Sentences with phrase «board governance as»

MABE remains dedicated and vigilant to our purpose — to advocate for local school board governance as the cornerstone of excellence and equity in public education.

Not exact matches

Northwest and Ethical Investments, a Toronto firm, may seek a proxy vote to prevent the co-CEOs from also serving as co-chairmen of the board of directors if RIM's board can't provide adequate justification for the governance structure by the end of January.

«The successful candidate will have prior experience as GC or deputy GC of a multi-billion dollar public company responsible for all legal matters (including corporate & other regulatory matters, board governance, legal aspects of M&A, legal aspects of commercial contracts, litigation & dispute resolution, privacy, employment contracts, global public policy, etc.).»

Three high - profile business people have resigned from the board of Perth Modern School, just weeks after two other board members did not seek re-election, as the fallout from a governance dispute and a review by KPMG continues.

Boards also sometimes look to outsiders, a category that includes consultants (such as compensation consultants, strategy consultants, and governance consultants) and professionals (such as external accountants and outside legal counsel).

«We do believe the current governance structure, with Jamie Dimon serving as both chairman and CEO, and an independent minded board, has served the shareholders well and is right for the company at this time,» said Lee Raymond, JPMorgan Chase's presiding director and the former CEO of Exxon Mobil.

«There's been a tremendous emergence of IT as a governance concern,» says Matt Fullbrook, manager of the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and Board Effectiveness (CCBE) at the University of Toronto.

Shareholder returns at family - controlled corporations significantly outperform those of widely held public companies, even though family - controlled boards tend to break governance rules, such as having a certain number of independent directors.

Be careful about overvaluing your startup with faulty assumptions; it will only make your life more difficult - particularly if your investors have governance rights, such as positions on the company's board.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist, or even a corporate governance expert, to understand that having a former Ontario premier on a company's board can offer plenty of potential upside, especially for an Ontario - based auto parts maker such as Magna International.

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.

As a matter of governance, the board is assigned to perform its oversight in the best interests of the company and all of its shareholders and stakeholders.

But, as a matter of governance, all board members should be acting in the best interests of all of its shareholders and stakeholders.

The change to «employee owned» would require the CEO and board members as fiduciaries, now would have the duty and the opportunity to promote good corporate governance to protect the assets under their care, and because the corporation is at least 51 % employee owned the focus would be not just the bottom line.

As a board member of numerous foundations and corporations, Professor Simon has gained experience in corporate governance.

Our board of directors intends to adopt corporate governance guidelines that will provide that one of our independent directors should serve as our Lead Independent Director at any time when our Chief Executive Officer serves as the

Mr. Shea is well qualified to serve as a director due to his experience in public and private company governance and private equity, including his service on numerous corporate boards and on audit and compensation committees, including his experience with Hennessy I and Hennessy II.

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.

Upon the recommendation of our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, our Board has nominated the persons listed below to serve as directors for the one - year term beginning at our annual meeting on May 19, 2010 or until their successors, if any, are elected or appointed.

While our Board does not anticipate that any of the director nominees will be unable to stand for election as a director nominee at our Annual Meeting, if that occurs, proxies will be voted in favor of such other person or persons as may be recommended by our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and designated by our Board.

In addition, as part of our governance review and succession planning, the Board (led by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee) evaluates our leadership structure to ensure that it remains the optimal structure for Tesla, reviews the composition, size and performance of the Board and its committees, evaluates individual Board members, and identifies and evaluates candidates for election or re-election to governance review and succession planning, the Board (led by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee) evaluates our leadership structure to ensure that it remains the optimal structure for Tesla, reviews the composition, size and performance of the Board and its committees, evaluates individual Board members, and identifies and evaluates candidates for election or re-election to Governance Committee) evaluates our leadership structure to ensure that it remains the optimal structure for Tesla, reviews the composition, size and performance of the Board and its committees, evaluates individual Board members, and identifies and evaluates candidates for election or re-election to the Board.

Mr. Bryan, as the Chair of our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, was designated as the Presiding Director by our independent directors, who constitute a majority of our Board; our independent directors may elect another independent director as Presiding Director at any time.

Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board based on nominations submitted by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and for such terms as the Board may determine.

Our board of directors has adopted corporate governance guidelines that provide that one of our independent directors should serve as our Lead Independent Director at any time when our Chief Executive Officer serves as the

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that each year a majority of the independent directors will appoint the Lead Director, and in early 2010, the independent directors appointed Philip J. Quigley to continue to serve as the Board's Lead Director and expanded the duties and responsibilities of the Lead Director.

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines also provide that each year a majority of the independent directors will appoint the Lead Director, and in November 2008, the independent directors appointed Philip J. Quigley to serve as the Board's Lead Director beginning January 1, 2009.

Ms. Sheehan served two terms as the Chair of the Council of Institutional Investors, is a member of the SEC Investor Advisory Committee, the NASDAQ Listing Council, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware.

As a director and senior leader of large public companies, Lloyd also brings corporate governance and operational expertise to Zillow Group's board.

Mr. Dean's current service as the non-executive chairman of Cytori Therapeutics provides an additional corporate governance perspective to the Board.

The Vancouver Board of Trade is strongly supportive of the announced Action Plan for Women Entrepreneurs, as well as its promise to modernize Canada's corporate governance framework through amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act to promote gender diversity among public companies, using the widely recognized «comply or explain» model.

His many years of experience helping companies shape and implement strategy provide Zillow Group's board of directors with unique perspectives on matters such as risk management, corporate governance, talent selection and leadership development.

As a director of other public companies, Rich also brings managerial, operational and corporate governance experience to Zillow Group's board of directors.

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that each year a majority of the independent directors will appoint a Lead Director, and effective January 1, 2012, the independent directors appointed Stephen W. Sanger as Lead Director, succeeding Philip J. Quigley who served as the Board's Lead Director since 2009.

The Board benefits from the valuable corporate governance and board leadership experience and expertise that Mr. Hernandez has acquired, including as chairman of Nordstrom, particularly in areas such as business strategy, risk assessment and succession planBoard benefits from the valuable corporate governance and board leadership experience and expertise that Mr. Hernandez has acquired, including as chairman of Nordstrom, particularly in areas such as business strategy, risk assessment and succession planboard leadership experience and expertise that Mr. Hernandez has acquired, including as chairman of Nordstrom, particularly in areas such as business strategy, risk assessment and succession planning.

She has more than 30 years of experience as a corporate leader and extensive experience in corporate governance as a board member.

There's once again some talk around the corporate governance blogosphere of proposals to prohibit a corporation's CEO from serving as the chairman of the corporation's board of directors.

IDRs contain key data points that are central to Glass Lewis corporate governance analysis, such as information about a company's board of directors, including board composition, governing documents, independent public auditor, compensation practices, summary compensation data and equity plans.

Chief Executive Officer, The Value Alliance [and] Corporate Governance Alliance Recognized internationally as an expert on Corporate Governance and a pioneer in the area of Economic Value Management, Ms. Bloxham is an author, speaker and advisor who provides advisory and education services for organizations, their CEOs and Board members.

As such, we are exempt from certain corporate governance requirements of the New York Stock Exchange, including (i) the requirement that a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors, (ii) the requirement that we have a nominating and corporate governance committee that is composed entirely of independent directors and (iii) the requirement that we have a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors.

Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board based on nominations recommended by the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and for such terms as the Board may determine.

We believe this structure of a separate Executive Chairman of our board of directors and Chief Executive Officer, combined with a Lead Independent Director, reinforces the independence of our board of directors as a whole and results in an effective balancing of responsibilities, experience and independent perspective that meets the current corporate governance needs and oversight responsibilities of our board of directors.

The Board will annually designate a Board member as the Company's Financial Expert upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee with consideration of the desires of individual directors.

As discussed above under «Corporate Governance Matters — Stock Ownership Goal for Directors and Senior Officers,» the Board of Directors has established a stock ownership goal for directors and senior officers.

Dr Leblanc has served as an external advisor to boards that have won national awards and peer endorsement from institutional shareholders for their corporate governance practices and has also acted as a corporate governance expert witness in recent years.

Many directors also have experience serving as executive officers, or on boards of directors and board committees of other public companies, and have an understanding of corporate governance practices and trends.

The Nominating & Governance Committee considers and evaluates a director candidate recommended by a stockholder in the same manner as a nominee recommended by a Board member, management, search firm or other sources.

A company's board is critical to proper governance as well as industry knowledge.

The company has also proposed several charter amendments as part of its efforts to adopt corporate governance best practices, including board declassification, providing for the removal of directors with or without cause, a reduced supermajority requirement to amend bylaws regarding special meeting rights and the elimination of supermajority requirements for certain provisions of the bylaws.

The boardroom trends that are «hot» right now, says Richard Leblanc, associate professor in law, governance and ethics at York University, are those that are examining «over-boarded [and] over-tenured directors,» as well as tackling board diversity and experience.

From 2008 — 2012 he chaired the advisory board of the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at the Yale School of Management and from 2012 to present has served as vice chair of the advisory board of the Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia Law School.