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Jan 14, 2025

Meet the Corporate Governance Awards winners – part three: Helle Bank Jorgensen

This year’s lifetime achievement award-winner Helle Bank Jorgensen talks about her work with boards on sustainability matters

When Governance Intelligence presented its 17th annual Corporate Governance Awards recently, Helle Bank Jorgensen, founder and CEO of Competent Boards, received the lifetime achievement award.

Jorgensen is the founder and CEO of Competent Boards, a global organization offering accreditations for senior leadership. Board members and executives in more than 55 countries hold the Global Competent Boards Designation and Certification in Sustainability, ESG, Climate and Biodiversity due to Helle’s bespoke education programs.


In a series of episodes of the Governance Matters podcast we have been talking to some of the Corporate Governance Awards winners about the efforts behind their success and challenges they see in the coming year. In this episode we hear from Jorgensen about her work in the field of governance and sustainable business practices, including her thoughts on anti-ESG efforts and the role of boards in terms of their companies’ ESG programs.

Governance Intelligence also talks to Nicolas Leroux, CEO of Odyssey by Kalexius. Every year brings both evolving and unique challenges to those working in entity management, and 2025 certainly looks set to be no different.

Leroux discusses some of the regulatory developments that teams should be aware of in the coming year, as well as the potential impact of geopolitics.

The Governance Matters podcast provides listeners with insight into cutting-edge issues of the day for corporate secretaries, general counsel and other governance professionals. The series looks at how the roles of governance professionals and the board – as well as the landscape in which they operate – are evolving.

From ESG and entity management to shareholder engagement, regulation and technology, hear from governance experts and leading advisers about the latest public company governance matters.

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This month’s episode is brought to you in partnership with Odyssey by Kalexius.

 

Ben Maiden

Ben Maiden is the editor-at-large of Governance Intelligence, an IR Media publication, having joined the company in December 2016. He is based in New York. Ben was previously managing editor of Compliance Reporter, covering regulatory and compliance...