Welcome to the third edition of the
Directorship 100, the who’s who of the corporate governance community, or, more accurately defined, the most influential people in the boardroom. When we set out three years ago to identify those 100 individuals who exert the most profound influence on the boardroom agenda, it
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Warren Buffett put it best when he said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.” This statement could not be more relevant today. It takes only one person to tarnish an organization’s reputation. Not only is the current turbulent
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U.S. corporations entered the fall season amidst substantial turmoil.
There are major governmental initiatives to reform the manner in which boards operate, potentially affecting executive compensation, proxy solicitation, and financial disclosure.
The Federal government is deeply involved in
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Over the last two years, we’ve experienced the unhappy consequences of the unmanaged complexity of the world economy—culminating in the dramatic and traumatic collapse of Lehman Brothers, the forced sale of Merrill Lynch, multiple bailouts, Treasury liquidity programs, and government stimulus packages. We’ve seen
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Board members may think of tax issues as the purview of lawyers and accountants: important, but probably best left to specialists. Yet boards need to stay current on tax matters for two main reasons: value and risk.
Appropriately planned taxes can enhance a company’s overall value by improving corporate earnings,
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