Honoring the Public Company Director of the Year and The B. Kenneth West Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

The People to Watch list highlights those individuals expected to make great strides in the corporate governance world.

The annual list of the most influential directors and officers.

Recognizing those individuals who have made a lasting contribution to the corporate governance and boardroom community.

The annual list of the most influential governance professionals and institutions.

Only 39 percent of U.S. public companies have a formal and disclosed senior executive succession plan, finds the 2011 NACD Public Company Governance Survey.

The dean of corporate governance suggests structural reform may one day address “too big to fail” if the regulatory aspects of Dodd-Frank do not reduce systemic risks. An interview with Ira M. Millstein.

Board diversity will help improve the public’s trust in corporate boards after the financial crisis, say a majority of female directors surveyed in the second annual study by Heidrick & Struggles, WomenCorporateDirectors, and Dr. Boris Groysberg of the Harvard Business School, which found that there is a strong difference in opinions between what male and female directors feel on board issues.

The chairman of Jenner & Block and court-appointed examiner in the Lehman Bros. bankruptcy, Anton Valukas reveals the important lessons from the spectacular failure of the investment bank.

Fraud investigator Harry Markopolos shares insights into his efforts to blow the whistle on Madoff and how in his view the SEC under Mary Schapiro appears to be getting it right.

Moderated by the NACD’s Jeffrey M. Cunningham, the 2010 inductees into the Corporate Governance Hall of Fame share insights from their vast careers.

When the SEC sought a risk professional to head up its first new division in almost 40 years, it selected Henry Hu. The director of the SEC’s Division of Risk, Strategy and Financial Innovation delivered the keynote address at the NACD D100 Forum just weeks before he announced his intent to leave the SEC to return to the University of Texas.

The 2010 NACD Directorship 100 Forum: Trends in Litigation and Liability

Tracie Grella talks about data breaches and identity theft and how regulators are dealing with exposure.

Brian Botkin discusses addressing risk globally and how claims are handled overseas.

Employing consultants, annuitants, part-timers and even interns carries exposure that boards may not anticipate.

Board diversity will help improve the public’s trust in corporate boards after the financial crisis, say a majority of female directors surveyed in a new study by Heidrick & Struggles, WomenCorporateDirectors, and Dr. Boris Groysberg of the Harvard Business School, which found that there is a strong difference in opinions between what male and female directors feel on board issues.

A tenacious effort yields a collection of committed board members who, as monitors and mentors, are a devoted team aligning corporate strategy with shareholder expectations.

CEO of NYSE Euronext, Duncan Niederauer, spoke about new regulations taking shape globally to avoid a repeat of the financial crisis during an interview with NACD Directorship’s Jeffrey M. Cunningham.

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