John Cooke received an MBE for services to the English National Opera in the 2022 New Year’s Honours List. Here he discusses the unique challenges faced by the ENO during the pandemic and the topics that are likely to be high on the board’s agenda in 2022.

Transparency is key to building trust and delivering meaningful annual reporting.

Seeing strategy as a journey rather than focusing on fixed end points helps organisations to be more adaptive to the changing tempo of the world around them.

This year’s Academy Governance Summit provided inspiration and insight to those working in the academy sector.

Adaptability was crucial in responding successfully to the unpredictability of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Repositioning corporate purpose and reshaping corporate culture are only achievable through shifting the mindset of board directors and C-suite executives.

As we investigate the relevance of governance professionals in the modern world, we begin by establishing what we mean by governance.

In this interview we talk to Robert Lyons, Deputy Company Secretary at Marks and Spencer Group plc and one of the two winners of the CGIUKI 2021 Governance Professional of the Year Award, about what it takes to be an award-winning governance professional.

While legislation on gender pay gap reporting has been in place since 2017, it is evident that women are still struggling to rise to the top levels of organisations.