Sentences with phrase «board and management company»

Further, the NOLA system means that if you don't like your child's school you're less likely to have a way to do something about it, because the charters are often run by private boards and management companies, many of which aren't based in New Orleans or even based in Louisiana.

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Aqua Metals and Kanen Wealth Management Reach Agreement to Strengthen Company's Board and Management Team

The numbers have nudged up from 15.9 % in 2013, when Catalyst Canada surveyed the number of women on Financial Post 500 boards, and new comply - or - explain regulations initiated by the Ontario Securities Commission will likely push the statistics higher now that companies are required to disclose female representation on boards and in senior management.

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?

Apple's board is against a proposal by investor Antonio Avian Maldonado II that recommends the company boost diversity of its board and senior management staff, according to Quartz.

The company's management and board of directors utilize these non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate the company's performance.

According to Nokia chairman Jorma Ollila, the board of directors spent months looking, inside the company and out, for someone who could inject «oxygen» into management and «gear up» Nokia to be a top player in «all industry segments.»

«The investigations, along with current discussions among shareholders, possible changes in the board of directors and management, will be a distraction,» Moody's said in a statement March 6, also highlighting the company's «weak credit metrics.»

He was repeatedly grilled by a shareholder about what he saw is a misalignment of interests with the board and management who owned few shares in the company.

A Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the management and direction of a company, and that task includes monitoring the full range of risks to which a company might be subject.

Cohen, 51, first caught Trump's eye in the early 2000s when, as a member of the condo board at a Trump property, he took it upon himself to wade into a nasty dispute between Trump's management company and some residents at a skyscraper near the United Nations.

Proposed board reforms to Canada's deposit - taking institutions and insurance companies under the new guidelines include: appointing directors with relevant financial services experience; more board control over enterprise risk; enhanced director training, self - assessment and external reviews; and certain powers that allow boards to better direct and monitor management.

As Aimia's largest shareholder with nearly 20 per cent of the company, Mittleman said he's going to be an advocate on the board for creating shareholder value, something he predicted will spread among management and fellow board members.

U.S. companies have been under pressure to increase the role of women and minorities on their boards and top management.

As for VCs and companies that don't actively diversify their management teams and boards with women, O'Leary says, «It's a huge mistake.

In a sprawling email to his entire staff last spring, Hsieh mandated employees read Reinventing Organizations, announced the company was eliminating all management positions and issued an ultimatum to either get on board with a bossless future or get out (with a generous severance).

Stumpf also said the company and the board were reviewing the issue and senior management could still be held accountable.

Researchers from the Kellogg School of Management and the University of Michigan interviewed 42 executives at large U.S. companies and identified several flattery techniques the executives used successfully on their peers to secure board seats at other firms.

Icahn disclosed a 7.13 % stake late last month, at which time he only made formulaic statements made about the shares being «undervalued» and that there would be discussions with the company's management and directors to «improve performance,» pursue «strategic alternatives,» and discuss «board representation.»

It is planning a major overhaul of its board and management, sources close to the company told Reuters last week.

By moving in the direction of having publicly traded companies have a policy that includes consideration of gender representation on boards and in senior management, we hope that they will really take that issue seriously, that they'll consider how they're finding people to be on their boards, how they're moving women through senior management roles and making them eligible for boards appointments.

Canada's seventh - largest — and largest foreign - owned — bank, with more than $ 90 billion in assets and $ 2 billion in annual revenue, the company under her watch has become an exemplar of gender diversity, with equal numbers of men and women on the board and in senior management.

MOSCOW / LONDON, April 27 - Russian metals giant Rusal will overhaul its board and management in hopes of persuading the United States to lift sanctions but it may be forced to suspend aluminium exports if the plan fails, sources close to the company said.

«The company's management and board take great pleasure in sharing the company's success with our employees.»

And he has good corapany on what must be one of the country's most formidable game - company boards: Richard W. Melmon, co-founder and executive vice-president, who was formerly VisiCorp's director of marketing; Steve Wozniak, the company's technical adviser, renowned computer freak, co-founder of Apple Computer and inventor of the Apple II: and Don Valentine the tough, well - connected Wall Street-wise general partner of Capital Management Services, and an early investor in Apple ComputAnd he has good corapany on what must be one of the country's most formidable game - company boards: Richard W. Melmon, co-founder and executive vice-president, who was formerly VisiCorp's director of marketing; Steve Wozniak, the company's technical adviser, renowned computer freak, co-founder of Apple Computer and inventor of the Apple II: and Don Valentine the tough, well - connected Wall Street-wise general partner of Capital Management Services, and an early investor in Apple Computand executive vice-president, who was formerly VisiCorp's director of marketing; Steve Wozniak, the company's technical adviser, renowned computer freak, co-founder of Apple Computer and inventor of the Apple II: and Don Valentine the tough, well - connected Wall Street-wise general partner of Capital Management Services, and an early investor in Apple Computand inventor of the Apple II: and Don Valentine the tough, well - connected Wall Street-wise general partner of Capital Management Services, and an early investor in Apple Computand Don Valentine the tough, well - connected Wall Street-wise general partner of Capital Management Services, and an early investor in Apple Computand an early investor in Apple Computer.

SEOUL, April 23 - U.S. activist hedge fund Elliott Management dismissed Hyundai Motor Group's restructuring plan as insufficient on Monday and called on the South Korean conglomerate to adopt a holding company strategy and appoint more independent board members.

Perth - based director Andrew Chapman is at the centre of an escalating battle between the board and the management team at US - focused tech company 1 - Page over control of the business and its $ 30 million of cash.

The company's six - person Board of Management is made up of entirely men, and of the 14 members of Audi USA's executive team, only two are women.

Compensation consultants are widely regarded as not being independent and beholden to management for the bulk of their professional services, not the company or its board.

I was tired of explaining to every CEO, board, and management team what marketing is and why it's so important to the success of the company.

Mutual fund company Northwest & Ethical Investments LP has argued RIM co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis should not also be co-chairs of the company's board, arguing a «high performance» board needs independent oversight of management.

The job of a corporate board is to a) advise management and b) represent the company's shareholders.

Although he's no longer privy to management discussions, as one of Twitter's first, biggest and most involved investors, Sacca probably knows more about the company than anyone who's not a current executive or board member.

Marine generals are in some ways more like members of a company's board of directors, focusing on broader, long - term issues and leaving day - to - day management to the line executives.

«While I am excited about the new management team that I helped put in place, I am concerned that the board is not aligned with the core values of product and innovation on which Lululemon was founded and on which the company thrived,» Wilson stated.

• Neiman Marcus, a Dallas, Texas - based department store operator backed by Ares Management and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, ended talks regarding a partial or full sale of the company, according to Reuters.

Bessant represents the company on a number of important topics, including diversity and inclusion, serving as an executive sponsor for the company's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride executive board and the LGBT Ally program and executive management team sponsor of the company's disability advocacy initiatives.

The announcement yesterday made clear that the Kochs will be passive investors, and will not have a say in the management of the combined company or have a seat on the combined company's board.»

Investors representing nearly 20 % of Jazz's shares have held talks with the company's top executives and board since the beginning of the year to voice their views, though the talks have accelerated in the past several weeks, the people said, adding that conversations with management remain friendly at this point.

Wells Fargo said in a release that within 60 days it will provide details to the Fed about a plan for enhancing the board's governance oversight and the company's compliance and operational risk management.

Despite the new image, shells still draw criticism from some financial advisers who argue that the deals are overly generous to investment banks and SPAC management teams, which typically walk away with a 10 percent stake in the newly merged company, along with bonuses and board seats.

«This positive development represents a more shareholder - friendly capital allocation policy and demonstrates the conviction of Apple's management and board in the company's future.»

Liberal legislation that received royal assent today means publicly traded companies are now required to disclose the number of women and others from equity - seeking groups, such as visible minorities, on their boards and in senior management.

As a foundation, we have found a variety of communication tools that support this, such as having a company message board (Yammer), virtual office space (Sococo), file sharing and collaboration (Box and Google Drive), project management (Pivotal Tracker and Slack), web / video conference (join.me), in addition to IM and email.

Unfortunately, it often took years for management and the boards of those companies to agree that we were correct.

«We stand wholeheartedly behind the management, achievements, vision and commitment of this company,» the company's board said in a statement to the Times.

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The company said Tuesday that it «considers a further development of the management structure of the group» and that «this could include a change in the position of the chairman of the board of management,» the German term for CEO.

No changes to management are planned and founder Jimmy John Liautaud, who serves as chairman of the board, will «continue to help shape the company's high - level strategic direction,» according to a news release.

Bull's management team would stay on board and the company would not change its name.