Podcast #83 | Peter Gleason: "We Look at Board Directorships as a Profession with Accountability and Expectations."

In episode #83 of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, Evan Epstein talks with Peter Gleason, the President and CEO of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Peter is a recognized expert on board leadership and corporate governance issues.

In this podcast, they talk about:

• The origin and mission of the NACD.
• The NACD Directorship Certification and the Future of the American Board Report.
• The evolution of corporate governance in the last 30 years.
• ESG and the politicization of corporation governance.
• Institutional Investors passing-through voting power to beneficial owners, retail investors and the Universal Proxy Rule.
• The increasing influence of private markets.
• Challenges of founder-led private companies and dual-class share structures.
• Focus on social issues and pressure on CEOs to speak out.

You can listen to the episode directly in the Boardroom Governance Podcast website (where you can find all the show notes), or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts such as in: Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon or Stitcher.

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