The Occidental Investor

Certainly, the biggest story to emerge to date from this year’s Proxy Season – the time when most public companies hold their annual meeting, is Jamie Dimon’s victory allowing him to continue to hold on as both CEO and chair

The SEC’s JP Morgan Problem

The smoke has now cleared from Jamie Dimon’s dramatic victory at JPMorgan’s Annual Meeting.  It may, however, turn out to be a short-lived victory for the Wall Street icon, as well as for the many imperial CEOs of public companies

Boardroom Diversity’s Dirty Little Secret

The topic of boardroom diversity is a constant in the world of corporate governance.  Indeed, I myself have written about it on several occasions.  The attention of course, is justified.  The lack of gender diversity amongst the boards of public,

Solutions, Not Problems

New directors (whether it is for a non-profit, private or public company) often take 1 of 2 approaches when it comes to their board service.  Either they enter the boardroom with a “take no prisoners” approach or they take the

Risk, Risk, Risk

As with most things in life, corporate governance goes through trends.  Following the Enron debacle and the enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley, the buzz was all about audit committees.  Do you have one?  Who is on your audit committee?  How often does