In what Global Proxy Watch describes as the corporate governance equivalent of the Nobel Prize, Nell Minow, the founder and editor of The Corporate Library, was given the International Corporate Governance Network’s 2008 Award for Achievement.
The announcement was made last night at the Changgyeong Palace in Seoul last week where the investor-oriented group is hosting its annual conference.
Minow, one of America’s most recognized corporate governance advocates, is the former president of ISS (now RiskMetrics Group). She founded The Corporate Library in Portland, Maine, with Robert A.G. Monks in 1999 with whom she has also co-authored three business books including the soon-to-be released next edition of the MBA textbook, Corporate Governance.
Minow was named to the inaugural list of the Directorship 100 which noted “the queen of good corporate governance” is known for “her pointed criticism of corporate boards that allow, in her view, CEOs to operate without oversight.”