Exec.ly

20/08/2018

Listen to your board: directors are there to watch and help. Ask them to check your thinking, your organizational structure, your go-to-market strategy, your competitive intelligence and your team.

Recruiting and managing Boards of Directors is difficult at best and dangerous -- if done poorly -- at worst. Make sure your Directors are competent, and remember that boards represent shareholders to which they have fiduciary responsibilities. Remember also that boards can be very political.

08/08/2018

On behalf of the team at Exec.ly, happy 53rd National Day to all Singaporeans!

07/08/2018

"No startup founder reaches success alone." No matter the size of the advisory board or the capacity in which it is used, remember: It’s about diversity in wisdom.

No company is complete without an advisory board. Here's how to build one.

06/08/2018

Nearly 30% of IDs in Singapore have more than nine years of service under their belts, with some more than 30 years.

SINGAPORE - Companies listed in Singapore will have to take a more serious look at director independence, if rule changes suggested by the Corporate Governance Council on Tuesday (Jan 16) are implemented.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

24/07/2018

The Diversity Action Committee set the target of 20% female board directorship among (Singapore Exchange-)listed companies by 2020. To achieve this target, we need to double the number of female directors we have.

The country report for Singapore, part of the Asean Corporate Governance Scorecard 2018, indicated that the development of CG practices here has essentially flatlined, and that the gap in standards between the large-capitalisation (large-cap) companies and the rest of the field is continuing to wide...

24/07/2018

The main challenge cited remained unchanged from 2015 - the lack of suitable female candidates and the lack of an adequate pool of female candidates.

WHILE cybersecurity is a major concern at nine out of 10 boards in Singapore, it is not part of strategic discussions at board level. Read more at The Business Times.