Sentences with phrase «in board management»

I know that for me, as a first time founder, the many upsides (mentorship, a cadence to the business, outside perspective, pattern recognition, real investor buy - in) would have outweighed the downsides (loss of control, investment of time in board management).

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In a statement, Viacom lead director Salerno, among the directors targeted for removal, called Thursday's action a «brazen and demonstrably invalid attempt» by Shari Redstone «to gain control of Viacom and its management in disregard of Sumner Redstone's wishes,» at odds with the board's efforts «to represent the best interests of all of the shareholders of Viacom.&raquIn a statement, Viacom lead director Salerno, among the directors targeted for removal, called Thursday's action a «brazen and demonstrably invalid attempt» by Shari Redstone «to gain control of Viacom and its management in disregard of Sumner Redstone's wishes,» at odds with the board's efforts «to represent the best interests of all of the shareholders of Viacom.&raquin disregard of Sumner Redstone's wishes,» at odds with the board's efforts «to represent the best interests of all of the shareholders of Viacom.»

A find many board meetings highly unproductive in that they are often just a date in the calendar where management is set to update its investors and other board members of its performance over the past time period.

Women's under - representation on boards and in top management positions has long been the subject of academic study and, more recently, public policy.

Throughout his career, he's developed deep ties with China, serving as a board member at both China Unicom, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and has taught at the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management in Beijing.

«But in fact, the new «activist» investors pushed for seats on boards and pressured management into policies that were viewed as more «shareholder - friendly» — meaning friendlier to short - term investors — including increasing dividends and buyouts.»

The numbers have nudged up from 15.9 % in 2013, when Catalyst Canada surveyed the number of women on Financial Post 500 boards, and new comply - or - explain regulations initiated by the Ontario Securities Commission will likely push the statistics higher now that companies are required to disclose female representation on boards and in senior management.

The conference agenda is being created in collaboration with a distinguished group of advisory board members, which represent more than $ 12 trillion in assets under management:

With four additions to the Board of Directors in the past two years, we have the right Board in place aligned with management to execute successfully on our five year plan.»

They don't recognize layoffs for what they too often are: a failure by top executives to properly manage the business and forecast needs — and a failure of the board to ensure the right management is in place.

According to Nokia chairman Jorma Ollila, the board of directors spent months looking, inside the company and out, for someone who could inject «oxygen» into management and «gear up» Nokia to be a top player in «all industry segments.»

«The investigations, along with current discussions among shareholders, possible changes in the board of directors and management, will be a distraction,» Moody's said in a statement March 6, also highlighting the company's «weak credit metrics.»

He was repeatedly grilled by a shareholder about what he saw is a misalignment of interests with the board and management who owned few shares in the company.

Airbus has a new senior management team coming on board in early 2019 and Myerson said that while it will be expected to address the future of the A380, investors will be focused more on the success of the A320 and A350 programs.

Cohen, 51, first caught Trump's eye in the early 2000s when, as a member of the condo board at a Trump property, he took it upon himself to wade into a nasty dispute between Trump's management company and some residents at a skyscraper near the United Nations.

Contrast XL's board situation with the other major beef processor in Canada, Cargill Ltd., and its commitment to food safety, its «ethics open line,» and their responsibilities in the area of supply chain and risk management.

In an ensuing professional management program that Mathile signed up for in 1982, he was asked to write all of Iams's production and manufacturing struggles on white boardIn an ensuing professional management program that Mathile signed up for in 1982, he was asked to write all of Iams's production and manufacturing struggles on white boardin 1982, he was asked to write all of Iams's production and manufacturing struggles on white boards.

In a sprawling email to his entire staff last spring, Hsieh mandated employees read Reinventing Organizations, announced the company was eliminating all management positions and issued an ultimatum to either get on board with a bossless future or get out (with a generous severance).

He points to activist investors as a particular thorn in the side of management, forcing it to focus on quarter - to - quarter earnings and giving up board seats instead of investing in research and development.

Auditor and financial management bench strength: Does the board have confidence in the quality of finance and risk management, and external and internal audit (including integrity, competence, responsiveness and reporting)?

In the study «Dominant CEO, Deviant Strategy and Extreme Performance: The Moderating Role of a Powerful Board,» to be published next year in the Journal of Management Studies, Tang and co-authors Mary Crossan and Glenn Rowe of the Ivey School of Business examined the experience from 1997 to 2003 of 51 publicly traded computer firmIn the study «Dominant CEO, Deviant Strategy and Extreme Performance: The Moderating Role of a Powerful Board,» to be published next year in the Journal of Management Studies, Tang and co-authors Mary Crossan and Glenn Rowe of the Ivey School of Business examined the experience from 1997 to 2003 of 51 publicly traded computer firmin the Journal of Management Studies, Tang and co-authors Mary Crossan and Glenn Rowe of the Ivey School of Business examined the experience from 1997 to 2003 of 51 publicly traded computer firms.

Pershing Square Capital Management accused the railway of being poorly managed and waged a months - long campaign to replace much the board and Green, who was replaced by former CN chief executive Hunter Harrison in June.

When interests between management and shareholders become adverse, even through the regular course of events, it's important for boards to have their own set of lawyers who are independent from management and seen as objective and willing to act in the interest of directors, not management, and ultimately shareholders.

By moving in the direction of having publicly traded companies have a policy that includes consideration of gender representation on boards and in senior management, we hope that they will really take that issue seriously, that they'll consider how they're finding people to be on their boards, how they're moving women through senior management roles and making them eligible for boards appointments.

Canada's seventh - largest — and largest foreign - owned — bank, with more than $ 90 billion in assets and $ 2 billion in annual revenue, the company under her watch has become an exemplar of gender diversity, with equal numbers of men and women on the board and in senior management.

Instead of assigning one person to handle social media, members of the management team chip in to update the salon's Pinterest boards and Facebook page, yet Lee says Twitter remains a challenge.

MOSCOW / LONDON, April 27 - Russian metals giant Rusal will overhaul its board and management in hopes of persuading the United States to lift sanctions but it may be forced to suspend aluminium exports if the plan fails, sources close to the company said.

Together with Mary Crossan and Glenn Rowe of the Ivey School of Business, Tang recently published a paper entitled «Dominant CEO, Deviant Strategy, and Extreme Performance: The Moderating Role of a Powerful Board» in the Journal of Management Studies.

In March last year, the company assembled Transparent Management Committee, an organization designed to protect shareholder rights in its board of directors, appointing an outside director responsible for protecting shareholder rightIn March last year, the company assembled Transparent Management Committee, an organization designed to protect shareholder rights in its board of directors, appointing an outside director responsible for protecting shareholder rightin its board of directors, appointing an outside director responsible for protecting shareholder rights.

P&G is in the crosshairs of activist investor Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management, which — with its roughly $ 3 billion stake in the consumer goods giant — is waging the biggest proxy fight in history for a seat on its board.

«The company's management and board take great pleasure in sharing the company's success with our employees.»

The steps we have taken over the recent years reflect the wide - ranging efforts of the current board and management to address certain conduct of the past and ensure that Ranbaxy moves forward with integrity and professionalism in everything we do.»

And he has good corapany on what must be one of the country's most formidable game - company boards: Richard W. Melmon, co-founder and executive vice-president, who was formerly VisiCorp's director of marketing; Steve Wozniak, the company's technical adviser, renowned computer freak, co-founder of Apple Computer and inventor of the Apple II: and Don Valentine the tough, well - connected Wall Street-wise general partner of Capital Management Services, and an early investor in Apple Computer.

One case I've written about is the «supply management» boards in certain farming sectors.

GE said nine of the company's directors will stand for re-election including major shareholder Trian Fund Management's Edward Garden, who was appointed to GE's board in October.

JPMorgan lead director Lee Raymond, a former Exxon Mobil CEO, told shareholders at last month's meeting to expect management to reflect on the board's structure in light of the way the votes came down.

However, there is little doubt in my mind that a board that is diverse — in terms of experience, skills, gender, race, sexual orientation and other factors — is your best possible bet for management and shareholders.

More broadly, the regulatory agencies in the United States and the Financial Stability Board internationally have work under way focusing on possible fire - sale risk associated with the growing share of less liquid bonds held in asset management portfolios on behalf of investors who may be counting on same - day redemption when valuations fall.

In June, Icahn presented the board with a counteroffer that would value shares at $ 14 and informed the board that he had purchased 72 million shares of Dell Inc. stock from Southeastern Asset management, the PC manufacturer's largest outside shareholder.

A central theme throughout the compensation debate has been that boards and compensation committees — particularly in the U.S. and U.K. (but also elsewhere)-- have been incapable or unwilling to address the uncontrolled disparity between pay of CEOs compared to that of other senior management and, in particular, the pay of average workers, even throughout the financial crisis.

«We think the activist addition to the board and some Lowe's management moves in the chief operating officer chair mean the bear story had ended,» added Fletcher.

WHO: Joan P. Neuscheler, principal at Tullis - Dickerson & Co., a venture - capital firm in Greenwich, Conn., and board member of AmericasDoctor, which (among other things) offers a health - information Web site for consumers RATING: 4 «I think they have strong management and a good board of directors — and that's usually the first place I look for flaws.

• Sumeru Equity Partners and Ontario Pension Board invested $ 120 million in Snow Software, an Austin, Texas - based software asset management platform.

Marine generals are in some ways more like members of a company's board of directors, focusing on broader, long - term issues and leaving day - to - day management to the line executives.

The decision to explore a sale of Conifer came after Tenet's biggest shareholder, Glenview Capital Management, pulled its two representatives off the company's board in August citing «irreconcilable differences» over strategy.

«While I am excited about the new management team that I helped put in place, I am concerned that the board is not aligned with the core values of product and innovation on which Lululemon was founded and on which the company thrived,» Wilson stated.

«Elliott believes that the management team led by Mr Genish, together with an independent board, should evaluate whether and when to carry out strategic initiatives, in the best interest of value creation for all shareholders,» it added.

In fact, the 87 - year - old founder, long since retired from the board, has made a sport of trolling management at the company he started.

Bogle founded the company in 1975 after being fired by the board of Wellington Management Co..

«EQT's perverse compensation structure in fact incentivizes management to pursue this suboptimal, dilutive acquisition, no matter the cost to EQT shareholders,» Rosenstein wrote in a letter to EQT's board of directors filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.