Disney gets backing from investors amid boardroom clash with Peltz January 4, 2024 Disney has secured support from activist hedge funds in its battle against billionaire investor Nelson Peltz's attempts at a board coup.
If you actually care about the pay gap, stop gender-washing boards with non-executives December 20, 2023 Most employers genuinely care about gender pay disparity, but putting women on boards is not enough to bridge the gap, writes Jess Tomkinson
What’s going on at Disney as the board battle with activist investor Peltz reignites? December 1, 2023 Activist investor Nelson Peltz has reignited the boardroom battle at Disney in a fresh clash between his investment firm and Disney.
Private finance firms have fewer women leaders than listed rivals, new research shows January 23, 2023 Financial services companies that are structured as privately-owned partnerships have significantly fewer women in leadership positions than their publicly-listed rivals, new research shows. Fewer than one-sixth (15.1 per cent) of partners in privately-owned finance firms are women, according to research from employment law firm Fox & Partners. By comparison, women account for 43 per [...]
Millennials ignored by UK’s financial institutions as boards stumble towards gerontocracy January 9, 2023 The boards of banks, asset managers and fintechs are outstripping their European rivals at female representation, but failing to take on any millennials, according to new research. EY’s report found that there were no board members under 40 in any of the UK’s top financial services firms. The report on board diversity shows that in [...]
Chief Financial Officers should step up and take a more active role in leading their businesses, new report says July 26, 2022 Company Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) should take a more active role in guiding the businesses they run through times of uncertainty, according a new report Big Four accounting firm Deloitte and cloud computing company Anaplan. The report warns that CFOs perception of themselves and their own roles fails to match the perceptions of others, as [...]
Card Factory financial chief to exit firm with £40,000 golden parachute July 25, 2022 Card Factory financial chief Kris Lee is set take away a £40,000 golden parachute after stepping away from his position at the Wakefield headquartered card seller Lee, who joined Card Factory in 2017 following a more than five-year stint as group finance director at The Edinburgh Woolen Mill Group, will be paid £40,000 in compensation [...]
Slater & Gordon shakes up boardroom after setting out plans to split June 29, 2022 Slater & Gordon has said company chief executive David Whitmore will step down from his position, after setting out plans to split its business in two, with a view to separating its “essential” and “specialist” legal services segments. The law firm said Whitmore – who took up his CEO role in January 2018 – will [...]
Atos finance chief to exit firm in wake of IT consultancy’s plans to split June 19, 2022 Atos yesterday said its chief financial officer is set to leave his job, just days after the French IT consultancy’s chief executive, Rodolphe Belmer, said he is exiting the company, after it set out plans to split into two, separate, listed firms. The exit comes as shares in Atos have lost more than half their value [...]
Atos chief exec leaves job after French IT firm sets out plans to split June 14, 2022 Atos chief executive Rodolphe Belmer today left his position as chief executive of the French IT consultancy, following a boardroom spat over plans to split Atos’ business into two separate, publicly-listed firms. The French exec, who only took on his new role January, is now set to be replaced by two new deputy CEOs, who [...]