Xevach is a director on the board of a government trading enterprise. He also chairs the governance committee. The company has a significant geographic monopoly and owns and operates a vital piece of infrastructure in the industry. One of Xevach’s colleagues on the board, Yolanda, is a former director of a larger, competing, government trading …
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How to File a South Dakota DBA Online in 2024
Are you fascinated by the complexities of DBA registration in South Dakota and eager to navigate the filing process? Look no further, as we have all the information you need. Referred to as “Doing Business As,” an SD DBA allows individuals to operate under a different name for various purposes, such as marketing, sales, and …
Directors Dilemma: Unreported Knowledge Winsome is a director of a large listed company. She has a strong track record in M&A advisory work and is now embarking on a non-executive career. She is finding the ‘hands off’ aspects of the role quite challenging as she is instinctively and by training a detail-focused manager. She has …
Victor is a director on a medium sized listed company board. The Chairman has been ill for several months and is not going to get better. He has announced that he wishes to retire. The Managing Director is keen that one of the directors, who had a strong track record as an executive within the …
Association Boards: Integrity with Conflicts of Interest Ursula is a director of an industry association. Although they use terms such as ‘Councillor’ and ‘council’ it is constituted as a board and the members have the same duties and responsibilities as directors under the Corporations Act. All directors are nominated by companies within the industry and …
Owner Director Dilemmas: Navigating Tough Choices Sam is an experienced manager and has worked for over twenty years in his industry. He has also sat on two not for profit boards and enjoys the governance role. Now he has an opportunity to buy an equity stake in a small business that has a product and …
Grant Thornton have issued their annual Corporate Governance Review for 2012; which is a review of the annual reports of the FTSE 350 to analyse their compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code. The headline grabbing figure is that full compliance with the Code has hit a plateau, with 51% of the FTSE 350 being …
There are numerous myths that seem to persist about Boards of Directors. Here’s a list of 10 of them. Myth –The phrase “corporate Boards” conventionally refers to statutory, for-profit Boards. However, statutory nonprofit Boards are Boards of a corporation, too, so they’re both “corporate Boards.” Myth — A Board of Directors can delegate its fiduciary …
