Part 2 - Peter Butler, Governance for Owners on the Stewardship Code and the role of the Chairman.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: Governance, Non-executive director, Stewardship Code | Tags: risk, FT, FTSE 350, non-executive director, Stewardship Code, Peter Butler, corporate governance review

Part 2 of our interview with Peter Butler, Chief Executive and Founding Partner, Governance for Owners at the recent Financial Times Non Executive Directors’ Club on The FTSE 350 Corporate Governance Review Highlights.

Peter gave us his thoughts on the impact of the proposed Stewardship Code and the role of the Chairman.

• What do you think is the role of the SID?
• What makes for an effective external review of board effectiveness and what should change?

• Can principles change the behaviour of a Board or is there a need for some prescription?