Sentences with phrase «former board of a company»

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Pioneering maritime risk analytics startup, Windward, today announced that former BP CEO, Lord Browne of Madingley, has joined the company's Board of Directors.

Elaine Wynn, who co-founded the hospitality company with her ex-husband, Steve Wynn, is starting a campaign to remove one of the three board directors investigating the sexual misconduct allegations against the former CEO.

Former Bunnings managing director John Gillam has been named as the incoming chairman of building products company CSR while Macmahon Holdings has bolstered its board by recruiting former Alcoa executive Kim Former Bunnings managing director John Gillam has been named as the incoming chairman of building products company CSR while Macmahon Holdings has bolstered its board by recruiting former Alcoa executive Kim former Alcoa executive Kim Horne.

Former Bunnings managing director John Gillam has been named as the incoming chairman of building products company CSR while Macmahon Holdings has bolstered its board by recruiting former Alcoa of Australia executive Kim Former Bunnings managing director John Gillam has been named as the incoming chairman of building products company CSR while Macmahon Holdings has bolstered its board by recruiting former Alcoa of Australia executive Kim former Alcoa of Australia executive Kim Horne.

Judge slams deception by Hardie board Ten former directors and executives of building materials group James Hardie have been found to have breached their duties by making misleading statements about the firm's ability to pay asbestos compensation, in a decision that has wide - ranging implications for company boards.

Company director and former WA attorney general Cheryl Edwardes has been appointed as the new chairperson for agribusiness CropLogic while St John of God Health Care has appointed Azure Capital managing partner Adrian Arundell to its board.

Two years later, Frank Yeary, Citigroup's former global head of mergers and acquisitions, invested in the company's Series A round and joined its board.

Former Speaker of the House John Boehner joined a board of advisors for cannabis company Acreage Holdings earlier this month after changing his own views on cannabis.

In a further sign of change at the beleaguered BlackBerry maker, former co-CEO Jim Balsillie departed from the company's board just two months after he and Mike Lazaridis stepped down as co-CEOs.

After witnessing a 95 % decline in the pharmaceutical company's share price amid a series of scandals, Valeant's board, led by former shareholder and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, smartly tied Papa's compensation to a recovery in the stock price.

Uber directors on Tuesday voted to allow Japan's SoftBank to invest in the ride services company and approved a series of governance changes that increases the independence of the board and decreases the influence of former CEO Travis Kalanick.

On Monday, Ford replaced Fields with Jim Hackett, a former CEO of Steelcase, and a Ford board member who's said to be close to the company's chairman Bill Ford.

It's worth noting the team that brought the company to this point are all still on board: founder Michel Laberge is chief scientist (and will be recounting some of his adventures in fusion research at the upcoming TED conference in Vancouver in March); former CEO Doug Richardson is chief technology officer, in charge of the research team; and former chairman Michael Brown remains a director.

Former House Speaker John Boehner — Nixon's ideological opposite in many ways — announced on Wednesday that he is joining the board of a marijuana company.

The former chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley (ms) has been tangled up in issues at LendingClub (lc), the online lending company where he has sat on the board since 2012.

A local consumer services technology company currently in the middle of a backdoor listing has welcomed former iiNet chief executive Michael Malone to its board as a director.

Former mining services company Viento Group is under new leadership after a board restructure replaced all directors, including John Silverthorne, who in July struck a deal to buy all of the company ’s

«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.

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.

Former Ford (F) CEO Alan Mulally also joined the company's board of directors in late May.

In what was possibly a preemptive move by the company, the Wells board of directors decided to take back $ 41 million in stock - based compensation from Stumpf along with just over $ 16 million in stock options from former community - banking head Carrie Tolstedt.

Uber's board is working together to implement the changes recommended in a 13 - page report by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who conducted a months - long investigation of the company.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 1 - Google parent Alphabet Inc replaced long - time Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt with board veteran John Hennessy, a former Stanford University president and one of search engine company's first users, it said in a regulatory filing on Thursday.

Bill Bradley, the former U.S. senator and basketball star, who's been on the Starbucks board since 2003, says the company's reputation is central to its success — a kind of halo effect.

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.

Avon declined to make Jung or members of its board available for this story, but former employees and industry analysts paint a picture of a company unsure of what it wanted to be, and therefore uncertain of how to move forward.

The Company has been hit with allegations of sexual harassment by former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Stephen A. Wynn.

Through interviews with more than 40 people who have dealt with the hedge fund — including bankers, advisers, board members of various companies, and current and former employees of the firm — Fortune has learned previously unreported details that reveal just how far Elliott will go to win.

The day after the Company filed its proxy statement, Chairman D. Boone Wayson, a childhood friend and former business partner of Mr. Wynn, communicated the board's outright rejection of my request to reopen the nomination window as neither «appropriate [n] or justified,» without any further explanation.

Upon the closing of the transaction, John Chen, the former chairman and chief executive of Sybase, is expected to serve as interim chief executive and board chairman until the company finds a replacement.

Former Comptroller General of the U.S. Charles Bowsher, former board member and acting chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Chuck Niemeir, and former Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board Sir David Tweedie, along with a host of other luminaries, also signed the lFormer Comptroller General of the U.S. Charles Bowsher, former board member and acting chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Chuck Niemeir, and former Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board Sir David Tweedie, along with a host of other luminaries, also signed the lformer board member and acting chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Chuck Niemeir, and former Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board Sir David Tweedie, along with a host of other luminaries, also signed the leboard member and acting chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Chuck Niemeir, and former Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board Sir David Tweedie, along with a host of other luminaries, also signed the leBoard (PCAOB) Chuck Niemeir, and former Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board Sir David Tweedie, along with a host of other luminaries, also signed the lformer Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board Sir David Tweedie, along with a host of other luminaries, also signed the leBoard Sir David Tweedie, along with a host of other luminaries, also signed the letter.

This summer, former chief accountant of the SEC Lynn Turner told me that a company's investors should decide if the money spent on auditors is worth spending and that the PCAOB should collect money from the companies for the services that a board's audit committee negotiates, using the same mechanism companies use today to pay the PCAOB for oversight of auditors.

The former CEO of Autonomy slammed Hewlett - Packard's Board of Directors in an open letter Tuesday for accusing his company of «serious financial impropriety.»

They along with several former members of Theranos» old board, including former cabinet members Henry A. Kissinger and George P. Shultz, will join an advisory board of counselors for the company.

Among his top reasons is the compounded 21 % per year that it's returned ever since Pierre Lessard, former CEO and president and now chairman of the board, took over the company in 1990.

One sign that the company may already be looking to transform its business model is its hiring of interim CEO John Chen, former head of enterprise mobility specialist Sybase Inc., a company that had its own set of problems before Chen came on board.

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Cambridge Analytica may be out of business thanks to bad publicity, but «Emerdata» is a new company, whose board includes the daughters of Robert Mercer, who bankrolled Cambridge Analytica; disgraced former Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix is on its board of directors, and much of Cambridge Analytica's C - suite has packed up their desks and moved -LSB-...]

[2] The board of directors of her company is a Who's Who of distinguished former and current technology, academic, and government officials.

On Deck's board of directors includes experienced investors and financial services executives, including James D. Robinson III, the former chairman and CEO of American Express Company and currently a general partner at RRE Ventures.

«Unregulated, unregistered exchanges are a very big concern for the industry and the community broadly,» said Kathryn Haun, a former federal prosecutor who is on the board of the U.S. virtual currency company Coinbase.

Wells Fargo's former CEO, Richard Kovacevich, currently serves as chairman of the Company's Board of Directors.

The company's board is something of a Silicon Valley fantasy - football team: David O. Sacks, Jim Messina, Peter Diamandis, Joe Lonsdale — and most recently Emily White, the former chief operating officer of Snapchat.

What the board of directors reportedly did not approve was making changes that would formally prevent former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick from regaining control of the company.

As a former board member of Wachovia, Mr. Baker has extensive knowledge and experience regarding Wachovia's businesses, and his deep knowledge of Florida's economy and business climate provides unique insight into the Florida banking market, which is one of the Company's largest markets.

Qualifications, Attributes, Skills and Experience: Rich is qualified to serve on Zillow Group's board of directors because of the broad range of relevant leadership and technical skills he possesses as a founder and former chief executive officer of companies in the mobile and Internet industries.

The Board also benefits from Mr. Dean's substantial finance, systems operations, service quality, and community affairs expertise, which he gained as a result of his responsibilities with Dignity Health, and from his extensive banking and related financial management expertise acquired as a former member of the Company's Audit and Examination Committee and as a current member of the Credit Committee.

Adaptive Insights Announces Ron Codd, Former CFO of PeopleSoft and Board Member of Many Successful Pubic Companies, as New Investor and senior Advisor

The firm was led by Alexander Nix while Steve Bannon, a former White House chief of staff under Trump, once served on the company's board.

According to the Freedom Partners website, all but one of its 9 - member Board of Directors is a current or former Koch company employee.