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Hampton-Alexander Review 2019

The latest edition of the Hampton-Alexander Review, Improving gender balance in FTSE leadership, shows the strongest year of progress since targets were first set in 2011 but there remains a lot more work to do.

2019 UK Spencer Stuart Board Index

According to the 2019 UK Spencer Stuart Board Index, ‘The class of 2019 comprises more new faces, more women and improving levels of ethnic diversity’.

Splitting the Chair and MD/CEO roles

Independent director tenure limit

Diversity on investment trust boards

Organisations and mental health support

Engaging boards with climate change

David Archer and Alex Cameron look at the lessons boards have learned over the past year.

Sustainability

Robert King considers a major global survey which finds that businesses are struggling to turn sustainability ambitions into action.

Governance in Peru

John Lawrence considers why listed firms in Peru comply with the 2013 Corporate Governance Code.