The diversity of the leadership of the UK’s top 100 companies has risen but this has largely been driven by increased gender diversity while ethnic diversity has plateaued according to a report by executive search firm Green Park.
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AIM-listed Real Good Food has admitted to not disclosing payments to directors in its related parties transaction notes within its annual reports for three financial years from 2014 to 2016.
These notes should have revealed the payment of consultancy fees …
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The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has required listed companies to have at least one woman director within three years which it said would lead to a doubling of the number of female directors in the country.
The …
Read MoreRetailer Sports Direct which has been under intense scrutiny from investors, politicians and the media for over a year due to perceived corporate governance failings and criticisms of its working practices has appointed a permanent finance director.
Jon Kempster will …
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Twenty-five years of corporate governance reforms in the UK have tended to create a compliance culture on company boards with non-executive directors more focused on risk mitigation and monitoring than supporting management to boost their businesses according to a report …
Read MoreUber’s founder and chief executive Travis Kalanick, who last week said he would take indefinite leave, has now resigned from his post although he remains on the board of the technology-driven ride-hailing company, following pressure by shareholders, reports state.…
Read MoreThe UK’s general election campaign highlighted workers rights and representation as well as executive pay.
With the main parties launching their manifestos this week the Conservative Party reiterated its commitment, that appeared in the government’s corporate governance green paper…
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Shareholders in scandal-hit US bank Wells Fargo gave the company a signal of their dissatisfaction in voting at its recent AGM.
While the re-election of the directors was passed with the majority of votes cast the proportion in favour …
Read MoreDirectors should be required to take their corporate governance and legal duties more seriously the House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy select committee believes. The committee’s report on corporate governance was published this week.
While the MPs state …
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Business Minister Margot James has written to the chief executives of all FTSE 350 companies urging them to improve diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
This follows the publication of the findings of a review led by Baroness McGregor-Smith last …
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