Corporate governance is the collection of mechanisms, processes and relations used by various parties to control and to operate a corporation. Governance structures and principles identify the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in the corporation and include the rules and procedures for making decisions in corporate affairs. Corporate governance is necessary because of the possibility of conflicts of interests between stakeholders, primarily between shareholders and upper management or among shareholders.
Sir Paul Rupert Judge was an English business and political figure. He served as Chairman of the Royal Society of Arts, President of the Chartered Management Institute, and Deputy Chairman of the American Management Association. He also served as the Director General of the Conservative Party and a Ministerial Advisor to the Cabinet Office. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.
A non-executive director, independent director or external director is a member of the board of directors of a company or organisation, but not a member of the executive management team. They are not employees of the company or affiliated with it in any other way and are differentiated from executive directors, who are members of the board who also serve, or previously served, as executive managers of the company. However they do have the same legal duties, responsibilities and potential liabilities as their executive counterparts.
DNO ASA ‘DNO’ is a Norwegian oil and gas operator focused on the Middle East and the North Sea. Founded in 1971 and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, the Company holds stakes in onshore and offshore licenses at various stages of exploration, development and production in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Norway, the United Kingdom and Yemen.
The UK Corporate Governance code, formerly known as the Combined Code is a part of UK company law with a set of principles of good corporate governance aimed at companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. It is overseen by the Financial Reporting Council and its importance derives from the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rules. The Listing Rules themselves are given statutory authority under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and require that public listed companies disclose how they have complied with the code, and explain where they have not applied the code – in what the code refers to as 'comply or explain'. Private companies are also encouraged to conform; however there is no requirement for disclosure of compliance in private company accounts. The Code adopts a principles-based approach in the sense that it provides general guidelines of best practice. This contrasts with a rules-based approach which rigidly defines exact provisions that must be adhered to. In 2017, it was announced that the Financial Reporting Council would amend the Code to require companies to "comply or explain" with a requirement to have elected employee representatives on company boards.
Bob Wigley, OStJ, BSc, HonDBA, FCA, CCMI, is Chairman of UK Finance, Vesta Global Holdings Ltd and Bink Ltd and is an investor, entrepreneur and author. He is a non-executive director of Symphony Environmental Plc, Queens Club Ltd, the Qatar Financial Centre and Chairman of its Audit Committee. He is a member of the Trade Advisory Group for Financial Services at the Department for International Trade, Co-Chair of the Cross Market Operational Resilience Group at the Bank of England and a member of the UK's Economic Crime Strategic Board. He is Honorary President of the Royal Marines Club, Chairman of St John Ambulance's Development Board, and is a Corporate board member of Cancer Research UK. He sits on the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers of TheCityUK and on the advisory boards of Blockchain, Privately SA, Remora and is a Visiting Fellow of Oxford University's Said Business School, an Honorary Fellow of Cambridge University's Judge Business School and an Adjunct Professor at The University of Queensland. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and has a business degree and an honorary doctorate from the University of Bath. He is also co-proprietor of Margot Restaurant in Covent Garden. He is an officer of the Order of St. John.
Stephen Pagliuca is an American private equity investor, co-chairman of Bain Capital, and co-owner of the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Sir Kenneth Aphunezi Olisa is a British businessman and philanthropist. He is the first black Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London. He founded and led the AIM-listed technology merchant bank Interregnum and now leads Restoration Partners. Ken Olisa is Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists and has served and serves on several boards of philanthropic, educational and regulator organisations. Sir Kenneth with his wife endowed the Olisa Library at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
Christopher Bancroft Burnham is the chairman and chief executive officer of Cambridge Global Capital, LLC, headquartered in Washington, D.C. He has served as Under Secretary General for Management of the United Nations, Assistant Secretary of State for Resource Management and chief financial officer of the U.S. Department of State. He was a three-term Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, as well as vice chairman of Deutsche Bank Asset Management and global co-head of private equity, and CEO of PIMCO's largest equity arm, Columbus Circle Investors. He is also the chairman of Cambridge Global Advisors (CGA), a strategic advisory services and consulting firm.
Mark Tebbe is an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business where he helped develop and co-teaches the Entrepreneurial Discovery class having served in this role since 2011. In addition to his appointment as Adjunct Professor, Mark is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence in Booth's Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation where he mentors students and advises faculty in developing technological business techniques. He is an active investor and mentor to various companies in the startup ecosystem as part of Hyde Park Angels.
Andrew Stephen Bower Knight is an English journalist, editor, and director of News Corporation.
Robert A. Maginn Jr. is an American businessman and political figure who served as the Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party from 2011 to 2013.
Shirish Saraf is the Founder, Vice Chairman and member of the Compensation Committee of Samena Capital. He is also the Investment Manager and Director of the Samena Special Situations Funds and Samena Limestone Holdings.
Frits D. van Paasschen is the former chief executive officer of Starwood and formerly an executive with Coors Brewing Company.
Geoffrey T. Boisi is the founder, CEO and chairman of the Beacon Group, as well as the chairman of Roundtable Investment Partners. He held a number of senior executive roles in investment banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs.
Cyril Suresh Shroff is an Indian corporate lawyer. He is the Managing Partner of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and used to be the Managing Partner of Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co, India's largest law firm.
Paul Victor Falzon Sant Manduca was chairman of Prudential plc in the United Kingdom from July 2012 until December 2020. Paul Manduca was awarded a Maltese Order of Merit in December 2018.
George K. Kollitides II is a U.S. private equity and operations executive with a focus on government and business services, light industrial and consumer industries. He has served as the chairman, CEO and president or lead director of public, private and non-profit companies and organizations, including as a member or chair of compensation and audit committees.
Philip M. Bilden is an American businessman and private equity & venture capital investor. He was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as the 76th United States Secretary of the Navy in January, 2017, although he subsequently withdrew himself from consideration. He is a philanthropist and advocate for national security, the U.S. Navy, and cybersecurity.
Bradley Fried is a British businessman. He is the Co-founder of Grovepoint Capital, prior to which he was chief executive of Investec Bank Plc, and is currently the chairman of the Court of the Bank of England. He was previously also a non-executive board member of the Financial Conduct Authority.
