Author Archives: Seamus

The least-discussed change to the 2014 Code … and why company secretaries provide the solution

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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has finalised its two-yearly review of the UK Corporate Governance Code (Code). What is interesting is not the much-heralded changes – around organisational sustainability, risk, and remuneration – which has generated the most commentary, though hardly anyone can have been surprised with the outcome. If you haven’t seen the new

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The future of corporate governance in the Gulf

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I have just returned from running a workshop in Dubai where we reflected on the governance challenges facing the region. The 15 participants were chairmen, CEOs, CFOs and company secretaries – from eight industrial sectors, and nine countries (including South Africa). They came from a mixture of public, private, State-owned and family-owned backgrounds. I have

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