Non-executive directors – NEDs – are directors of a company who don’t have management responsibilities[1] and they play a critical part in holding management (including the executive directors) to account. A brief digression, first, on the different types of NEDs. Independent non-executive directors – often referred to as INEDs – have no interest in or […]
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What makes an effective NED?
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Boards, NEDs and Challenge
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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