Interviewed by Diane Bérard for Les Affaires story
on board chair succession at SNC Lavalin, March 16, 2015.
Focus
on the Board Chair.
Director performance reviews could also be shared with shareholders, and shareholders could have a say
on board chairs.
Not exact matches
Newton Minow, the former Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
chair who is a
board member of the Commission
on Presidential Debates, recently said that presidential debate moderators today have been facing more criticism than they did in years past.
Former Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh will take up the position of Australia Council of the Arts (ACA)
chair, as of July, after almost two years
on the
board.
Does our
Chair (or Lead Director) have the independence, attributes, experience and track record that the company and senior management needs and respects — to lead the
board, hold management to account, and focus
on value creation?
Also
on board are Christopher Paul David, an interior designer with Cecconni Simone, and former Ontario premier Mike Harris, who serves as
chair of Tramez Restaurant Corp., one of three corporate entities involved with Trambusto.
He
chairs the BMO
board, holds a handful of other directorships and serves
on two economic advisory panels — one for the feds, the other, Queen's Park.
Janet Yellen,
chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, attends an open meeting of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve with Stanley Fischer, vice chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, right, in Washington, D.C., U.S.,
on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015.
Anyone who read Isabelle Hudon's resumé would expect she struggled with work - life balance: in addition to serving as president of Quebec operations for Sun Life Financial, she
chairs two
boards of directors and sits
on five more.
One thing I can say, however, is that I have had the good fortune of interviewing and seeing how one or two excellent
board or committee
chairs, or directors
on a
board, can completely reform and turn around risk management of an entire large, complex organization by pressing management and holding them accountable.
«Canada has left the impression that we'll sell anything,» says Dick Haskayne, a Potash Corp. shareholder who has served
on 20 company
boards,
chairing six of them, including TransAlta and Nova Corp. «The world thinks buying Canadian companies is just a matter of price.
She served as a member of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 2008 to 2013, where she served as
Chair of the Federal Reserve's Committee
on Consumer and Community Affairs and as a member of its Committee
on Bank Supervision and Regulation, the Committee
on Bank Affairs, and the Committee
on Board Affairs.
United Airlines Chief Executive Oscar Munoz will not
chair the company's
board in 2018, it said in a regulatory filing
on Friday, following a high - profile incident in which an elderly passenger was dragged from a flight.
It supports voting «no»
on the compensation plan and is advising against three
board members, Compensation Committee
Chair Wendy Cameron, Audit Committee
Chair Neil Dimick, and Compliance Committee
Chair Mark Parrish.
The most recent to change in course was the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which
on April 7 added an $ 18 general admission and aims to increase revenue by 17 percent this year, Matthew Gutwein, the museum
board's vice
chair said last week.
«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.
«John cares deeply and is committed to the dual mandate and has led extensive work
on the U.S. labor markets and employment,» added Sara Horowitz, founder of the Freelancers Union,
chair of the New York Fed's
board of directors and co-
chair of the search committee.
When politicians run for office and lose, they wind up with speaking gigs and cushy
chairs on corporate
boards and at think tanks.
President Barack Obama will now have an easier time getting swift confirmation for Janet Yellen as
chair of the Federal Reserve and for two other open spots
on the central bank
board.
«This financing provides an immediate cash injection
on terms favorable to BlackBerry, enhancing our substantial cash position,»
board chair Barbara Stymiest said.
No sooner had the provincial government appointed Belkin to a vacant seat
on the
board in December than he was elected
chair, replacing interim
chair Alice Laberge.
She
chairs the
board of trustees for Ariel Investment Trust and sits
on the
boards of several notable companies, from Starbucks (SBUX) to Dreamworks (DWA).
Bill Campbell, the
chair of Intuit (INTU), has served
on Apple's
board since 1997.
He is also a leader
on the March of Dimes national
board of trustees and was named the 2015 national
chair of the March for Babies — the nation's biggest fundraiser for mom and baby health.
She also serves as vice
chair on the
board of both companies.
MaRS has incredible momentum and is well positioned to build
on this successful foundation for many years to come,» says Gord Nixon,
chair of the
board of directors at MaRS.
Mr. Meresman was selected to serve as a director
on our
board of directors due to his background as
chair of the audit committee of other public companies and his financial and accounting expertise from his prior extensive experience as chief financial officer of two publicly traded corporations.
Upon receiving news that past
Board of Trade
Chair Janet Austin will be B.C.'s next Lieutenant Governor, Iain Black and Anne Giardini penned a congratulatory letter
on behalf of our organization.
The Vancouver
Board of Trade's
Chair has called a general meeting in order to vote
on the following resolution:
Steve also serves
on the
Board for the San Diego Foundation, and is
Chair of their Investment Committee and is
on the Investment Committee for the American Lung Association.
President Trump announced
on Thursday the elevation of Governor Jerome Powell to succeed
Chair Janet Yellen when her four - year term as chair of the Board of Governors exp
Chair Janet Yellen when her four - year term as
chair of the Board of Governors exp
chair of the
Board of Governors expires.
Each automatic triennial stock option grant and each stock option grant for service as lead independent director, member of a
Board committee or
chair of a
Board committee, in each case as described above, will vest 1/36 per month for three years starting
on the one month anniversary of the vesting commencement date, subject to continued service in the capacity for which such grant was made (except that if a director who was granted such an option ceases to be a director
on the day before an annual meeting that is held earlier than the anniversary date of the vesting commencement date for that calendar year, vesting will accelerate with respect to the shares that would have vested if such director continued service through such anniversary date).
During the last five years, Mr. Meresman has been serving
on the
boards of directors of various public and private companies, including service as
chair of the audit committee for some of these companies.
Reid Hoffman is one of our co-founders and has served
on our
board of directors since March 2003 and was appointed as the
Chair of our
board of directors in December 2010.
He is
on the
board of The Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance and served as the 2015 Honorary
Chair for the Ride to Conquer Cancer.
Conrad served
on the
board of the Social Investment Forum (SIF), and was
chair of the steering committee for its Advocacy and Public Policy Program.
June 10, 2015 - OSC
Chair Howard Wetston was quoted in the Financial Post about his remarks at the CCGG AGM with respect to gender diversity
on boards.
Tom served
on the
board of directors of ACE Limited (renamed Chubb), a Zurich - based insurance company, where he was
chair of the nominating and governance committees.
The Financial Stability
Board (FSB) today published a letter from FSB
Chair Mark Carney to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors ahead of their meetings in Buenos Aires
on 19 - 20 March.
He also serves
on the
Board of Directors for the SickKids Foundation, the largest non-governmental granting agency in children's health in Canada, and was
Chair of the Hospital for Sick Children's Research and Learning Tower Campaign.
June 10, 2015 - OSC
Chair Howard Wetston was quoted in The Globe and Mail about his remarks at the CCGG AGM with respect to gender diversity
on boards.
Ms. Sheehan served two terms as the
Chair of the Council of Institutional Investors, is a member of the SEC Investor Advisory Committee, the NASDAQ Listing Council, and serves
on the Advisory
Board of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware.
At the completion of this process, the Lead Independent Director and CNGC
Chair synthesize the results of these evaluations and report to the full
Board on an anonymous basis.
In the years I served
on and even
chaired commissions for the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), some commissioners regularly vilified the «old dragons» who haunted successors by serving
on boards.
He also served as
chair of the Standing Committee
on Standards Implementation of the Financial Stability
Board.
John M. Cassaday Director Since: 1993 John Cassaday was appointed as Vice
Chair, and
Chair elect, of the
board on December 7, 2017.
Since coming to Rotman, Tiff has also been appointed the
chair of the
board of the Global Risk Institute, chair of Ontario's Panel on Economic Growth and Prosperity, a director of Scotiabank, and a member of the Asian Business Leaders Advisory B
board of the Global Risk Institute,
chair of Ontario's Panel
on Economic Growth and Prosperity, a director of Scotiabank, and a member of the Asian Business Leaders Advisory
BoardBoard.
«This year's budget has delivered
on a number of our requests to the provincial government,» said George Kondopulos, Partner, Tax at KPMG and
Chair of The Vancouver
Board of Trade's Government Budget and Finance Committee.
Iain Black, President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver
Board of Trade, made the announcement today during a
Board of Trade event with TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond and City of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, who serves as
Chair of the Mayors» Council
on Regional Transportation.