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Annette Rodriguez-Ferrer
(now CCMP Capital). Annette has significate public, private and non-profit Board experience. Currently, she serves as Executive Chairperson of Wax Center Partners and previously held Board positions with Clean Streak, Fertilitas, and as an View Details
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- 03 Jan 2018
- What Do You Think?
In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?
on-the-job misdeeds served the purpose nicely. Those supporting the idea of a corporate board's creating an independent officer of compliance, reporting directly to the board, cited the need for visible action in the face of growing... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
September 2008, just one of its ten non-executive directors had any recent banking experience. He had joined the board five months before Lehman went bust. The backgrounds of Lehman’s independent View Details
- 06 Jul 2015
- News
Lights! Camera... Market!
In the 2013 independent feature film Beneath the Harvest Sky, two teenage boys struggle to find their future in a rural farming community in northern Maine. Set against the backdrop of the blue-potato farm that employs much of the town,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Porter, Kanter Win McKinsey Awards
managing director of FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm, were awarded first place for their January–February 2011 article “Creating Shared Value.” The article lays out the concept of shared value, which focuses on the connections between... View Details
Keywords: awards
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Ryan Kim
independent sponsor private equity firm and completed a self-funded search to buy a regional automotive installation services business which he operated as President. Prior to that, Ryan worked in large and mid cap private equity, led... View Details
- 07 Feb 2018
- News
Helping Startups Give Back
“If you really want your company to be associated with giving back and having a social mission,” says Janie Goldstein (MBA 1991), “it needs to be baked in from the start.” But while most startups want to be philanthropic, Goldstein, the cofounder and former executive... View Details
Marty Blue
business development, licensing, B2B marketing, product development and industry relations. Marty is currently an Independent board member (and Compensation Committee Chair) at Openbay which is simplifying automotive repair and service.... View Details
- 22 Sep 2017
- News
Turning a Disorder into an Opportunity
Michael Fieldhouse (AMP 177, 2009), director for Emerging Businesses and Federal Government at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Australia (HPE), launched the Dandelion program in Australia in 2015, introducing people with autism spectrum... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Inner-City Advantage
for business prospects outside of real estate, Lloyd M. Metz (MBA ’96) of ICV Capital Partners recommended investments based on intellect rather than physical capital, such as health care and software. Ventures that have low distribution costs and are scalable View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
them twenty years ago. If you look at the typical board of a major public company, you will find that only one or maybe two directors are members of management, and everybody else is “independent.” To argue against View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Proposed Chair Would Honor African-American Business Pioneer
career as an independent printing salesman in Washington, D.C., and established the New Negro Alliance, an organization intended to persuade companies doing business in black neighborhoods to hire employees from within those... View Details
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
limited time and limited knowledge. Therefore, it's very important for independent directors to be in the best positions they can be for developing their knowledge. Those internal pressures are real. Dealing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
general, existing law is adequate. The main problem lies in the failure by boards to follow procedures that would hold managements accountable for company performance. This could be improved by focusing on three areas. The first is leadership. The View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2288746 Accountability of Independent Directors-Evidence from Firms Subject to Securities Litigation By: Brochet, Francois, and Suraj Srinivasan Abstract—We examine which independent... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 19 Feb 2008
- News
The Scoop Behind the Silver Screen
A bit of Hollywood came to HBS recently when Steven Samuels spoke at the invitation of the School’s Entertainment and Media Club. A former real estate developer, Samuels is an independent movie producer with a solid body of work under his... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the Senate, said that the new law's value is that it helps eliminate conflicts of interest between auditors and a company's board of directors by decreeing that directors... View Details
Keywords: by Catherine Walsh
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
University Elections
Joel A. Getz, AB ’86. Associate Director of Development, Stanford University. Stanford, CA. Gloria Wu, AB ’75; MD ’81, Columbia University. Ophthalmologist; Vitreo-retinal Surgeon. Brookline, MA. Alice Ingraham Davies, AB ’65, MA ’67,... View Details
Anthony Soohoo
Anthony Soohoo is a recognized leader in technology, AI, media, and commerce. He currently serves as Lead Independent Director at Spryker Systems and Civio.ai, Venture Partner at AI Fund, and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
After 27 Years at HBS, Shapiro Shifts Professional Focus
Publications, director of Research, head of the required MBA Marketing course, and faculty chair of Strategic Marketing Management. Shapiro is the author, coauthor, or editor of fourteen books, among them Seeking Customers and Keeping... View Details