Tag Archives: board effectiveness

What makes an effective Chair of the Board?

Not all firms have someone as the appointed chair of the board but, where they do, it’s a role that interests regulators. In very broad terms, I see the CEO function (SMF1), the chair of the board function (SMF9) and the chief risk officer function (SMF4) attracting the most regulatory attention. It’s common for the […]

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What makes an outstanding board?

This started as an article about what makes a board of directors ‘effective’ but I decided that was aiming too low. Why shouldn’t a board be outstanding? Let’s begin though with board effectiveness. 1 Board effectiveness What made the board of a bank or other financial institution ‘effective’ a few years ago won’t hit the […]

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