In this blog, we explore the importance of subsidiary boards and their contribution to governance excellence within multinational companies.

The AI summit taking place in Bletchley Park will tackle questions on how to mitigate the risks posed by AI development and the balance needed to encourage innovation while regulating to avoid potential harms.

One of the biggest decisions to make when embarking on a board performance review is who should be carry out the review? Should it be an internal team or an external provider? These were commonly asked questions in our webinar about board performance reviews on the 26 October.

The second day of our annual conference looked to the future: how organisations are going to change in response to burgeoning technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI); the impact of shifting work attitudes; and further strengthening the obligations organisations have to people and the planet.

Read the Not for Profit in the Irish Agenda on the appointment of a charity regulator in Q1 2014.

Provisions strengthening the powers of Ireland’s corporate watchdog, the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA), contained in the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 (2024 Act), came into operation on 3 December 2024.

ESG stands for environmental, social, and governance. It refers to the way in which an organisation manages its impacts on, risks related to, and opportunities arising from, environmental, social and governance issues.

On 11 May 2023 the latest compromise text of the AI Act was voted on by the leading parliamentary committees of the European Parliament.

In May 2019, as part of a partnership with Diligent Corporation, looking at the challenges facing the 21st century board and the company secretary’s role in supporting and guiding chairs and boards to meet these challenges, The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland convened a roundtable to discuss the issues of board composition and diversity from a range of perspectives. What is the size and scale of the challenge that companies face in building a balanced board?