Sentences with phrase «directors on corporate governance»

Ms. Chiu is counsel in Davis Polk's Capital Markets Group with an emphasis on advising public companies and their boards of directors on corporate governance, securities law and regulatory requirements.

He oversaw dispute resolution and ethics for the 15,000 - plus realtors in the Toronto area, and advised the board of directors on corporate governance and contracts.

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Mike Garland, executive director of corporate governance for New York City Comptroller John Liu's office, which has a $ 550 million investment in JPMorgan Chase, said «it was a disservice to shareholders that the vote became a referendum on Jamie Dimon.

On April 17, 2018, I wrote to the board, seeking to restore the Company's reputation by reforming its corporate governance and reconstituting a majority of the board of directors.

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.

In addition, his current service on other public company boards of directors provides us with important perspectives on corporate governance matters.

Mr. Bell is well qualified to serve as director due to his experience in public and private company governance and accounting, including his service on audit, nominating and corporate governance and compensation committees, including his experience with Hennessy I and Hennessy II.

Ms. Devine served as President and Managing Director of a Norwegian affiliate of ExxonMobil from 1996 to 2000, and since 1988 held various corporate positions responsible for shareholder relations and governance issues, as well as international government relations with an emphasis on Vietnam, Indonesia, Nigeria and Russia.

One distinguishing feature of our corporate governance is that all of our independent directors serve on all of our Board's four standing committees.

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.

From 2001 through 2015, he served as a director of IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX), a global industrial company with key growth platforms in Fluid Metering Technology and Health & Science Technology segments, where he chaired the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Audit Committee and served on the Compensation Committee.

CCGG Executive Director mentioned in the Global Proxy Watch that recognized 10 people around the world who have had the most impact on corporate governance in 2016.

In her prior role as the Director of Shareholder Activities at the Foundation, Laura successfully engaged public corporations on topics ranging from climate change to corporate governance.

December 23, 2016 - Global Proxy Watch recognizes CCGG Executive Director Stephen Erlichman as one of the «10 people around the world who have had the most impact on corporate governance» in 2016.

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.

He is the author of treatises on proxy voting and shareholder communications and his articles have appeared in The London Financial Times, The New York Times, The New York Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Insights, Pensions & Investments, The Corporate Governance Advisor, Directors & Boards, the Journal of Law and Contemporary Problems and other publications and professional blogs.

[11] Indeed, numerous commentators now accept that «corporate governance is best characterized as based on «director primacy.

Effective on June 16, 2015, the Corporate Governance Committee and the Board of Directors of the Company amended and restated the Code to, among other things, reflect the following amendments: (1) added a new Whistleblower Exception provision under the Confidentiality section; (2) modified the provision regarding Protection of Covered Persons to clarify that such protections apply to any Covered Person who provides information or makes other disclosures that are protected under whistleblower provisions; and (3) updated the policy reference to the Franklin Templeton Investments Social Media Guidelines Policy.

Long the domain of corporate executives, investor relations is starting to extend beyond the C - suite into boardrooms as shareholders seek access to independent directors and a clear process for interaction on issues of governance.

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.

I'm not a lawyer so I asked Charles M. Elson, who is, and as director of the University of Delaware's John L. Weisberg Center, is a widely recognized and quoted expert on corporate governance issues.

Mr. Cook has served as a director of NIKE, Inc. since November 2005, where he has served on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since September 2011 and on the Compensation Committee since November 2005, including as Chair of the

Lucian A. Bebchuk: Professor Bebchuk is the William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance and Director of the Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Law School.

In addition to Mr. Levitt, the other founding members of the Advisory Board are: Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the General Accounting Office (GAO) for 15 years; and Professor Lucian Bebchuk, a Director of the Harvard Law School's Program on Corporate Governance.

Mr. Cunningham has published extensively on corporate culture and governance in journals of universities such as Columbia, Cornell, and Vanderbilt, and periodicals such as Directors & Boards, Harvard Corporate Governance Blog, NACD Directorship, and The Wall Streetcorporate culture and governance in journals of universities such as Columbia, Cornell, and Vanderbilt, and periodicals such as Directors & Boards, Harvard Corporate Governance Blog, NACD Directorship, and The Wall Streegovernance in journals of universities such as Columbia, Cornell, and Vanderbilt, and periodicals such as Directors & Boards, Harvard Corporate Governance Blog, NACD Directorship, and The Wall StreetCorporate Governance Blog, NACD Directorship, and The Wall StreeGovernance Blog, NACD Directorship, and The Wall Street Journal.

He previously served as Professor of Law and Business at Boston College, including as Associate Dean, and Director of the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center on Corporate Governance in New York.

Investment professionals who have long relied on Bloomberg for its suite of financial data and analytics now have access to research from Glass Lewis on matters not well covered by traditional investment research: accounting policies, financial statement transparency, corporate governance, litigation and regulatory developments, related - party transactions, executive compensation and board of director independence and quality, among others.

Expecting a negative impact on corporate governance when TSX Index board members are burdened for time and attention, we unexpectedly dis - covered that corporations with busy directors outperform their peers on a variety of governance metrics.

Up to a third of companies have an equity plan proposal on their proxy in any given year, notes Rajeev Kumar, senior managing director for corporate governance and research at proxy solicitation firm Georgeson.

Interviewed by Canadian Society for Corporate Secretaries concerning a publication supplement on director compensation and performance, governance transparency and disclosure and the developing role of the corporate secretary, July Corporate Secretaries concerning a publication supplement on director compensation and performance, governance transparency and disclosure and the developing role of the corporate secretary, July corporate secretary, July 24, 2008.

Monday 16.00 - Internal Market, Infrastructure and Employment: Women on Boards, Karen Jochelson, Director of Economy and Employment Programme, Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC); Scarlet Harris, Women's Officer, Trades Union Congress (TUC); and (at 5.00 pm) Liz Murrall, Director, Corporate Governance and Reporting, Investment Management Association, and Joanne Segars, Chief Executive, National Association of Pension Funds Ltd (NAPF).

«His extensive experience in compliance and corporate governance issues, coupled with his service as an officer and director on both for profit and non-profit boards, make him an excellent addition to the Board.

The model of hospital administration in this publication actually has lots of semblance with contemporary models in the US, UK, Republic of Ireland, Australia and Canada where there is a board of directors / governors with a Chairman (does not have to be a Medical Doctor), a CEO / President / Hospital administrator (does not have to be a Medical Doctor) and a CMD / MD / CMO / Executive director medical services etc (Is ALWAYS a Medical Doctor — different names but similar portfolio — In Nigeria we always look up to these countries for direction with respect to global best practices so I do not understand what the commentator code - named afam6nr means by «Obviously, this writer has not attended any Business School Training and has no knowledge of Business Administration» — My advice to afam6nr is to do a little study of the different heath system of the world (specifically regarding corporate governance, organisation and administration of tertiary hospitals) and after this little research come back and comment on his findings!

He has counseled numerous boards and non-management directors on governance issues, investigations and litigation involving corporate officers and other crisis situations.

Beginning on July 15, 2005, non-employee directors began receiving an annual retainer of $ 16,000; the chairman of the Audit Committee received an additional annual retainer of $ 5,000; and the chairmen of the Compensation Committee, the Corporate Governance Committee and the Nominating Committee received additional annual retainers of $ 2,500.

The addition of Steven Chiang and Francois Candelon to the board of directors will greatly strengthen the company's corporate governance at a time when it has stepped out of start - up mode and is focused on managing growth sustainably.

She is responsible for advising the Board of Trustees, its committees, and the Director and departments on all legal issues involving the Foundation and its affiliates, on policy issues, and on corporate governance.

Stakeholders in businesses and boards of directors trust us to provide legal guidance on all aspects of corporate governance.

So the question was raised as to whether similar guidance on good corporate governance ought to apply also to directors of private companies.

Ajinder has advised directors and CEOs on the laws pertaining to directors» duties and corporate governance, and regularly gives talks on the subject.

The report also explained that the non-statutory UK Corporate Governance Code (UKCG Code) produced by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) provides further guidance for directors (and chairs) as to their duties, but that the UKCG Code only applies to listed companies and on a «comply or explain» basis.

Partner Bill Clark, one of the co-chairs of our Corporate Governance practice, serves as chair of a task force of the Committee on Corporate Laws of the ABA Section on Business Law, which is responsible for updating and revising the Model Business Corporation Act and the Corporate Director's Guidebook.

The government will introduce secondary legislation to require all companies of significant size to disclose their corporate governance arrangements in the Directors» Report and on their website.

She advises clients on a wide variety of corporate governance matters, including director independence, board and committee structures, proxy disclosure, shareholder proposals, board leadership structures, shareholder relationships and the impact of proxy advisory services.

His legal practice has been primarily focused on corporate law with an emphasis on director and shareholder governance.

On this week's legal - affairs podcast Coast to Coast, we explore this issue in depth with our guest Steven R. Barth, partner with Foley & Lardner in Milwaukee and chair of the firm's 2006 National Directors Institute on corporate governance issueOn this week's legal - affairs podcast Coast to Coast, we explore this issue in depth with our guest Steven R. Barth, partner with Foley & Lardner in Milwaukee and chair of the firm's 2006 National Directors Institute on corporate governance issueon corporate governance issues.

Our expertise includes advising officers, boards of directors, shareholders, and special litigation committees on a wide range of business disputes, including fiduciary duties, employment issues with minority and majority shareholders, executive compensation, corporate freeze - outs, direct and derivative claims by shareholders, internal investigations and other aspects of corporate governance.

, 2016 • «Foreign Anti-Corruption Compliance: Director and Office Obligations and Considerations», Corporate Governance by Federated Press, Volume IX, No. 4, 2013 • Canada Gets Tough on Corruption, February 2013 • «Why You Should Think About an Anti-Corruption Compliance Program», TechSTARTUPCenter.com, April 2013 • «Tendering Law: The Evolution of the Duty of Fairness and What it Means for Clients», Presentation, 18th East Region Solicitors Conference 2012 • Panelist, Government of Canada, Economic Action Plan Roundtable: «Helping Businesses Sell to the Government of Canada», 2011 • «A Comparison of Canada's Proposed Consumer Product Safety Legislation (Bill C - 52) and its American Counterpart», Focus on Federal Advocacy and Policy, June 2008

We advice on choice of entity, partner / shareholder agreements, corporate governance, director and officer liability, joint ventures, equity incentive programs and executive and employee compensation.

Doug works extensively on matters of corporate governance for both public and private companies, and advises boards of directors and special board committees across a range of governance challenges.