Working for the board
When it comes to running a board, Paul Washington, outgoing chair of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance...
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Careers archive
Profile: Wendy Mahling, assistant general counsel at Xcel Energy
Former vice president Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth – or as talk show host Stephen Colbert jokingly called it, ‘the...
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Interview: Ken Feinberg, US Treasury special master for executive compensation
On May 6 Kirkland & Ellis brought together a select list of general counsel and CEOs for a private dinner at its impressive New...
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Profile: Steven Shapiro, ColeTaylor Bank general counsel and corporate secretary
'I would have loved to play centerfield for the San Francisco Giants, but you have to be able to hit,’ laughs Steven Shapiro...
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Winning seats: a study in successful activism
Shareholder activism, like most things in the business world, is cyclical. There was definitely a time when activism revolved...
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Profile: Lisa Beth Bentini, Best Buy senior corporate counsel
‘At my core, I am really a huge corporate governance and securities law geek,’ confesses Lisa Beth Lentini, senior corporate...
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Novo Mercado: companies blossoming in Brazil
When John Wilcox first heard about Brazil’s plans for Novo Mercado, a premium listing tier with voluntary corporate governance...
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Know your audience
‘The question is, is anybody reading it?’ says GE corporate and securities counsel Chris Pereira when asked how his team addressed...
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Best of the best: braving the storm
Coping with scandal, and being part of the team tasked with improving things, is never easy. But it is something at which Dannette...
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A lifetime of governance: Stephen Norman
No one ever sets out to be a corporate secretary; it’s not exactly a profession to which young men and women fresh out of college...
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