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Articles mentioning both independent directors and CEO

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1. FedEx Shakes Up Board in Deal With Activist
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Jun 14 2022 BoardNews
  
  ...e Mr. Vena), we are hopeful that a new day is dawning.” The moves indicate that Subramaniam, who took over as CEO from founder Fred Smith on June 1, may be more open to addressing investor concerns as FedEx struggles to ...
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2. Iroquois Capital Delivers Open Letter To Pharmacyte Biotech Board Of Directors
  
  Explore StreetInsider.com Jun 10 2022 BoardNews
  
  ...rson. The inclusion of Mr. Waggoner as a member on the Audit Committee, which should be comprised entirely of independent directors, is further emblematic of the haphazard way in which we believe the Company's oversight ...
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3. Elon Musk Won't Have a Board to Watch Him When he Takes Twitter Private – Does That Matter
  
  Explore seattlepi.com Apr 25 2022 BoardBlogs
  
  ...as their “independent” status suggests they should. While our work didn’t focus on this, if the board and the CEO fundamentally disagree about the direction of company – which was often the case between Dorsey and the Tw...
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4. A ‘watershed year’ for Women on Corporate Boards
  
  Explore Politics, Political News Apr 15 2022 BoardBlogs
  
  ...oards, it’s helpful to have a woman CEO. The average percentage of women on boards of companies with a female CEO is 39 percent, while it is 26 percent for companies with a male CEO, according to data analyzed by 50/50 W...
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5. Update on the Proxy Fight Launched at Aerojet Rocketdyne by Warren Lichtenstein, CEO of Steel Partners, and his Friends Martin Turchin, James Henderson and Audrey McNiff
  
  Explore PR Newswire Mar 28 2022 BoardNews
  
  ...e(Aerojet Rocketdyne's CEO) and Gen.Kevin Chilton(Ret.),Thomas Corcoranand Gen.Lance Lord(Ret.) (three of its Independent Directors) (collectively, these non-Steel Partners Directors are referred to as the "Independent D...
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6. NordicTrack CEO Scott Watterson Forced Out in Battle With Peloton
  
  Explore News Brig Mar 27 2022 BoardNews
  
  ...er it secured the $355 million investment in early March, announcing that Watterson would be stepping down as CEO “as previously planned.” His 35-year-old son Mark, who is chief experience officer, was promoted to co-pre...
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7. ExxonMobil Lead Director Ken Frazier to Retire; Jay Hooley to Become Lead Director
  
  Explore businesswire.com Mar 23 2022 BoardMoves
  
  ...Jay) L. Hooley, former chairman and CEO of State Street Corp. and ExxonMobil director since 2020, has been selected by the independent directors to serve as lead director, effective after the annual meeting... ...
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8. What Exactly Is an Independent Director?
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Mar 18 2022 BoardBlogs
  
  ... with management or a controlling shareholder that they are not independent. Several leading cases involve a CEO, board chair or controlling shareholder alleged to be on both sides of a transaction ― where the director’...
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9. Activist Shareholder Bobman Seeks Place on Argo Board
  
  Explore The Insurer Mar 12 2022 BoardNews
  
  ...oxy demand to elect two independent directors including its own president Ron Bobman and former National Interstate CEO David Michelson as it ratchets up the pressure on the US-listed specialty insurance group....
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10. Ventas Appoints Michael J. Embler, Former Chief Investment Officer of Franklin Mutual Advisors, to Board of Directors
  
  Explore businesswire.com Mar 7 2022 BoardMoves
  
  ... believes that director refreshment is integral to effective corporate governance, and has appointed four new independent directors in the last three years, while further increasing its diversity based on race, gender an...
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11. Local Civic Leaders Zaldwaynaka “Z” Scott and Smita Shah Named to ComEd Board of Directors
  
  Explore businesswire.com Feb 12 2022 BoardMoves
  
  ...cott, 63, president of Chicago State University, and Smita Shah, 48, CEO of SPAAN Tech, Inc., to its board as independent directors. They join Metropolitan Family Services President and CEO Ricardo Ric Estrada, who was n...
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12. One Lesson From the Theranos Scandal: We Need Age Diversity on Corporate Boards
  
  Explore News Break Jan 4 2022 BoardBlogs
  
  ...relate with more transparency and boards with greater independence engage in less corporate misconduct . When independent directors have relevant industry expertise, having more of them is associated with increased earni...
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13. BlackRock Investment Stewardship Global Principles
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Dec 20 2021 BoardBlogs
  
  ...e the transaction involves related parties, we would expect the recommendation to support it to come from the independent directors, and ideally, the terms also have been assessed through an independent appraisal process...
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14. BlackRock Wants Companies to Hire More Diverse Board Members, Strive Toward Net Zero Climate Goal
  
  Explore Epoch Times Dec 18 2021 BoardNews
  
  ...ad investments in China. Based on 2021 data (pdf) from Spencer Stuart, 47 percent (22 percent in 2020) of new independent directors in S&P 500 companies are black, Hispanic, Native American, Asian, or multiracial, compar...
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15. Willis Towers Watson Confirms Changes to Board of Directors
  
  Explore StreetInsider.com Nov 18 2021 BoardMoves
  
  ...ational Holdings Ltd. (from 2016 to 2017), CEO of Lockton International Holdings Ltd. (from 2005 to 2016) and CEO of Lockton Companies LLP (from 2010 to 2015). He previously served as CEO of JLT Risk Solutions and a memb...
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16. Investor Behavior in the 2021 Proxy Season
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Nov 10 2021 BoardBlogs
  
  ...red the maximum reasonable tenure. When it comes to investor preference for separating the roles of Chair and CEO, 71 percent of investors prefer it, even though there remain wide differences across regions in practice. ...
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17. Oracle Opposes Glass Lewis Proposals on Board, Compensation
  
  Explore MarketWatch Oct 28 2021 BoardNews
  
  ...proxy adviser “has singled out a diverse and relatively new board member simply because they prefer fewer non-independent directors” Oracle also said that its compensation committee is responsive to shareholder feedback ...
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