Dr D Mowbray

[Dr D Mowbray @MowbrayDr]

Governance and Director Education; Some thoughts.
While structured and ongoing director education should be embedded in a boards culture. Unfortunately, this is more uncommon than common, with boards’ taking a haphazard approach to ongoing director educat…https://t.co/v6wu0hYZWa

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Governance and ESG Litigation; the past year has seen a surge in climate based litigation, with 190 cases recorded in the last year (May 22 – May 23). For directors, the report (below) will provide interesting insights and highligh…https://t.co/mgh0SM2AOY https://t.co/Ko6SjQuSmg

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Governance and Chair Leadership, what message do the actions and behaviour of the PGG Wrightson Ltd Chair and its board in dealing with the reported issue send to stakeholders and more importantly the example it sets for the organi…https://t.co/fA9U0SzID3 https://t.co/348bqgjdb3

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Governance and Director Liability; is the bar for determining if a director/s acted in "bad faith" to high or not?

This decision by the Delaware court takes an interesting stance on the question. Highlighting different presceden…https://t.co/T88a1808qz https://t.co/LA4EUQD5Hd

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Governance and AI; I have posted previously on the need for director and executive (#ThirdTeam) education on AI and its possible/probable implications across many areas of the organisation they govern.

To help kick-start the journey, here are five artic…https://t.co/U2qpk7BIuF

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Governance and Culture Trump Parachutes, no matter who is attached. Developing a plan to repair the damage caused by multiple #BehaviouralGovenance failures at PwC and others will only be possible if first, those in the governance…https://t.co/ac9wm9X8yx https://t.co/Oj5v7jquJb

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@HenriEliot, thank you, my PhD research (2009-2012) identified that boards perceived their effectiveness at 90-95%, regardless of firm performance. By comparision the executive in high-performing firms rated their boards 80-85% effective. While executive…https://t.co/NluJz7QN6Z

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Governance and Credibility; a 'market study' into banking has been announced. But it excludes business banking. A perplexing omission and one that needs an explanation regarding why this significant sector is excluded. Especially g…https://t.co/sIMmYK6R3x https://t.co/4PBKPsTC2y

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Governance and Perspectives; A Rabbit or a duck? Usually, the picture below elicits binary answers; it’s a rabbit, its a duck. But as with so much of directors work, what is required is an active (sometimes hard) willingness to accept different perspectiv…https://t.co/n2p80dwAjp

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Governance, Bullying Directors, and Debate: This interesting, short commentary from the Vice Chancellor of Oxford University about free speech. While not immediately obvious, has parallels with the #culture in boardrooms when diffe…https://t.co/by1D4NMFyO https://t.co/xTENpIHYZR

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Governance, Integrity, and Conflicts of Interest; Conflicts of interest are a hot topic at the moment. The PwC integrity and conflict of interest debacle, which involved the leaking of confidential government tax law to companies t…https://t.co/cRQZHfFNtQ https://t.co/wTq8VnQjsG

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Governance and Purpose Statements; Purpose statements are a staple of firms' websites and their development consumes resources and time during strategic sessions. Externally, for those hoping to understand what drives firm decisions, etc., purpose stateme…https://t.co/gUXMe2k74o

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Governance and Focus; you may recall that now Minister Duncan Webb proposed a modest bill to sharpen directors focus on matters (ESG) other than profit. The bill has completed its second reading. My view is this bill is unnecessary…https://t.co/tQ2nvCKnnf https://t.co/TN4L80YNke

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Governance and Credibility of Communications; The attached article discusses the FMA’s approach to ‘Greenwashing’ by providers of investment products. That said, I think the general tone provides a good approach for an organisation…https://t.co/PAWzLwewrr https://t.co/Nt3GL7PTmD

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Governance and Integrity, we have all seen the graphic of the iceberg, used to highlight the issues missed because they are out of sight.

If the most recent scandal to a big four firm is representative of what is found out, what goes unfound?

The quick…https://t.co/Q6paraa4Bx

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Governance and AI: In support of my earlier post, Norway's $1.4tn wealth fund is going to set guidelines for how the 9,000 companies it invests in should use AI “ethically”.

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Governance and AI; This article from Gillian Tett picks up on a theme that should be a significant concern for directors and one I have written about and discussed with boards. Directors accept very high levels of risk both organis…https://t.co/1MGckkouq1 https://t.co/LAhReJrSkM

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Governance and Reporting: PwC's recent global investor survey report found that 87% of respondents think corporate reporting contains at least some greenwashing. Prompting one investor to say; "I wonder whether companies are just drawing pictures about th…https://t.co/JQFADLZqZA

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Governance and International Trends: I have just returned from Ireland where the The Chartered Governance Institute held one of this year's two Council meetings with the international council members, branch CEO's and Directorate staff.

These are excell…https://t.co/fyd04yaek4

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This will be great event. Put in your diary, I hope to see you there https://t.co/pe95MA8ewx