Author: Rebekah Cooper

A Board Skills Matrix is a relatively simple grid or table which lists the essential skills and experience the board agrees it should...

It is widely accepted that diverse boards are more effective. Regulators are taking far more interest in what boards are doing to mitigate...

When governance professionals are choosing between questionnaires or interviews for their board review, they needn’t think they’re choosing between a deeper or lesser...

Choosing between questionnaires or interviews can seem like choosing between lesser or deeper insight. But it doesn’t have to be. Questionnaire-based and interview-based...

Why do clever people do stupid things? Independent Audit Founder, Jonathan Hayward and Dr. Paul Furey, Founder and CEO of Paul Furey Ltd....

Boards exist to support the executive team in running an organisation legally and successfully. The topics they address can be tricky and the...

Boards exist to support the executive team in running an organisation legally and successfully. The topics they address can be tricky and the...

We often hear complaints from Non-Executive members of Audit and Risk Committees that “We’re not getting what we should out of our Risk...