Recommendations for Policy Makers
Recommendations for policy makers include paying Independent directors in order to help attract a broader cross-section of people to become independent directors and, thereby, deliver more diverse boards. An overhaul of governance structures is also recom
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Gerry Brown Andrew Kakabadse Filipe Morais
The Independent Director in Society
Gerry Brown • Andrew Kakabadse • Filipe Morais
The Independent Director in Society Our current crisis of governance and what to do about it
Gerry Brown GBrown Associates Ltd READING, UK
Andrew Kakabadse Henley Business School Henley on Thames, UK
Filipe Morais Henley Business School University of Reading Reading, Berkshire, UK
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To my wife Clemencia, sons, daughters and family for their unfailing interest and support for this very demanding and absorbing adventure. Gerry
Preface
Just as this book went to press, the coronavirus pandemic erupted in China and spread rapidly throughout the world. Millions are infected, and tens of thousands have already died of Covid-19, the illness caused by the virus. In their initial response, most nations have gone into lockdown to stop the spread of the virus. The world economy has ground to a halt. Few, if any, institutions have been unaffected by the crisis, which has become the greatest challenge to governance in living memory. The pandemic, and our responses to it, throw into sharp relief the failings and weaknesses of leadership and governance, in every sector and at every level, in the UK and around the world. Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, has called the crisis ‘the greatest global science policy failure in a generation’, and the philanthropist and former Microsoft
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