
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