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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
Category: 3. Things it’s worth knowing as a non-executive director
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,
What’s behind the hedge?
July 14, 2020
If there’s one topic that is almost guaranteed to quieten a board meeting, it’s when the CFO starts proposing that the company takes out a
Are you rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic? Taking corporate risk management seriously
February 7, 2020
I travelled from Tashkent to Moscow on an Aeroflot Ilyushin 86 in the early 1980s. The seats were basic metal framed deckchairs, screwed to the
Carillion – What can we learn?
February 11, 2018
The collapse of Carillion was a tragedy, especially for its 45,000 employees and 25,000 pensioners. In an earlier article, I looked at its last Annual Report
Escape from the Rock
October 8, 2017
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
What are dividends?
June 19, 2017
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
To buy or not to buy, that is the question
June 10, 2017
Whether ‘tis nobler to buy back shares or pay a dividend? Introduction Maybe Hamlet was not so concerned with shareholder distribution, but most
What are pre-emption rights and why do they matter?
October 14, 2015
The board is contemplating an equity raise. The brokers and CFO talk in respectful terms about preserving pre-emption rights and what this means for how
‘Not missiles, but microbes’ – Why didn’t we see it coming?
April 19, 0202
Famously, in 2008, the Queen asked economists why no-one saw the great financial crisis coming, not least as they were giving her a full retrospective