132 Episodes

  1. Responding to the ESG agenda – legal insights for boards | Anna-Marie Slot, Will Chalk, Partners, Ashurst LLP

    Published: 03/11/2021
  2. Integrating different perspectives in the boardroom | Sir John Tusa, Chair British Architecture Trust, Former MD BBC World Service and Barbican Arts Centre

    Published: 21/10/2021
  3. Transitioning from CEO to Chair | Steve Holliday, Chair Citifibre and Zenobe, President of the Energy Institute, Former CEO at National Grid

    Published: 07/10/2021
  4. Changing the racial diversity on FTSE boards | Richard DeNetto, Associate Director CBI

    Published: 16/09/2021
  5. Creating a high-performance culture in the boardroom | Ralph Schubert, Senior Partner, Coverdale Team Management

    Published: 02/09/2021
  6. Going beyond governance – The art of talking about what really matters | Jim Haudan, Co-founder and CEO of Root Inc now part of Accenture

    Published: 19/08/2021
  7. The Alignment of Executives and Non-Executives in the Boardroom | Ken Schuetz, CEO and Founder of Aligned Influence Consulting

    Published: 05/08/2021
  8. Hybrid working and controls – What should boards think about? | John Mongelard, Technical Manager - Risk & Regulation at ICAEW

    Published: 15/07/2021
  9. Culture, it all starts in the boardroom | Mike Gahir, Chair of the Board of Trustee at Steps to Work

    Published: 01/07/2021
  10. Putting the 'S' in ESG | Margot Slattery, Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion, ISS A/S

    Published: 17/06/2021
  11. The role of the Company Secretary in major transactions | Nickesha Graham-Burrell, Head of Company Secretariat, OSB Group PLC

    Published: 03/06/2021
  12. The role of the Company Secretary in increasing the effectiveness of Non-Executive Directors | John Mills, Company Secretary, Smiths Group PLC

    Published: 20/05/2021
  13. Board Reporting - The indispensable part of effective boards | David Whincup, Deputy Company Secretary, Provident Financial Group

    Published: 06/05/2021
  14. The role of the Company Secretary in creating future-fit boards | Loren Wulfsohn, Global Head of Policy and Stakeholder Engagement, HSBC Holdings PLC

    Published: 15/04/2021
  15. Diversity & Inclusion - Insights from the U.K. and Mercedes-Benz AG | Sabine Kohleisen, Member of the Board of Management at Mercedes-Benz AG, and Denise Wilson | CEO, Hampton-Alexander Review

    Published: 01/04/2021
  16. Punks in the boardroom | Christopher Pirnie, Principal at Kuberno Consulting. Former Director of Governance Operations and Policy, Fidelity International

    Published: 18/03/2021
  17. The relationship between the Chair and the CEO - How can you make it work? | Sir John Tusa, Chair British Architecture Trust, Former MD BBC World Service and Barbican Arts Centre

    Published: 04/03/2021
  18. Building a culture of challenge | Professor Karthik Ramanna, Professor of Business & Public Policy at Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University

    Published: 18/02/2021
  19. Board recruiting - The search for unicorns | Carol Leonard CEO and Angela Hocter | Head of Research at the Inzito Partnership

    Published: 04/02/2021
  20. A pulse check on boards of VC-backed organisations in 2021 | Alexander Leigh, Investment Manager at Development Bank of Wales

    Published: 21/01/2021

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The Better Boards podcast series is the podcast for Chairs, CEOs, Non-Executive Directors, Company Secretaries, and their advisors. Every episode is filled with practical insights and learnings from those inside the boardrooms. We tease out what really matters and highlight actionable steps you can take to enhance the performance of your board.