Sentences with phrase «company board chair»

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Does our Chair (or Lead Director) have the independence, attributes, experience and track record that the company and senior management needs and respects — to lead the board, hold management to account, and focus on value creation?

It's probably a good thing that Werklund has had plenty to keep him busy, as Tervita, the oilfield services company he co-founded nearly four decades ago, and whose board he currently chairs, has faced some turbulence in recent years.

«Canada has left the impression that we'll sell anything,» says Dick Haskayne, a Potash Corp. shareholder who has served on 20 company boards, chairing six of them, including TransAlta and Nova Corp. «The world thinks buying Canadian companies is just a matter of price.

Former CEO Gene Isenberg made over $ 108 million in the last three years, and as he exits the CEO post to become chair of the energy drilling company, Nabors» (NBR) board is granting what Gary Strauss has suitably called a «platinum kiss,» a handsome thank - you estimated to be $ 100 to $ 165 million for his services.

The Board has elected Tim Sloan, the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer, to succeed him as CEO, and Stephen Sanger, its Lead Director, to serve as the Board's non-executive Chairman, and independent director Elizabeth Duke to serve as Vice Chair.

United Airlines Chief Executive Oscar Munoz will not chair the company's board in 2018, it said in a regulatory filing on Friday, following a high - profile incident in which an elderly passenger was dragged from a flight.

The octogenarian titan of workplace furniture — who continues to chair the board of Global Group, the company he founded in 1966 — has seen a lot of trends come and go, which makes for robust demand.

The company recently appointed ex Straits Resources CEO Milan Jerkovic to Chair the Blackham board.

She chairs the board of trustees for Ariel Investment Trust and sits on the boards of several notable companies, from Starbucks (SBUX) to Dreamworks (DWA).

These may seem like arcane governance issues but they can make a big difference in how a board is run — and how well it acts as an effective control of a company's executives: in this case, both the executive chair and the CEO.

Board chair Ray Lane's consolidation of power at the company is the real story to watch.

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«I was never a great proponent of the split of the two companies,» Shari Redstone, who is vice chair of the board of both companies, said.

Peter Guber, who chairs the NextVR advisory board and is an investor in the company, believes virtual reality opens up a great opportunity for the sport of boxing.

He now chairs the Apple board while running a company called Calico, which is funded by Google.

Furthermore, CtW noted, Baldocchi, Flynn, and Friedman have collectively chaired the board's three committees for almost the entire time the company has been public.

She also serves as vice chair on the board of both companies.

Eric Ries, Entrepreneur & Author, The Lean Startup Justin Rosenstein, Co-Founder, Asana Alec Ross, Author, The Industries of the Future Javier Saade, Venture Capitalist; Former Associate Administrator, SBA Chris Sacca, Founder / Chairman, Lowercase Capital Dave Samuel, Co-Founder, Freestyle Capital Julie Samuels, Executive Director, Tech: NYC Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code Chris Schroeder, Venture Investor; Author, Startup Rising Jake Schwartz, Co - Founder / CEO, General Assembly Robert Scoble, Entrepreneur in Residence and Futurist, Upload VR Kim Malone Scott, CEO, Candor, Inc; Former Director, Google Tina Sharkey, Partner, Sherpa Foundry & Sherpa Capital Clara Shih, Co - Founder / CEO, Hearsay Social Shivani Siroya, Founder / CEO, InVenture Steve Smith, Executive Director, Public Policy Institute, Government Relations & Telecommunications Project, Rainbow PUSH Coalition Jonathan Spalter, Chair, Mobile Future DeShuna Spencer, CEO, kweliTV Katie Stanton, CMO, Color Genomics; Former VP of Global Media, Twitter Jenny Stefanotti, Co-Founder, OneProject; Board of Directors, Ushahidi Debby Sterling, Founder / CEO, Goldiblox Seth Sternberg, Co - Founder / CEO, Honor Margaret Stewart, Vice President of Product Design, Facebook Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO, Yelp Michael Stoppelman, SVP, Engineering, Yelp Baratunde Thurston, Former supervising producer, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah; Co-Founder, Cultivated Wit Stephanie Tilenius, Founder / CEO, Vida Health; Board of Directors, Seagate Technology Richard D. Titus, Entrepreneur; SVP, Samsung Anne Toth, VP of Policy & Compliance, Slack Bill Trenchard, Partner, First Round Capital April Underwood, VP of Product, Slack Max Ventilla, Founder / CEO, AltSchool Tabreez Verjee, Co - Founder / Partner Uprising; Board Director Kiva.org Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia Hunter Walk, Partner, Homebrew VC; Former Director of Product Management, Google Tristan Walker, Founder / CEO, Walker & Company Brands, Inc.; Founder / Chairman, Code 2040 Ari Wallach, CEO, Synthesis Corp..

After the end of the fiscal year, upon recommendation of the Compensation Committee after reviewing peer company market data supplied by the Compensation Committee's independent compensation consultant, the Board increased the additional cash retainer for the Chair of each committee.

Thus, the California Public Employees» Retirement System's Global Principles of Accountable Corporate Governance recommends that a company's board should be chaired by an independent director, as does the Council of Institutional Investors.

Mr. Meresman was selected to serve as a director on our board of directors due to his background as chair of the audit committee of other public companies and his financial and accounting expertise from his prior extensive experience as chief financial officer of two publicly traded corporations.

We believe that Ms. Denholm possesses specific attributes that qualify her to serve as a member of our Board and chair of our Audit Committee, including her executive experience and her financial and accounting expertise with international companies, including in the technology and automotive industries.

During the last five years, Mr. Meresman has been serving on the boards of directors of various public and private companies, including service as chair of the audit committee for some of these companies.

Tom served on the board of directors of ACE Limited (renamed Chubb), a Zurich - based insurance company, where he was chair of the nominating and governance committees.

The 983 bln pound asset manager will vote against chairs at UK companies if boards have too few women.

Mr. Green is chair of the board and director of Franklin Templeton Investments Corp., director of Fiduciary Trust Company of Canada and is chair and director of FTC Investor Services Inc..

Mr. Hernandez has served as chair of the audit committees of Nordstrom and McDonald's, currently serves on the Company's Audit and Examination Committee, and chairs the Finance Committee and Risk Committee, all of which have further enhanced his finance experience and contributions to the Board.

The 29th U.S. secretary of commerce and chair emerita of the National Association of Corporate Directors, Barbara Hackman Franklin has served on the boards of 14 public and four private companies.

Over his career he has served on over 35 Boards of directors and been Chair of 8 publicly traded companies.

He serves on the board of the following non-public companies and not - for - profit and other organizations: Duke - NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, LinHart Group PTE Ltd. (Chairman / Director), Manulife US Real Estate Management Pte Ltd. (Chair), National University of Singapore Business School (Management Advisory Board), Singapore Institute of Management (Member of Governing Council) and Singapore Institute of Management Pte board of the following non-public companies and not - for - profit and other organizations: Duke - NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, LinHart Group PTE Ltd. (Chairman / Director), Manulife US Real Estate Management Pte Ltd. (Chair), National University of Singapore Business School (Management Advisory Board), Singapore Institute of Management (Member of Governing Council) and Singapore Institute of Management Pte Board), Singapore Institute of Management (Member of Governing Council) and Singapore Institute of Management Pte Ltd..

Dominic Barton is Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company, Chair of the Canadian Minister of Finance's Advisory Council on Economic Growth, and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

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Under the proposed amendments, companies also would be required to disclose whether and why they have chosen to combine or separate the principal executive officer and board chair positions.

One study provides evidence consistent with one explanation of the overall lack of strong findings: optimal board structures may vary by firm size, with smaller firms benefiting from a unified chair / CEO position, with the clarity of leadership that structure provides, and larger firms benefiting from the extra monitoring that an independent chair may provide given the greater risk of «agency costs» at large companies.

In some companies, the role of principal executive officer and board chairman are combined, and a lead independent director is designated to chair meetings of the independent directors.

Board chairs of companies regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services reputations may be at stake for company's cybersecurity

We believe that Mr. Meresman is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors and chair of our audit committee due to his background as a member of the board and chair of the audit committee of other public companies and his financial and accounting expertise from his prior extensive experience as chief financial officer of two publicly traded companies.

Washington, DC, November 19 --- The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) has named Benita Fortner, Director of Supplier Diversity for Raytheon Company, as Chair of the WBENC Board of Directors.

During the last ten years, Mr. Meresman has served on the boards of directors of various public and private companies, including service as chair of the audit committee for some of these companies.

Benita Fortner, Director of Supplier Diversity at Raytheon Company, was named First Vice Chair of the WBENC Board.

The William J. Alcorn Award was named in honor of WBENC's first Chair of the Board of Directors, William J. Alcorn, retired Senior Vice President and Chief Purchasing Officer of the J.C. Penney Company, for his years of dedication and outstanding leadership.

Using SEDAR, Canada's filing system for public companies, we could only verify one UrAsia shareholder (Ian Telfer) who also owned stocks in Uranium One in 2010 and who chaired its Board of Directors.

Eric Ries, Entrepreneur & Author, The Lean Startup Justin Rosenstein, Co-Founder, Asana Alec Ross, Author, The Industries of the Future Javier Saade, Venture Capitalist; Former Associate Administrator, SBA Chris Sacca, Founder / Chairman, Lowercase Capital Dave Samuel, Co-Founder, Freestyle Capital Julie Samuels, Executive Director, Tech: NYC Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code Chris Schroeder, Venture Investor; Author, Startup Rising Jake Schwartz, Co - Founder / CEO, General Assembly Robert Scoble, Entrepreneur in Residence and Futurist, Upload VR Kim Malone Scott, CEO, Candor, Inc; Former Director, Google Tina Sharkey, Partner, Sherpa Foundry & Sherpa Capital Clara Shih, Co - Founder / CEO, Hearsay Social Shivani Siroya, Founder / CEO, InVenture Steve Smith, Executive Director, Public Policy Institute, Government Relations & Telecommunications Project, Rainbow PUSH Coalition Jonathan Spalter, Chair, Mobile Future DeShuna Spencer, CEO, kweliTV Katie Stanton, CMO, Color Genomics; Former VP of Global Media, Twitter Jenny Stefanotti, Co-Founder, OneProject; Board of Directors, Ushahidi Debbie Sterling, Founder / CEO, Goldiblox Seth Sternberg, Co - Founder / CEO, Honor Margaret Stewart, Vice President of Product Design, Facebook Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO, Yelp Michael Stoppelman, SVP, Engineering, Yelp Baratunde Thurston, Former supervising producer, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah; Co-Founder, Cultivated Wit Stephanie Tilenius, Founder / CEO, Vida Health; Board of Directors, Seagate Technology Richard D. Titus, Entrepreneur; SVP, Samsung Anne Toth, VP of Policy & Compliance, Slack Bill Trenchard, Partner, First Round Capital April Underwood, VP of Product, Slack Max Ventilla, Founder / CEO, AltSchool Tabreez Verjee, Co - Founder / Partner Uprising; Board Director Kiva.org Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia Hunter Walk, Partner, Homebrew VC; Former Director of Product Management, Google Tristan Walker, Founder / CEO, Walker & Company Brands, Inc.; Founder / Chairman, Code 2040 Ari Wallach, CEO, Synthesis Corp..

Consequently, at the 2016 AGM, Toshiba completed a total overhaul of its board of directors, including the appointment of a new chair and CEO, and a pledge for greater transparency in order to reform the company's governance structure.

In addition to the public company directorships set out below, Mr. Riley is Chair of the Board of Directors of the University of Winnipeg Foundation and Chair of Manitoba Hydro.

Most notably, he is requesting that the company: (i) immediately cancel its proxy access policy; (ii) immediately implement a proxy access bylaw; (iii) that the chair of the board immediately resign; (iv) that there be a complete change of directors in the governance committee over the next year; and (v) that any director or officer refusing to act in accordance with the 2018 shareholder proposal immediately submit their resignation.

Uber's investors ousted him from the CEO chair this summer, but Kalanick remains on the company's board.

Speakers include senior representatives from the Province of Ontario and the Government of Canada, as well as Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company; ABLAC Chair Rajiv Lall, CEO of India's IDFC Bank; BMO Financial Group Vice-chair Kevin Lynch; Mark Machin, ABLAC Vice-chair and President & CEO of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; Global Affairs Canada's Jonathan Fried; and, APF Canada President and CEO, Stewart Beck.

He is a member of the Governing Council of the University of Toronto; a Board member of the Canadian Opera Company; an honorary director of Baycrest where he was a Past Chair of the Board; and also is a past Board Member of Mount Sinai Hospital.

And yet, across corporate America, we find today that the top executive of the company is typically also the Chair of the so - called «independent» Board.