Highlighting practical advice for boards, senior leaders and governance professionals when considering if and how to use AI in their organisations.

Peterborough-based North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust had double cause for celebration last night when the Trust’s Deputy Company Secretary Paul Denton was named Governance Professional of the Year and the Trust picked up the award for Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year at ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute’s 2020 Awards.

In 1970, Senator Gaylord Nelson in the USA created Earth Day to force sustainability issues onto the national agenda. Europe followed this movement with environmental laws, and The Earth Day Network went global in 1990. This network now has over 50,000 partners in 193 countries.

An article in the Financial Times on 10 September reported that a group of lawyers and academics had criticised the Financial Reporting Council’s review of the UK Corporate Governance Code for an “extraordinary omission” by not formalising the role of the general counsel in the Code.

This guidance note is written for those charities with established boards of trustees which employ a senior management team and delegate significant, specific functions.

Onyeka Nweze shares some insights into what goes on behind the scenes on The Apprentice.

In the past two years, businesses have dealt with a series of shocks. The pandemic hit at an est. cost of £134bn to UK businesses.

Provision 17 of the UK Corporate Governance Code requires boards to establish a nomination committee to lead the process for appointments, ensure plans are in place for orderly succession to both the board and senior management positions and oversee the development of a diverse pipeline of succession.

Peter Swabey, our Policy and Research Director chaired a webinar on the subject of executive pay during a crisis.