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Focus on AI

In 2024, companies and shareholders increased their focus on AI, in terms of both board level oversight and shareholder proposals. Companies are navigating the potential in GenAI, automation and machine learning, as well as the possible pitfalls and risks.

Board priorities and results

For boards, simply spending more time on organisational priorities is not enough to achieve results, according to Russell Reynolds Associates’ 2025 Board Culture and Director Behaviour global survey.

Corporate reporting consultation

Incentivising long-term value creation

Cutting through the noise

Luke Cargan brings together a collection of valuable resources for board directors on AI governance to help cut through the noise, upskill, and stay informed in this space.

A new era for UK shareholder activism

Josh Black looks at what happened to UK shareholder activism in 2024 and looks forward to what’s likely to happen in 2025.

Thinking about risk - time to change a view

Patrick Dunne takes a close look at risk and explains why he has changed his mind and now believes that a separate overarching and beefed-up risk committee may be the right way to go.