The Post Office scandal a failure of governance
The Post Office scandal was one of the worst scandals in UK corporate and legal history. It caused untold suffering to thousands of innocent people, and undermined trust in existing frameworks of governance and business leadership.
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The IoD has just published a report which seeks to assist directors in learning the appropriate lessons from the scandal, helping them to become better directors. In addition, the report makes a series of policy recommendations for government aimed at rebuilding trust in UK corporate governance.
This webinar will summarise the key findings of the report, and feature the expert advisory group that helped formulate its recommendations. The discussion will provide a fascinating insight into the functioning of a board in the midst of a scandal, and help you to avoid making similar mistakes in your own board roles. Read the report here.
Speakers:
- Dr. Roger Barker, Director of Policy and Corporate Governance at the IoD
- Professor Richard Moorhead, Professor of Law and Professional Ethics at the University of Exeter
- Mary Campbell, Founder and Chief Executive of Blas and Resilient Corporates
- Seamus Gillen, Founder of Value Alpha Ltd and author of ‘Building Better Boards’
- Nick Gould, Partner at Aria Grace Law CIC
- Barry Gamble, commentator on the challenge of board best practice, advisor to boards, the Non-Executive Directors Association and Board Agenda magazine.
Speakers
Barry Gamble
Barry Gamble is an experienced private, public company and charity board director. A former Editor-at-Large of BoardRoom magazine, as well as board advisory and NED roles, he writes, speaks and leads formal debates about the challenge of board best practice on which The Financial Times has published a number of his letters.
Dr Roger Barker, IoD
Roger has been the IoD’s Director of Policy and Corporate Governance since September 2020. He also served as Director of Corporate Governance and Professional Standards at the IoD from 2008-2016. He is honorary associate at the Centre for Ethics and Law at University College London and was previously managing director of Governomics Ltd, a corporate governance advisory firm. He is also the author of numerous books and articles on corporate governance and board effectiveness.
Mary Campbell
Mary Campbell is an international corporate finance strategist and governance specialist. She has advised and served on multiple boards from start-ups to FTSE100 global entities in the UK, Europe and the US. Mary has been actively involved in the design and application of the UK Corporate Governance regime from the introduction of the Cadbury Code, serving on Financial Services Government Steering Groups and most recently engaging with the FCA on its updating of the Corporate Governance Code. She was awarded an OBE for her contribution to economic development in 2004.
Nick Gould
Nick Gould is a seasoned corporate and business lawyer, these days advising particularly owner managed businesses.
Over the last four years he has been assisting various victims of the Post Office Scandal. Unsurprisingly he has a genuine interest in the real-life effects of directors who choose to ignore company law and corporate governance.
Richard Moorhead
Richard Moorhead is Professor of Law and Professional Ethics at the University of Exeter and a member of the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board that advises the Government on Post Office Redress schemes. He leads postofficeproject.net and lawyerwatch.blog
Seamus Gillen
Seamus founded Value Alpha Limited in 2006, advising organisations around the world on board and director effectiveness. Originally Seamus worked in Whitehall, and was Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott MP. He has also been the Group Company Secretary and Director of Regulation at Anglian Water, Director of Public Policy and Regulation at O2, and Policy Director at The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI), where he authored its guidance on 'Boardroom Behaviours', and the Financial Reporting Council's ‘Guidance on Boardroom Effectiveness’. He is the author of ‘Building Better Boards’, published by Bloomsbury Business.
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