The 4 Principles of the Competency section of the tgf Governance Code are:   PRINCIPLE 5 The board should be diverse, balanced and suited to the needs of the organisation in its composition. Board and committee membership should be balanced taking into account knowledge, skills, experience, diversity, size and independence.   PRINCIPLE 6 The

For those of you who haven’t completed a Programme, I’m sure you will recognise some of this and you may work in a sector where you are familiar with the principles and provisions of your own code. Rooted in the report of the Cadbury Committee that was authored in 1992, the UK Corporate Governance Code

What is a governance code? In undertaking my work, I have found that there can be different interpretations of what constitutes a governance code and have therefore included some descriptions from various sectors below to focus our understanding of what I am trying to describe:   “… a set of principles of good corporate governance…”

I have previously written about governance failures including Carillion (construction), Grenfell Tower tragedy (housing), Kids Company (charity), deaths at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (health), the Cosmopolitan Housing Group, the Co-operative Bank (banking), British Home Stores (retail) among others, yet here we are again witnessing another, high profile and arguably predictable failure.   How do regulators,

We live in a world where technology is developing at lightning speed. The result is exciting opportunities and massive disruption, creating big challenges for boards in organisations of every size and from every sector. I want to explore whether we are fully capitalising on the benefits of the latest digital developments in the boardroom, or