Sentences with phrase «had on board at»

At last count, the Dallas - based education business had on board at least nine men and women who, until recently, headed school districts.

I chose to be a Skald, in which my power is derived from the eddas (or songs) that appear at the beginning of a battle that allows me to choose specific bonuses or buffs to my units based on my enemy's units or who I have on the board at that specific time.

Not exact matches

At the University of Southern California this year, Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments and chairwoman on several boards, not only spurred students to find someone to be passionate about — but also to expand their bandwidth of diversity by getting to know people with whom they have seemingly nothing in common.

Today's appointment by Independence Group of its first female board member has taken it off the list of ASX200 companies lacking female representation on their boards, although four other Western Australian businesses remain among those still to adopt gender diversity at board level.

Investors sit on many boards and have many other job tasks so often if you get a deck the day before and you're in back - to - back meetings and a dinner you're only likely to have a cursory look at the materials prior to meeting.

Facebook, where Thiel sits on the board, has been at the center of calls for greater regulation in recent months.

Tristan Thompson, relegated to the bench with Love at center, has lost his trademark hustle and savvy on the boards.

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian announced Wednesday that he would be stepping down from his daily role at the company (he will continue to serve on Reddit's board).

Valeant's largest shareholder, billionaire and hedge funder John Paulson, has gained a seat on the drug maker's board, sending the beleaguered company's stock spiking more than 6 % in Monday trading (although it's still hovering at around the $ 13 mark).

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian announced Wednesday that he would be stepping down from his daily role at the company (he will continue to serve on its board).

I suggest the meal either be purely social or at least a follow - up discussion on board topics you've already debated in the meeting.

At the end of 2016, 738 companies — roughly 25 percent of the list — had no women on their boards of directors.

On May 12, Tim Hortons held a conference call with financial analysts who had plenty of questions for Don Schroeder, a long time executive who everybody assumed held the confidence of the board as company CEO at the time.

The company has had its fair share of attention as of late, as it was revealed this week that Sean Rad is stepping down as CEO, but staying on at the company as president and board member.

Xapo itself has made no public comment on the lawsuit, nor did Casares mention the legal dispute to its three new advisory board members — Larry Summers, Visa founder Dee Hock and former Citigroup (c) chairman and CEO John Reed — or at least not until Fortune began making calls.

Either approach would open the door for a whole new class of automotive apps, which could talk to the car's on - board systems on one hand, and the world at large on the other.

More important, why did having women on a board make a difference at all?

John Doerr, by the way, has never been on my board - he's not on my board here at Flipboard and he wasn't on the board at Tellme - but I can still call him up and he would instantly respond and I can ask him for a meeting with basically anyone in the world, and he'd deliver.

Presumably, the Airbnb initiative would be aimed at helping travelers unexpectedly stuck outside of the U.S.. On Saturday, travelers from restricted countries were detained in U.S. airports or blocked from boarding U.S. - bound planes.

The great success of the Ford class will not be defined by any one innovation on board, but by the foresight displayed by the designers who are boldly creating a carrier to launch planes that haven't even been designed yet, to fire weapons not yet built, and to secure the US's interests at sea for decades to come.

But if the business case was so compelling, why had female representation on boards stalled at around 10 % in Canada?

He had served on United's board but had never worked at an airline.

Have you ever seen a situation where a new manager comes on board but it's his or her admin who has worked at the company forever who everyone goes to for advice?

«We at QuadGen are honored, fortunate, and blessed to have him serve on our Board.»

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.

With his boss's blessing, Cerilli quit his job at First Round, brought Matt Doumar — who had built SinglePlatform's entire product team — on board as a cofounder, and got started on a company that would eventually become known as Good Uncle.

Most Canadian business leaders agree that more women are needed on corporate boards — female representation has hovered at about 10 % for years.

I had people on the board of directors at VisionSpring that were business leaders within the eyewear space.»

On the other hand, if you never plan to need a fiduciary board, you might not need to have a board at all.

Stephens serves on an advisory board to the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University, is on the boards of the United Way of Dallas and Catholic Charities of Dallas and has also served on the boards of numerous educational and social service organizations.

Welch said it would have a negative effect on labor in the US, would be damaging to the supply chains among the US, Canada, and Mexico, and would cause prices to rise across the board, particularly at giants such as Walmart.

I have taught and advised hundreds of women who are enormously frustrated at the blockage on boards by over-tenured, over-boarded, entrenched pedigree directors.

«It's baked into their DNA to be focused on the long term, as their focus is to maintain the family business and wealth,» says Matt Fullbrook, manager of the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and Board Effectiveness (CCBE) at the University of Toronto, which has been studying the underlying reasons for the curious strength of family firms.

The boards of T - Mobile and Sprint have put the finishing touches on a massive merger agreement that values a combined company at $ 146 billion.

Langone, billionaire co-founder of Home Depot, told CNBC on Wednesday that the downfall at GE has been a «colossal failure» in board leadership.

When I advise U.S. board members on what may be coming next, I suggest they look at what is happening in the U.K. because we have a habit of eventually adopting what they do.

They should have at least two clients on the board, as well as sales, marketing, PR, legal, operations, and financial and creative specialists.

«To date, the candidates have focused more on issues that will hurt small business than on those that will grow small business,» says USHCC Board Chair David C Lizà ¡ rga in a press release received at inc.com HQ.

Aaron A. Dhir, of York University's Osgoode Hall Law School, concluded having at least three women on a board has significant positive outcomes for a company.

By the end of the day, Perrigo had basically reached the same conclusion: Just after U.S. markets closed at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Perrigo announced that its board of directors unanimously rejected Mylan's bid, saying it «substantially undervalues» the company and is not in its shareholders» best interests.

The activist fund has since then built up a 9 percent stake and is asking for changes at the board at a shareholders vote on April 24.

The pricing issue, which has drawn scrutiny from members of Congress and the U.S. Department of Justice, and Chairman Robert Coury's nearly $ 100 million pay package last year have caused a group of investors to launch an effort to vote down the company's board at its annual meeting on Thursday.

On the other hand, a Board might think primarily in terms of justice: «This guy has brought shame (or at least notoriety) upon the organization.

Bring someone on board, at least as an advisor, who has been there before.

I was reminded of this point at a recent meeting of the Emergency Food and Shelter Board - an organization I have served on for several years now with a primary goal of providing transitional housing to at risk homeless.

Valeant shares, down 10 % on Monday after a Wells Fargo research note said its board and management «have made decisions that may have put Valeant at significant business and reputational risk,» took another hit when Bloomberg News reported CVS's decision.

The majority of companies still rely on email, physical bulletin boards, or paper - based scorecards to communicate goals, and 7 percent of companies have no organized method for making company goals visible at all.

During the legal wrangling, the FTC revealed that over a period of years — and under a screen - name alias — Mackey had been promoting his company (and taking the occasional potshot at Wild Oats) in more than 1,000 comments on Yahoo Finance message boards.

As a reporter at CNBC Make It, I've covered some of the most incredible — including a 28 - year - old whose company has made millions buying things at Walmart and reselling them on Amazon and an entrepreneur who started selling board games out of his living room.

Perth - based director Andrew Chapman has survived a leadership reshuffle at tech company 1 - Page after shareholders voted to keep him on the board but remove co-founder Joanna Riley as a director.