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It’s the ultimate corporate governance conundrum — is it better to have a token woman in the boardroom, than no woman at all? Kim Willey, ASW Law senior counsel, posed the question last month at the ASW Law International Women’s Day Harbourside Chat...

The issue of a combined chairman/CEO role remains a controversial corporate governance matter. While there have been shifts towards separation, the unified role remains favourable and common in large listed US companies. Calls to separate the roles ...

The newly re-elected chairwoman of the Bermuda branch of the Institute of Directors says its members can play a larger role on the boards of island-based companies. Rochelle Simons says she wants to raise the profile of IoD members who are available ...

An activist shareholder of Argo Group International Holdings has put forward five candidates to join the re/insurer’s board to address what it describes as a “complete corporate governance shipwreck”. Voce Capital Management owns about 5.6 per cent o...

More women are joining an organisation representing directors and more are taking advantage of training programmes, according to the Bermuda branch of the Institute of Directors. From 2013 to 2018, the number of female members of the Bermuda branch r...

A drive to focus on professional development has succeeded in increasing the number of prospective directors available to serve Bermuda-registered companies, helping to enhance the island’s standing as a leading business centre. The Bermuda branch of...

Companies should use the new economic substance legislation as a springboard to review corporate governance policies and procedures to determine if boards are effective, according to the Bermuda branch of the Institute of Directors. It has compiled i...

PwC’s 2018 annual corporate directors survey finds that directors are engaging more in a broad range of topics including strategy oversight, corporate culture and board diversity. And they are engaging more in cybersecurity topics, even as they strug...

In this article, I will discuss a topic which, according to the Institute of Directors, is the most pernicious of psychological conditions in board decision making. This is “groupthink”. Frequently found among tight-knit groups (any boards come to mi...

Several Bermudian-based entrants have cleared a hurdle on the way to becoming chartered directors. The Institute of Directors Bermuda announced the names of those who passed examinations in Certificate in Company Direction modules, stage one of the I...

Women in Reinsurance (WiRe), the professional organisation for women working in the reinsurance sector, plans to host a panel on the topic of diversity in the boardroom. The “Breaking Board” panel will include Rochelle Simons, chairwoman, Institute ...

Collin Anderson and Ross Webber may now use the designation ‘Dip IoD’ after their success with the Diploma in Company Direction (Diploma) examination. The news came in a statement from the Institute of Directors Bermuda Branch on the designations ach...