Sentences with phrase «board oversight]»

His philanthropic service includes founding and serving as former chairman and current board member of the Robin Hood Foundation, director of JUST Capital Foundation, as well as current advisory, chairman, director and trustee roles with a number of not - for - profit, educational and other charitable organizations.

For a number of years, I had been on the board of Project Hope, which operates a shelter and provides services for homeless women and children in Boston.

Today, single - tasking is the new multi-tasking, but it's going to take some time for everyone to get on board with this belief.

It seems in most board meetings there's always at least one member not really paying attention and then the group discussion / dynamic is lost.

Despite that, board members are aghast when asked if Barça would ever be sold or transformed into a more traditional profit - making business.

The company faces six shareholder proposals, including a measure that would require the board chairman and chief executive roles to be held by separate persons.

New research by the Conference Board of Canada identifies several manufacturing industries that can expect growing U.S. demand and that are competitive in U.S. markets, but that do not yet have sufficient people and physical capacity to ramp up production.

ROZZANO, Italy, April 24 - Telecom Italia Chief Executive Amos Genish was backed by nearly all shareholders present at a general meeting on Tuesday, days before a showdown over board seats between the Italian phone group's top two investors.

Co-founder David Filo, a board member who sports the title of «chief Yahoo», can look forward to a relatively modest padding of $ 65,742.»

Listen to all ideas, but filter which ones to take on board.

The company, which sometimes conducts trades larger than $ 50 million, recently brought on three finance veterans to its advisory board, including Citigroup's global head of regulatory, market, and innovation strategy.

«If you are having a difficult hiring process but think it will be great «when they person gets on board and this hiring is behind us» let me assure you: It never gets better.

You may also think your kids will provide a retirement cushion, either in the form of a stipend or free room and board.

I had an investor say, «I think you're amazing, but I have to pick one or two board seats a year and where I feel really passionate about the business, and I don't think I can be passionate about women's dresses and retail.»»

Cho's elder sister gained worldwide notoriety for pitching a tantrum on board a Korean Air flight that forced the aircraft to return to an airport gate in 2014.

Managing your managers: Mastering the art of «feeding your board» of directors is a balancing act between honesty and strategy.

Former employees describe it as a process of bringing vice-presidents on board with a proposal, and things move ahead only when there is widespread agreement.

Update: On January 22, Research In Motion announced that Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie would step down as co-CEOs and co-chairmen of the board of directors.

Newell confirmed last week it had received notice from Starboard regarding its intention to nominate 10 candidates to stand for election to the board.

In the call, Chairman of the Board Abilio Diniz and CFO Lorival Luz discussed the impact of «Operation Weak Flesh.»

Overall, buyers are extremely happy with the Karmin G3, and «the best iron I've ever owned» was a common sentiment across the board.

STOCKHOLM - Riksbank executive board meeting - 0700 GMT.

«YVR now has more mainland Chinese carriers than any airport in North America and Europe — more than Heathrow, Paris, L.A., Chicago and San Francisco,» Vancouver Airport Authority president and CEO Craig Richmond said in an address to the Vancouver Board of Trade Jan. 18, when he unveiled plans for a $ 5.6 - billion airport expansion.

May 2 - Xerox Corp said its CEO and several board members will step down to settle a suit brought by activist shareholders who had opposed a $ 6.1 billion deal with Japan's Fujifilm Holdings.

It raises questions about the board, corporate governance and fiduciary duties.

This is something we do across the board, both to address negative feedback and because we think it's good to give to good causes.»

The Financial Post recently cited unnamed sources saying the board is considering appointing Barbara Stymiest, former COO at Royal Bank of Canada, as an independent chair to replace the duo.

This could be «skin purging,» a phenomenon that board - certified dermatologist Dr. Sejal Shah explained to Allure.

Shareholders elected a smaller board with three new members, and voted down six shareholder proposals.

Corporation, on the other hand, must maintain bylaws, hold meetings of the board of directors and record the minutes.

However, the development of two other LNG plants already granted export permits by the National Energy Board has been slow, especially compared with competing projects in Australia.

Founders should absolutely turn to their board members, friends, mentors and VCs in times of need.

(Most startups do not pay board members.

Rather, the board's official go - ahead will hinge on whether customers agree to sign long - term contracts covering 60 per cent of the plant's planned production.

It's no secret the every board meeting has vocal people.

But for the most part observers should stay silent unless engaged because otherwise you find out that some board meetings have 14 people in them and become totally unproductive.

His successors are still involved in the eponymous brewery: Geoff Molson serves as chairman of the board directors at Molson Coors, while his brother Andrew is also a board member.

Diamonte serves on the board for the Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets, representing more than 100 of the country's largest private - sector retirement funds on fiduciary and investment issues in Washington.

Waymo says in the lawsuit that the circuit board bears a striking resemblance to its own highly confidential and proprietary design and reflects Waymo trade secrets.

Or better yet, manage their expectations about how much they're expected to voice an opinion at board meetings vs. «observe.»

Simply building platforms for others to test their drugs on, Tehrani and his board soon realized, would have failed to capitalize on the expertise the firm was developing in the process.

Though Microsoft board member Hastings has ties to the Seattle area, he stumbled upon DreamBox while visiting a school in San Jose, Calif., that happened to be using the software and was «wowed by how kids were engaged because it has some entertainment built into it,» he told the Seattle Times.

So Benchmark is setting things up where growing numbers of well - intentioned third parties, including early investor Shervin Pishevar, are demanding that it sell its Uber position, (lately worth about $ 8.4 billion), and get off the board.

«The board has an obligation to prevent this violence from happening again and you can't say that you value women's rights at the same time that you say that these types of cases have to go into confidential arbitration,» Christensen said.

He is a board member on the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance.

After meeting with Kraft, Scorsese came on board as an executive producer.

She serves as a Women's Initiative Advocate and subject matter expert for the CFP Board, contributing to the development of examination questions for the CFP certification examination.

Since you've already walked through financial & operating metrics the board meeting ought to be the time to run through 2 - 3 big strategic issues the company faces.

Whitman is also a board member of Procter & Gamble Co. and Teach for America.

While working as the board's science consultant, Newnham studied the process scientists use to conduct experiments.