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Ensuring you have an independent board member on your board is tantamount to ensuring your company makes use of an independent auditor. It is imperative to have an independent perspective of the current [...]

Article by Caveat Legal One of the fundamental questions management has to answer before sitting down at the negotiation table is when to walk away from the negotiation. The strength of your alternative to [...]

Article by Caveat Legal An essential element of making the right strategic decisions on behalf of a company can be ensuring that the commercial contracts which the company enters into are properly [...]

Article by www.hbr.org The board of directors of a public company has a long list of oversight responsibilities, but it is not always the case that directors receive the information they need to make fully [...]

Article by www.theguardian.com Companies perform better when they have at least one female executive on the board, a study of companies in the UK, US and India shows. Publicly traded companies with [...]

Why do you want a board? What made you decide to find non-executive directors? How were you imagining your board process would impact your business?   Understanding the reason why you have decided to [...]

This month I have been reflecting on the number of people that would like to be independent directors or non-executive directors, particularly people looking for their first role. There is no shortage of [...]

Original article by our partner, Caveat legal, here: http://www.caveatlegal.com/directors-dos-and-dontsdirectors-dos-and-donts/ The South African Companies Act (“Companies Act” or “Act”) deals with [...]