NEW BOOK PUBLISHED 1 OCTOBER – Why Companies Fail
July 8, 2026
Every major corporate scandal follows a familiar script. A company fails; lives are damaged, fortunes are lost, and the hunt for culprits begins. The media
Category: Corporate Governance
BP’s Manifold Pressure
June 22, 2026
On 26 May, the BP Board put out an extraordinary statement, saying that: ‘…it has today unanimously decided that Albert Manifold should no longer serve
Boardroom Confidential podcast: Interview
May 30, 2026
Risk and strategy go hand-in hand, but too often companies don’t think enough about risk. In this episode of Boardroom Confidential by Sherpany I discuss
Corporate Governance must be about people
April 3, 2024
32 years after the Cadbury Report defined modern corporate governance rules, corporate scandals continue to happen. Another version of the Corporate Governance Code came out
Life is a risk
November 24, 2023
Risk simply means that we are not sure about what will happen in the future. If you know everything about the future, you haven’t got
Non-executive directors beware! They may be coming for you.
October 27, 2023
At the very last minute the Insolvency Service, acting for the UK Government, has just abandoned disqualification proceedings against five former non-executive directors of Carillion,
Do men take revenge for diversity quotas?
July 30, 2023
A new academic study (1) is challenging one of the central policies of gender diversity -boardroom quotas for women. They have been the central plank
Politician, heal thyself
June 19, 2023
A company with just £24m annual revenue goes bankrupt with £1.9 bn of debts and a further £0.6m financing commitments. It made two appallingly large
Does good corporate governance lead to financial success?
March 14, 2023
Business is plagued these days with academic studies that come up with sensational conclusions, usually based on statistical regression. Many seek – and often get
FTX – the last word in corporate governance
November 21, 2022
In case any of us forget the importance of good corporate governance, have a look at the administrator John Jay III’s declaration* on the collapse