Would your business benefit from some independent thinking?
Unsurprisingly, given the recommendations of the UK Corporate Governance Code, the use of non-executive directors is widespread in public companies. Their role is to provide some independent input to the leadership of the organisation including acting as a sounding board for the executives and offering a critical assessment of the effectiveness of the management of the organisation. So important are these activities that having too few non-executives or independent directors is often viewed as a sign of poor...