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GOVERNANCE REFRAMED

Welcome to Governance Reframed, where you can find notes on a range of governance topics. The distinctive features of these materials are that they:

Look at governance in the context of regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to banks and other financial institutions;

Look at governance that supports growth, as well as meeting the standards regulators expect to see – growth that’s about firms and boards achieving their full potential and sustaining long-term, robust, effective performance over years and decades, not just the next twelve months; and

Reflect governance that reassures investors and funders too.

I hope you find the materials useful.

Boards, NEDs and Challenge

By Ruth Finch | Published: October 17, 2025

One of the key responsibilities of a non-executive director is to hold management (including the executive directors) to account. That’s done through oversight, including by challenge. Over the last few years, I’ve picked up that ‘challenge’ is getting a bad rap and a NED who challenges management can be seen as difficult, not being a […]

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