Across the Board
Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist, discusses the role of Boards of Directors in Governance, Risk Management, and Ethics. He speaks with industry leaders every week to bring you the most up-to-date news, thought leadership, and commentary that every Board of Directors and those who report to Boards can use going forward.
Episodes
October 28, 2022 • 23 mins
In this episode of Across the Board, I visit with Christina Bresani, Managing Director and Head of Corporate Advisory at William Blair. In this podcast, we consider some of the top issues facing Boards in 2022 and into 2023. Some of the highlights from the podcast include:
Unsolicited offers/takeovers are likely to increase.
Large corporations are prioritizing portfolio optimization.
Non-tech companies are accelerating their foc...
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August 26, 2021 • 28 mins
In this episode of Across the Board, I visit with Ben Colton- Global Co-Head of Asset Stewardship at State Street Global Advisors and Rusty O’Kelley Managing Director at Russell Reynolds and Associates. They join me to discuss their recent article Board Oversight of Racial DE&I. Some of the highlights include:
Who the article is it aimed at.
What should motivate board oversight of racial equity?
What does Board oversight look ...
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April 29, 2021 • 22 mins
In this episode of Across the Board, I visit with Ben Colton- Global Co-Head of Asset Stewardship at State Street Global Advisors. He joins me to discuss the latest SSGA Asset Stewardship Report. Some of the highlights include:
Key takeaways from the 2020 Report.
How does SSGA uses its ‘voice and vote” to hold Boards accountable?
The SSGA view on the need for corporate transparency on sustainability.
Why is Board refreshment ...
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December 23, 2020 • 20 mins
In this episode of Across the Board, I visit with Ben Colton, Global Co-Head of Asset Stewardship at State Street Global Advisors. He joins me to discuss the latest guidance from State Street Global Advisors for companies on their racial equity efforts. Starting in 2021, the SSGA will ask companies in its investment portfolio to articulate their risks, goals and strategy as related to racial and ethnic diversity, and to make releva...
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October 29, 2020 • 21 mins
In this episode of Across the Board, I visit with Andrea Bonime-Blanc, founder of GEC Risk Advisory. She recently joined the Advisory Board of the Crisp Thinking Group. We visit about the need for compliance expertise on a Board. Some of the highlights include:
What Crisp is and what products/services they provide?
What is your role at Crisp?
We have long urged for a Compliance SME on Boards. Why is this such a critical need?...
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October 2, 2019 • 9 mins
In this episode of Across the Board, I visit with Mike Volkov, founder and CEO of the Volkov Law Group. We take a deep dive into the Business Roundtable’s Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation and consider the Board’s role in moving towards the goals articulated in the Statement.
In August, the Business Roundtable announced the release of the Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation (The Statement). The new Statement was si...
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June 28, 2019 • 15 mins
In this episode of Across the Board, I visit with Henry Wolfe, Chairman of De La Vega, Activist Investor and Author of Governance Arbitrage. We take a deep dive into his recent article; Director Selection Criteria at Public Companies is Poor - Here's How to Fix It. Some of the highlights from the podcast include: · The GE Board was classic for diversity and captains of industry. What was wrong with it?· Where did the re...
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April 29, 2019 • 13 mins
Over this special 5-part podcast series, I have visited with David Greenberg, Special Advisor at LRN. We took a deep dive into the LRN White Paper entitled, “What’s the Tone at the Very Top: Board and Compliance: The Role of Boards in Overseeing Corporate Ethics & Compliance”. In this podcast series we explore the white paper in depth and provide the Chief Compliance Officer and compliance practitioner with succinct and practical t...
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April 29, 2019 • 15 mins
In this special 5-part podcast series, I am visiting with David Greenberg, Special Advisor at LRN. We are taking a deep dive into the LRN White Paper entitled, “What’s the Tone at the Very Top: Board and Compliance: The Role of Boards in Overseeing Corporate Ethics & Compliance”. In this podcast series we explore the white paper in depth and provide the Chief Compliance Officer and compliance practitioner with succinct and practica...
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April 29, 2019 • 14 mins
In this special 5-part podcast series, I am visiting with David Greenberg, Special Advisor at LRN. We take a deep dive into the LRN White Paper entitled, “What’s the Tone at the Very Top: Board and Compliance: The Role of Boards in Overseeing Corporate Ethics & Compliance”. In this podcast series we explore the white paper in depth and provide the Chief Compliance Officer and compliance practitioner with succinct and practical tips...
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April 29, 2019 • 13 mins
In this special 5-part podcast series, I am visiting with David Greenberg, Special Advisor at LRN. We take a deep dive into the LRN White Paper entitled, “What’s the Tone at the Very Top: Board and Compliance: The Role of Boards in Overseeing Corporate Ethics & Compliance”. In this podcast series we explore the white paper in depth and provide the Chief Compliance Officer and compliance practitioner with succinct and practical tips...
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April 29, 2019 • 12 mins
In this special 5-part podcast series, I visit with David Greenberg, Special Advisor at LRN. We take a deep dive into the LRN White Paper entitled, “What’s the Tone at the Very Top: Board and Compliance: The Role of Boards in Overseeing Corporate Ethics & Compliance”. In this podcast series we explore the white paper in depth and provide the Chief Compliance Officer and compliance practitioner with succinct and practical tips for e...
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February 20, 2019 • 20 mins
I recently had the chance to visit with Rakhi Kumar, Senior Managing Director, Head of ESG Investments and Asset Stewardship, at State Street Global Advisors. We discussed the firm’s recent initiative around corporate culture and Board of Director engagement on this issue. State Street Global Advisors recently released a Letter from its President and Chief Executive Officer, Cyrus Taraporevala, in which he called upon corporate Boa...
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January 7, 2019 • 11 mins
In this five-part podcast series, I visit with Amii Barnard-Bahn to consider five of the top corporate scandals from 2018. The five we discuss are CBS, 1MDB/Goldman Sachs, Facebook, Tesla and Nissan. We explore the failures at the Board of Directors and at senior management and these companies need to do to not only solve the legal imbroglios they now find themselves in but to also regain the trust of their various stakeholder. In ...
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January 7, 2019 • 14 mins
In this five-part podcast series, I visit with Amii Barnard-Bahn to consider five of the top corporate scandals from 2018. The five we discuss are CBS, 1MDB/Goldman Sachs, Facebook, Tesla and Nissan. We explore the failures at the Board of Directors and at senior management and these companies need to do to not only solve the legal imbroglios they now find themselves in but to also regain the trust of their various stakeholder. In ...
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January 7, 2019 • 12 mins
In this five-part podcast series, I visit with Amii Barnard-Bahn to consider five of the top corporate scandals from 2018. The five we discuss are CBS, 1MDB/Goldman Sachs, Facebook, Tesla and Nissan. We explore the failures at the Board of Directors and at senior management and these companies need to do to not only solve the legal imbroglios they now find themselves in but to also regain the trust of their various stakeholder. In ...
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January 7, 2019 • 13 mins
In this five-part podcast series, I visit with Amii Barnard-Bahn to consider five of the top corporate scandals from 2018. The five we discuss are CBS, 1MDB/Goldman Sachs, Facebook, Tesla and Nissan. We explore the failures at the Board of Directors and at senior management and these companies need to do to not only solve the legal imbroglios they now find themselves in but to also regain the trust of their various stakeholder. In ...
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January 7, 2019 • 11 mins
In this five-part podcast series, I visit with Amii Barnard-Bahn to consider five of the top corporate scandals from 2018. The five we discuss are CBS, 1MDB/Goldman Sachs, Facebook, Tesla and Nissan. We explore the failures at the Board of Directors and at senior management and these companies need to do to not only solve the legal imbroglios they now find themselves in but to also regain the trust of their various stakeholder. In ...
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In this episode of Across the Board, I visit with Doreen Lilienfield. She is a partner at Shearman & Sterling in New York. Today we visit on the firm’s Shearman & Sterling Annual Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Survey. Some of the topics we discuss are: · What is the Shearman & Sterling Annual Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Survey?· Why should Boards of Directors be concerned with corporate cul...
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January 3, 2019 • 27 mins
In this episode of Across the Board, I visit with Amii Barnard-Bahn. She is a strategic advisor to Boards of Director and executive coach to many C-Suite members. She specializes in accelerating the success of C-Suite executives and partners with leaders and teams to help scale their business. She has shaped company culture and strategic initiatives as an executive at Fortune 20 companies, smaller businesses and nonprofits, leadin...
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