The Hampton-Alexander Review is an independent review body which builds on the excellent work of the Davies Review to increase the number of women on FTSE 350 boards. The review has a joint focus to improve women’s representation at board level and in senior leadership positions two layers below the board and continues to adopt a voluntary business-led approach.

Jacqueline de Rojas CBE, was the keynote speaker at the NEDA 2019 Contemporary NED Event, held on Tuesday 14th May 2019, in collaboration with Smith & Williamson and EquityChair. 

Chief executives whose predecessors were highly successful and long-serving are likely to find that they have shorter tenures, worse performance outcomes and are more often forced out of office than the CEOs they replace.

The CMA has secured the disqualification of two former directors of CPM Group Ltd following CPM’s admission that it breached competition law. 

The CMA has secured the disqualification of two former directors of CPM Group Ltd following CPM’s admission that it breached competition law. 

The recording from the joint ICAEW and NEDA Webinar: Succession Planning for Board, Executives and NEDs is now available to download.

The 13th Annual Non-Executive Director Awards took place on 27th March 2019 at a glittering reception in Claridges Ballroom where the 2019 winners were crowned.

Financial Reporting Council to be replaced with a new regulator following review by Sir John Kingman

The Non-Executive Director Awards, now in their thirteenth year, recognise the achievements of Non-Executive Directors within the business and not-for-profit community. NEDA worked with Peel Hunt to establish the Awards and has been a lead sponsor of the event for each of the 13 years since 2006.

This International Women’s Day Women on Boards has launched a bursary programme to support more women into the boardroom.

Millennials have been a recurring theme in recent surveys on business ethics issues and they continue to have an impact on the business ethics agenda.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) proposes to increase the work required of auditors when assessing whether an entity is a going concern.

The CMA has unveiled a major package of proposals to reform the UK competition regime by putting consumers even more directly at the heart of the CMA’s work.