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The Wates Principles: Corporate Governance in Large Private Companies
On 10 December 2018, the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published the final version of the Wates Principles for Large Private Companies. This is the first shot at drafting a...Read more
Emiliano Berti
Head of Legal and Compliance, Europe, Nokia Corporation, Italy
Ioli Tassopoulou
Head of Legal and Compliance, UK and Ireland, Nokia , UK
The Nigerian Code of Corporate Governance 2018: An Ethical Approach to the Nigerian Corporate Governance System?
The utility of good corporate governance practices cannot be overemphasised in any organisation, as sound processes evincing the principles of transparency, fairness and accountability have become imperative for national and...Read more
Similoluwa Somuyiwa
Associate, Olaniwun Ajayi LP, Nigeria
The Nigerian Code of Corporate Governance 2018: An Ethical Approach to the Nigerian Corporate Governance System?
The utility of good corporate governance practices cannot be overemphasised in any organisation, as sound processes evincing the principles of transparency, fairness and accountability have become imperative for national and...Read more
Olayimika Phillips
Partner, Olaniwun Ajayi LP, Nigeria
Oretayo Olajide
Company Secretary/Director, Legal Services, Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Limited, Nigeria
The Story Behind the End of Two Conglomerates: A Reality Check on Corporate Governance of Enron Corporation & Satyam Computer Services.
The concept of “Governance” dates to ancient human civilization whether it was the Indus Valley Civilization or the Mesopotamian Civilization. In a modern-day scenario “Corporate Governance” is "the system by...Read more
Rajeev Uberoi
General Counsel and Group Head Legal and Complinace, Idfc Bank, India
FOSS Governance Programs: Why do You Need One?
Free and Open Source Software (“FOSS”) has been an established part of software coding for some time. In the words of “FOSSCON 2017”:
In the early days FOSS was primarily...Read more
Michelle Carusone
Vice President and Senior Counsel, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., USA
The new EFPIA Disclosure Code – Is the Need for Transparency Outweighing Data Privacy Compliance?
European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) adopted on 24 June 2013, the EFPIA Disclosure Code, that is a code of conduct which obliges its member companies, from 2016,...Read more
John Giannakakis
Regional Counsel Southern Europe , G4s Rms , Greece
Corporate Governance for In House Legal Counsel
In recent times, it has become commonplace for in house Counsel (“General Counsel”) to assume additional responsibilities within a Company or Group of Companies such as the Corporate Secretary and/or...Read more
Julie Thompson-James
Vice President, Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate Secretary, The Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited, Jamaica
Safety Governance: Getting it Right Exercising effective safety governance across large, diverse corporations
As companies become increasingly consolidated under the ownership of very large corporations, there is a growing challenge in exercising appropriate safety governance over their constituent businesses. This challenge is compounded...Read more
Stephen Watson
Principal, Risk Practice, Arthur D. Little, UK
Immanuel Kemp
Principal, Risk Practice, Arthur D. Little, UK
Avoiding Death by Governance: Taking the Governance, Risk and Compliance Frameworks to the next level
Contemporary governance, risk and compliance (GRC) principles advocate the shift from a silo approach to managing governance, risk and compliance to better rationalize the direct relationship between a particular risk,...Read more
John Cowell
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Healthdirect Australia, Australia
A Consideration of The Role of The Company in Contemporary South African Society and The Traditional Concept of Directors Duties
Corporate South Africa has become entrenched in a plethora of tag lines such as “social responsibility”, “corporate social investment” and the “triple bottom line” in an apparent effort to “give...Read more
Darryl Jago
Legal Advisor, Total South Africa (Pty), South Africa