Large companies in the UK generally have a single board of directors, made up of executives and non-executives.
Pascarella hit the road, called on Visa's board members in person and lobbied them to change. (Visa is governed by a 15-person board made up of executives from member banks).
Last month in London, Samsung hosted the first meeting of a new government-advisory board, made up of Samsung executives and technology-security experts from Western government agencies, including the U.S. National Security Agency.
On Wednesday morning, the Secretary-General travelled onward to Nairobi, where he would chair the twice-yearly meeting of the Chief Executives Board, which brings together the heads of the agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system.
Of the seven others, two are board members and joint chief executives of Egyptian investment bank EFG-Hermes, Reuters reports.
It will also assemble an advisory board of high-profile executives, with the mission of gathering input on transportation needs and funding possibilities.
Our surveys of Board members and HR executives show clearly that most large organizations have not integrated environmental and social performance into their way of doing business.
Ms. CHARLENE LEE (Analyst, Forrester Research): And if I can own enough shares on the public market to have a majority of the shares, I can then have majority voting on the board, I can own the board of directors, kick out the current board of directors and put my own executives in place.
On Friday and Saturday, the Secretary-General chaired a meeting of the Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB), which brings together the heads of the United Nations system.
At one of the firms we analyzed a new CEO came on board and found that some of the executives had never made any decisions.
The Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Keizai Doyukai, is hoping to raise the percentage of female managers, executives and board members to 30% by 2020 from nearly 11% now.
NYSE's Board of Directors is loaded with executives whose major scandals erupt at their own companies.
Would the GM executives and board of directors like the concept?
The board does not want former executives talking out of school about the usual indiscretions inside the company and board oversight.
For his pay package to make sense, he must be compared to the CEOs of top Wall Street firms whose CEOS serve on the NYSE board--executives like Henry Paulson , CEO of Goldman Sachs (nyse: GS - news - people ), William Harrison of J.
Even the best research analysts on Wall Street do not have nearly as much advantage in assessing the executives and board members of a public company.
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So we see a need to find talent that can create the vision, create the execution plan, and sell internally the technology, the business intelligence and the benefits of it to board-level executives.
Some of the city's leading executives sit on the museum's board of directors, including the president of the Chicago Board of Trade (the museum board treasurer), a former chairman of Sara Lee and the chairman of Hyatt Hotels.
Known for firing off harsh letters lambasting corporate executives and board members of companies he is targeting, in 2012 Loeb led a successful effort to dislodge Scott Thompson from the CEO position at Yahoo and replace him with Marissa Mayer.
The Keizai Doyukai, an association of corporate executives, has said that at least 10% of board directors should come from outside the company.
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Kaskol's executives sit on the board of each factory and help determine what part to produce and find buyers.
As of now, the Groupon board lacks executives with operating experience.
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It has no standing board of directors, which means that fund executives haven't been legally able to execute substantial trades or sell any holdings.
Hewlett-Packard ( HPQ - news - people ), whose board split over the departure of former CEO Mark Hurd, has now recruited five executives to its board with industry expertise but also with business ties to the new CEO, Leo Apotheker.
They say the company's ex-CEO and ex-finance chief used a secret slush fund of stock options to lure new executives and reward favored employees without the knowledge of the board of directors.
Now, the NYSE will disclose in its annual report the compensation of its top five executives and board members.
Nokia also renamed its Executive Board as its new Leadership Team, consisting of executives including Mary McDowell and Niklas Savander.
Ultimately, they would uncover a massive fraud and cover-up involving senior executives and board members, some of whom went to prison for obstruction.
Prohibition of any form of personal loans to executives or board members.
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Notwithstanding the determined and persistent efforts by shareholder advocates and corporate governance watchdogs, most shareholders act sheepishly in the face of the self-appointed board members and executives who monopolize power.
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