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How to reap the benefits of a shadow board
- May 2024
- ICAEW Insights
A turbulent business environment is galvanising support for the concept of the shadow board. A new ICAEW guide explains how they work, how your organisation might benefit and the main considerations for setting one up.
Start with 'Why': Top Tips for Effective Board Reports
- Apr 2024
- Kristina Kopic
- Charity Community Newsletter
Effective board reports enable informed decision-making and strategic alignment. However, crafting a board report that supports your board’s decision-making requires more than just compiling data and financial results. It demands communicating the report’s purpose clearly, understanding the requirements of the trustees, and anchoring the reports in the charity’s strategic priorities.
CFO most diverse C-suite role amid patchy progress
- Mar 2024
- ICAEW Insights
White men still hold three-quarters of chair, CEO or CFO roles across FTSE 350 and more than half of board and executive committee positions, study finds.
Horizon: lessons for software procurement
- Feb 2024
- ICAEW Insights
As the issues with the Post Office’s Horizon software make headlines, we look at how buyers must work with vendors during the software procurement process.
Horizon scandal: seven lessons for boards
- Feb 2024
- ICAEW Insights
As details continue to emerge about the Post Office’s management of the Horizon project, ICAEW Director, Corporate Governance and Stewardship, Peter van Veen picks out some key learning points.
The role of boards in reaching net zero
- Jan 2024
- ICAEW
The non-executive board and the task of the net-zero transition are perfect bedfellows, according to Chapter Zero’s Chief Executive.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMUNITY
Exploring governance - What is the role of a NED?
- Jun 2023
- David Levenson
As governance codes have developed, the role played by non-executive directors (NEDs) on boards has become more prominent and exposed. In his series reflecting on how to create a high performing board, executive coach David Levenson outlines the responsibilities of NEDs.
CORPORATE FINANCE FACULTY
Jon Moulton: The new rules for board games
- Mar 2023
- Jon Moulton
There’s no simple formula for putting together the right board of directors. If only there was, says Jon Moulton.
Helping the board make better decisions
- Jan 2023
- ICAEW Insights
Putting in place the infrastructure, processes and materials to ensure a high-performing board.
A scenario planning guide for boards
- Oct 2022
- ICAEW Insights
To conduct rich and engaging strategic conversations with the executive team in a world of deep uncertainties and surprises, boards are helped by using scenario planning.
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How to excel as a board member – a guide for Non-Executive Directors (NEDs)
- Aug 2022
- David Levenson, Siobhán Cahalan
David Levenson and Siobhán Cahalan spoke on an ICAEW webinar exploring how to prepare for being on a board and what you will discover when you arrive in the boardroom. David and Siobhán follow up below with some more advice in response to questions that were raised on the webinar.
The Board Scorecard: shifting the climate conversation
- Apr 2022
- ICAEW Insights
Board chairs and non-executive directors wanted a simpler way to benchmark their progress towards net zero. The new Chapter Zero Board Scorecard is the result.
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS DEPARTMENT
The IRB: building a board for the future
- Feb 2022
- ICAEW
The ICAEW Regulatory Board (IRB) is at a critical point in its development. It recently announced the appointment of a new chair and is currently recruiting new members. We talk to serving board members and the chair of the independent Regulatory and Conduct Appointments Committee about what makes an effective board, why diversity – in all its forms – is so important, and what qualities prospective members could bring to the mix.
VOLUNTEERING COMMUNITY
7 top tips for effective board meetings
- Feb 2022
- Kristina Kopic
- Volunteering Community Newsletter
Read our seven top tips on how your charity board can get the most out of its meetings.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
COVID-19 not the only thing worrying the C-suite
- Jul 2020
- Simon Collins
- Corporate Governance Community Newsletter
2019 seemed particularly bad for large-scale disruptive events, and it was, until 2020 and COVID-19 came along.
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TECH FACULTY
Cyber security for boards
- Apr 2020
- Kirstin Gillon
Board support has long been recognised as vital to achieving good cyber security. But boards have often struggled to have good conversations with cyber security specialists and understand their risks around cyber.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMUNITY
Five questions director should ask about climate risk
- Dec 2019
- Julia Root-Gutteridge
- Corporate Governance Community Newsletter
Climate change and sustainability has been placed firmly in the spotlight of media and society’s attention. Focus is now turning even more to the business world to play its part.
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Reducing the size of board packs
- Oct 2019
- Zsuzsanna Schiff
- FS Focus
Zsuzsanna Schiff talks to Hitesh Patel, independent NED and chair of the ICAEW Insurance Committee about how to reduce the size of the board packs
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMUNITY
How can we create forward looking boards
- Oct 2019
- Dr Sabine Dembkowski
- Corporate Governance Community Newsletter
Exploring psychological safety in the boardroom
SUSTAINABILITY
Chapter Zero Climate change briefings for board members
- Aug 2019
- Richard Spencer
ICAEW is a supporter of Chapter Zero, which together with Deloitte, is running a series of briefing sessions for board members on climate change
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMUNITY
How do you know if your audit committee is effective
- Jul 2019
- Tom Quincey, David Alexander
- Corporate Governance Community Newsletter
Audit Committees are playing an increasingly critical corporate governance role in terms of their leadership on financial reporting, internal controls, risk management and the internal and external audit functions.
Forum launched to prepare directors for climate change risks
- Jun 2019
To help NEDs understand the implications of climate change for the corporate sector, the Chapter Zero forum has been launched as part of the World Economic Forum’s global climate governance initiative
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Information overload – practical tips
- Apr 2019
- Philippa Kelly
- Corporate Governance Community Newsletter
In recent years the length of board packs has increased significantly, especially in financial services, often surpassing a thousand pages. This information overload can hamper board members’ ability to think clearly, and thus their ability to make challenges where appropriate.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMUNITY
Board evaluations – ticking a box or making a difference?
- Sep 2018
- Tracy Gordon
- Corporate Governance Community Newsletter
It is very clear that a new lens is being applied to board performance.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMUNITY
Board effectiveness review
- Nov 2017
- Jeannette Lichner
- Corporate Governance Community Newsletter
The 2017 PWC Annual Corporate Directors Survey reported that, “46% of Board members think at least one existing Director needs to be replaced and 21% say two Directors need to be replaced.” How can this be the case, considering the attention focused on enhancing director selection and board evaluation processes in recent years?
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMUNITY
Shadow directors must face up to risks
- Sep 2017
- David Parsley
- Corporate Governance Community Newsletter
The UK government has signalled its intention to crack down on the roles played by shadow or de facto directors in companies under investigation. David Parsley discusses the risks involved in those making board level decisions while not being a formal director of an organisation.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMUNITY
Governance challenges in the era of digital transformation
- Mar 2017
- Igor Filatotchev |Gianvito Lanzolla
- Corporate Governance Community Newsletter
What impact is digital transformation having on corporate governance?
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FINANCIAL SERVICES FACULTY
The appeal of being a NED
- Sep 2013
- Dawn Cowie | Colin Carnall
- FS Focus
The risk-reward balance for non-executive directors has shifted. Dawn Cowie examines the regulatory and legal climate, and Colin Carnall weighs up the demands and enduring appeal of the role.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Board evaluations and effectiveness
- Feb 2011
- Vanessa Jones
- Business and Management
An Article by Vanessa Jones published in the Finance and Management Faculty magazine.
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