The six areas in which the Board’s attention creates the most value: direction, control, integrity, innovation, leadership and accountability.
In this chapter
5.1 | Direction and value creation | 67 |
5.2 | Control, risk and assurance | 99 |
5.3 | Ethics and integrity | 143 |
5.4 | Technology and innovation | 167 |
5.5 | Leadership and remuneration | 177 |
5.6 | Shareholders, stakeholders and accountability | 187 |
Chapter
- 5.1 Direction and value creation
How the Board sets the company’s direction, oversees strategy and protects long-term value – and where its role ends and management’s begins.
- 5.2 Control, risk and assurance
How the Board makes sure that controls work, risks are understood and managed, and the company can withstand and recover from disruption.
- 5.3 Ethics and integrity
How the Board sets and guards the company’s ethical standard – from compliance and whistleblowing to conflicts of interest and related party transactions.
- 5.4 Technology and innovation
How the Board oversees digital transformation, the use of AI and the company’s capacity to innovate.
- 5.5 Leadership and remuneration
How the Board selects, motivates, evaluates and plans the succession of the CEO, and how it oversees remuneration across the company.
- 5.6 Shareholders, stakeholders and accountability
How the Board protects shareholder rights, builds relationships with stakeholders and accounts for its decisions through disclosure and communication.
