Comments on: 2009 D100 BOARDROOM LEADERS

By: Attorney

Attorney — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:46:06 +0000

I’m going to have to echo Bill’s comment. While there certainly has been a “recovery” in the financial sector, thanks to a VERY generous Fed, the recovery everywhere else is completely lacking. It seems there are two different worlds, and if you’re not part of the financially connected, then you may not have the same view as the one described in the post.

By: John

John — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:46:52 +0000

So here we are just over a year since this report was issued. Wonder where Barack stands now?

By: Graham

Graham — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:02:23 +0000

I am glad to see Bob Monks getting a mention. A very impressive character who studied at both Cambridge AND Harvard and despite his many highly influencial positions has retained a salt of the earth personality. A very imformative post overall, thank you.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:03:10 +0000

“has clearly helped the nation avoid further financial disaster and put the economy on the path to recovery.”

It’s been a year since your article. Perhaps you should reconsider that statement?

By: Jeffrey M. Cunningham

Jeffrey M. Cunningham — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:21:02 +0000

We appreciate Jim McRitchie’s comment on Robert A.G Monks, and his achievements in the context of US corporate governance. In fact, Bob Monks was recognized by Directorship in our 2008 Corporate Governance Hall of Fame, and deservedly so (along with Bill Donaldson, Mike Oxley, Paul Sarbanes, and Ira Millstein). In addition to Bob’s many accomplishments, he also happens to be a first rate fellow and a delightful individual whom we admire and enjoy immensely.

– The Editors of Directorship

By: James McRitchie, Publisher CorpGov.net

James McRitchie, Publisher CorpGov.net — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:48:45 +0000

Good job on a tough assignment. Of course no two people will ever agree on everyone who should or shouldn’t be on the list but the one person who immediately comes to my mind, and the minds of many in any discussion of corporate governance, is Robert A. J. Monks.

Bob was instrumental in creating a fiduciary duty for pension a mutual funds to vote in corporate elections. He found Institutional Shareholder Services (now part of the Risk Metrics Group), which many believe has almost monopoly power in advising institutional investors how to vote. He and Nell Minow (who you did include) then set up the LENS Fund, which paved the way for Relational Investors, GO and others on your list. Along with Nell, he then set up The Corporate Library, which you also include. You include several academics, all worthy, but it was Bob and Nell’s book, Corporate Governance, along with another earlier book by R.I. (Bob) Tricker, that virtually created the academic discipline.

I can’t understand how you missed this giant of the field… or maybe he’s on your list and I missed it?

By: Professor John Alan James

Professor John Alan James — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:51:30 +0000

Very interesting and very valuable for my MBA level courses on corporate governance at Lubin School of Business, Pace University. We began offering the first MBA level course on COMPARATIVE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, nearly four years ago. We now have added a second and third governance related courses and have under consideration both a double major for Accounting and Finance majors and a governance MBA. Your publications are very insightful and offer students a “real world” experience with governance and the important role of Directors.
Some years ago I created, edited and published the first texts available in English on all aspects of governance, company law and related industrial relations/labour relations (stakeholder laws)for the 12 major countries of Western Europe.
Professor John Alan James, Lubin School of Business, Pace University