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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Arturo Langa , Monica LangaPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.820kg ISBN: 9780367696801ISBN 10: 0367696800 Pages: 420 Publication Date: 25 April 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Adult education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1.Governance and the Role of the Board; 2.Governance Codes; 3.Risk Management in the Boardroom; 4.Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Sustainability; 5.Executive Directors on the Board; 6.Role of the Company Secretary; 7.Recruiting and Maintaining an Effective Board; 8.Gaining Your First Non-Executive Board Appointment; 9.Governance in the Private Sector; 10.Governance in the Public Sector; 11.Governance in the Charity/Voluntary SectorReviewsFor anyone considering joining a board, this book offers invaluable practical insight. The chapter on Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) is particularly relevant at a time when stakeholder capitalism is on the rise. This is something I think about frequently and it is the talk of boardrooms around the world. Ann Cairns Executive Vice Chair - Mastercard, Global Chair 30% Club, Lead Director - Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Chair Intercontinental Exchange and Chair - Financial Alliance for Women It offers a practical guide for non-executive and executive board directors in the private, public and charity sectors of the UK. Its unusual but compelling combination of factual information and personal insights provided by practicing board members, offering insights that are just not available anywhere else. Peter Allanson, Good Governance Institute This topic is of extreme importance to all Boards. Every director should understand the implications and ramifications for their business. The Editors and Contributing Authors add to the growing body of scholarly and other works that provide a grounding and underpinning to the understanding of good governance. Jonathan Geldart, Director General, Institute of Directors. Author InformationArturo Langa is an experienced Non-executive Director. His executive career has spanned in excess of 30 years in the NHS and includes senior management roles and chairing leadership committees relating to clinical governance and oversight. This has led to a passion for board governance, which he brings to his non-executive Board roles. His current roles include being a non-executive director of NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and serving on the Court of Queen Margaret University and he is still a practicing senior clinician (Consultant) in the NHS. Previous board roles have included large charities where he chaired board committees. He has also been a board adviser to a number of MedTech companies. He provides strategic input, business knowledge, and seeks to adhere to strong governance principles in every boardroom setting. Arturo is an active investor in early-stage companies. He has been an editor and an editorial board member of a number of professional journals and a published author in academic publications as well as a Visiting Professor at the University of the Highlands and Islands. Monica Langa is the Chair and Non-executive Director of a number of private-equity-backed companies and of an Angel Investment Syndicate. She is a former Fund Manager/Investment Director and also worked at the Institute of Directors. She has over 20 years' Non-executive Board experience in the charity/voluntary and the venture capital sectors. As a Director of an executive search practice, Monica specialises in Non-executive Board appointments and independent Board evaluations for the listed investment company and financial mutual sectors, so she spends the majority of her time both advocating for and experiencing best practice in governance in some of the most highly regulated boards in the UK. She holds the Institute of Director’s Certificate in Company Direction, holds an MSc in Investment Analysis, is a qualified banker (Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland), and a qualified HR professional (CIPD). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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