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The high pay conundrum 

‘Adopting “Swedish-style” shareholder committees would shift the balance of power away from increasingly maligned non-executive directors and back towards the shareholders’, according to a Paper by Chris Philp MP, recently published by the High Pay Centre in the UK.

Governing the global company

A new report from NACD sets out peer perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of participating on a global board, on the critical skill sets for a global director and pulls together advice for directors who may be joining the board of a global company for the first time.

Building trust in German CG

Dr Hans-Christoph Hirt and Dr Michael Viehs explain the initiative that led to the development of guiding principles for dialogue between investors and non-executive chairs in Germany.

A Newtonian Revolution in CG

Peter Tunjic connects the lessons of history to the contemporary crisis in corporate governance.

Linking risk and reward 

Hans-Kristian Bryn and Carl Sjostrom look at the paradox of risk-based decision-making and incentive systems.