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I gave a nervous laugh. The headhunter asked me if I would like my first non-executive director role, joining the board of Northern Rock. It
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A simple question, I’m sure you’ll reply. Everyone knows that a dividend is money paid to shareholders by a company to reward them for owning
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Whether ‘tis nobler to buy back
shares or pay a dividend?
Introduction
Maybe Hamlet was not so concerned with shareholder distribution, but most modern company directors certainly are.
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It won’t be long into your first non-executive job when you start to feel as if the executives resent you. It’s okay. You haven’t become
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I’m going to take a wild guess here, that the least favourite part of a typical NED role is setting executive remuneration. To the media,
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“I want to see changes in the way that big business is governed. The people who run big businesses are supposed to be accountable to
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People are only human. Occasionally they fall in love with other people. Ideally, the ‘other person’ works elsewhere, but sometimes the two work together.
Many executives
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The company was in financial difficulties, as changing market conditions had seriously exposed the misplaced strategy. There was however no suggestion that anything improper had
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