What about the free speech
of corporate directors who have to declare conflicts and leave the meeting when their interests are debated?
For years, he'd been administering a test to help board members assess their decision - making skills, as part of a training program he'd developed
for corporate directors.
In addition to his work as a CA, he has served
as corporate director of various for - profit and not - for - profit boards for more than 25 years.
Over his career, Dr. McArthur has been awarded honorary doctorates from six different institutions in addition to multiple awards, most notably the Canadian Business Leadership Award, from the combined Harvard Clubs of Canada, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of
Corporate Directors in 2010.
Both s. 81 of the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 200020 («ESA») and s. 131 of the Ontario Corporations Act21 impose personal liability
on corporate directors for unpaid employee wages, subject to certain conditions.
In dismissing the appeal
from corporate directors in Andrus Wilson v. Ramzi Mahmoud Alharayeri, the Supreme Court recognized a near -20-year-old Ontario appellate court decision as good law, and upheld the broad wording of the oppression remedy in the Canada Business Corporations Act.
Kevin J. Conroy is an associate in the firm's Litigation Department where he focuses on securities disputes, shareholder actions
against corporate directors and officers, and intellectual property matters.
In another case, the Fort Lauderdale business litigation attorneys at the Mavrick Law Firm obtained an excellent result and dismissal of the case when a
former corporate director sued the company for director's fees.
When I was preparing to speak to a group of
Black corporate directors several years ago, I was asked a straightforward question: How much money does the foundation I run invest with firms owned by women or minorities?
Previously, she taught board dynamics in the Director's Education Program for the Institute of
Corporate Directors at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.
Previously Wendy was faculty at the Institute for
Corporate Directors where she taught board dynamics in the Director's Education Program.
In doing so, it expounded on the question of
when corporate directors can attract personal liability for their actions, including those done ostensibly within the ambit of their directorship duties.
Most corporate directors find it hard enough to confront a respected CEO about work - related poor performance, but it is even harder to tip - toe into the minefield of rumours about problems in an executive's personal life.
When Fortune talked to them for this story, the two were fresh from their Black
Corporate Directors Conference, which for 15 years has been an annual confab that's part power networking event and part activist training.
Susan K. Nestegard is an experienced
corporate director who brings strategic thinking, operational excellence, integrity, collaboration, and courage to the boardroom table.
Mr. Swoveland, a National Association of
Corporate Directors Board Leadershop Fellow, was first elected to the Board in 1991 and was elected Non-Executive Chairman of the Board in June 2011.
The Harvard Business Review chronicled Dhir's research, which involved interviews with 23 male and
female corporate directors in Norway — a country that requires 40 percent board representation per gender — and identified several positive correlations among those that were balanced.
The biggest reason for incorporating in Nevada, according to Botkin, is that Nevada
offers corporate directors and shareholders tremendous protection against personal liability.
Exxon board member Bill George led a National Association of
Corporate Directors Blue Ribbon Commission on «Executive Compensation and the Role of the Compensation Committee,» which included recommendations such as not offering contracts to executives (giving the board more flexibility in how it deals with the CEO's pay and tenure), which is reflected in the pay practices at ExxonMobil.
One is to
increase corporate director and investor awareness of the privileges society bestows on corporations and the rights of society to change the terms of that contract.
Her fellow panelists, Pat Russo and Ann Fudge, both
seasoned corporate directors, agreed, advising boards «be their own activists,» by assessing, analyzing and interrogating every aspect of a company and considering what they might be missing.
He is a 2014 recipient of the Institute of
Corporate Directors Fellowship Awards, which annually recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to corporate, not - for - profit and Crown corporation boards across Canada.
A voice of moderation on the issuer side, Stan Magidson, president of the Institute of
Corporate Directors acknowledges his members» concerns but recommends a cautious hand.
The Corporate Board is the nation's leading corporate governance magazine,
providing corporate directors and senior executive officers with information vital to the efficiency and success of their corporate governance actions.
She is the Austin Texas chapter chair for
Women Corporate Directors, an organization that advocates for women on boards, and for each other in efforts to be visionary directors.
The panel - comprising former APRA chairman John Laker, former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Graeme Samuel and
corporate director Jillian Broadbent - found unclear accountabilities, starting with a lack of ownership of key risks at the executive committee level.
The Business Council of Canada and the Institute of
Corporate Directors together represent about 13,000 members from leading companies and organizations...
engineering degree from the University of Toronto, ICD.D certification from the Rotman School of Management's Institute of
Corporate Directors Corporate Governance College and has completed the Owner / President Management (OPM) Program at the Harvard Business School.
Directly or indirectly, many of these campaigns are
prompting corporate directors to pursue spinoffs, typically a tax - free distribution of a particular business unit.
Interviewed by Richard Blackwell for a publication by the Institute of
Corporate Directors relating to future corporate governance challenges and developments, March 17, 2017.
Recently, the dealership's CFO and four
corporate directors went up against the dealership's President and four general managers in a lower body strength challenge won by the President and four general managers.
(Fifteen percent of mutual fund directors stay for 20 years or more, while only 6 percent of
corporate directors stay that long, according to research firm GMI Ratings.)
Dave has been active in the San Diego marketplace for over 35 years and currently serves on several civic and charitable organizations» Board of Directors, including Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute,
Corporate Directors Forum, CONNECT, SDSU's College of Business Advisory Council, the San Diego Civic Theatres and the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation.