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UK Board Index 2022

UK boards are reshaping themselves with fresh skills, qualifications and perspectives and grasping the ethnic diversity challenge, according to the 2022 UK Spencer Stuart Board Index.

Risk in focus 2023

Geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty is the newest and most dynamic risk rising up the agenda, according to a recent business risk report.

Route to the top

The group of CEOs appointed over the last year included the highest share of first-time CEOs in three years, suggesting that boards may be more open to taking a risk for the right experience, according to a report.

Executive opinion survey

Sustainability expectations

Dutch areas of focus 2023

Remuneration report standardisation

Risk reflections

Hans Kristian Bryn reflects on the way the risk landscape has changed since September 2022 and argues that this is not a time to think about risk management from a compliance perspective.

Gender diversity beyond the headlines

Michelle Tessaro looks at the latest Cranfield Female FTSE Board Report which finds that the issue is not so much having women at board level as developing the executive pipeline.

Board effectiveness reviews – Part 2

David Archer and Chris Stamp continue to look at maximising the value of external board effectiveness reviews.