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
Category: 3. Things it’s worth knowing as a non-executive director
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