Boards of the Future: what next for Governance?

This event was held on Tuesday 24 November 2020

Burness Paull and Savendie have completed a corporate governance thought leadership report, discussing the future of boards in Scotland.

The paper is titled ‘Boards of the Future: What next for governance?’

Gathering thoughts and experiences from chairs, exec and non-exec directors and company secretaries of both listed and non-listed companies, we’ve addressed a number of the challenges facing them such as: increasing workload; managing regulation and reporting requirements; ensuring diversity; monitoring culture; balancing the needs of stakeholders and employees; and embracing technology.

This kicked off just before lockdown and since then, we’ve explored how boards have dealt with Covid-19 and new ways of working, and have produced this paper looking at the future of boards and what we expect directors will need to address to thrive.

This seminar looked at the outcomes covered in our paper and shared these with attendees.

The report was shared with participants after the event.

The speakers for the event were:

Walter Clark, Partner, Burness Paull

Walter is partner in the Corporate team at Burness Paull. He advises on M&A, equity investments, joint ventures and corporate restructuring projects, as well as undertaking general corporate advisory work. He leads the firm’s company secretarial advice and is a fellowship member of ICSA (The Governance Institute).

Sheelagh Duffield, Managing Director, Savendie

Sheelagh is a senior executive and qualified lawyer with over 20 years of board level experience and a successful track record of leading complex projects and transactions in FTSE 100 and 250 companies; private equity owned businesses and public sector organisations.

Over many years as General Counsel and Company Secretary, Sheelagh has developed a thorough and practical understanding of corporate governance and the effective operation of boards.

Gary Gray, Head of Governance and Company Secretarial Services, Burness Paull

Gary is a director, and head of the Company Secretarial and Governance team at Burness Paull. A Fellow of ICSA: the Chartered Governance Institute (ICSA), Gary has a vast knowledge and depth of experience in providing company secretarial services in a legal services environment, as well as providing support and guidance to in-house company secretaries on their duties and responsibilities. Gary is also Branch Chair of the Scottish Branch of ICSA.

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