Board independence is considered pivotal to corporate governance as a result of which governance reforms in recent years have increasingly pinned hope as well as responsibility on Independent Directors to drive higher standards of governance. An Independent Director is typically a non-executive director who is free from such relationships or circumstances with the company, Management, […]

It is acknowledged that the office of a Director is a “high calling”. It is oftentimes challenging and requires of the individual certain attributes to achieve effectiveness. Whilst each Board has its own peculiarities, being possessed of these attributes will enable the Director to perform optimally and contribute to Board effectiveness. These include the following: […]

Good corporate governance practices are essential for efficient, viable and sustainable growth of companies and institutions, including governments. The contemporary view of business is that the Board of Directors and Management are responsible to not only shareholders, but to stakeholders. There are generally two main stakeholders to be considered- external and internal stakeholders.  While external […]