Our Managing Director, Alissa Kole, took part in the second edition of the PIF Private Sector Forum held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 6-7, 2024. This forum aligns with PIF’s strategic initiative to enhance private sector engagement. The event served as a platform to highlight business opportunities within PIF and its portfolio companies, indicating potential openings for investors and suppliers while fostering collaboration.
Our Managing Director, Alissa Kole, recently participated in the PIF Directors’’Gathering – a platform fostering connections and knowledge exchange among PIF Directors
from diverse countries and sectors. This event aimed to inspire and generate insights, helping
directors identify paths to success today and tomorrow. The event took place in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia on 29-30th of Nov.
The OECD held an international consultation on the ongoing revision of the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises, a internationally recognised tool setting standards for states as shareholders, as well as boards and executives of state-invested companies.
GOVERN has provided our inputs and comments in this event, held in Paris last week, which will be taken into the consideration in the revision process. We are sharing these comments, included among other inputs provided by the stakeholders in the revision process and thank the OECD for inviting us to contribute to the process of revision of this important international standard. Here
We are pleased to share an article written by our Managing Director, Alissa Kole, on the changing global corporate governance rules. Here
Governments often acquire ownership stakes or restrict foreign investments in strategic companies. But few countries have an ownership policy or equivalent. Such lack of clarity may lead to boards being either ineffective or bypassed altogether. Our Managing Director Alissa Kole writes that governments with important SOE portfolios must develop a legal framework governing companies that receive state investment. Here
We are pleased to release a new video in our Youtube channel where we explore the governance of Facebook with Frederick Alexander, the founder and leader of the Shareholder Commons. Here
In today’s op-ed “What Does the Facebook Board Care About?”, Alissa Kole provides her perspective on the recent shareholder lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg and the Facebook board of directors. The full article (paywalled) is accessible on The Agenda, the Financial Times publication for boards. Here
This week, our Managing Director Alissa Kole weighs in on the recent Twitter developments with the focus on governance of the social media giant that Elon Musk has taken private. This article is part of a series focusing on the governance of BigTech, one of the central topics for Govern Center’s work this year. Here
We are pleased to share an article written by our Managing Director Alissa Kole on governance failures at Twitter, recently delisted and taken private by Elon Musk. We suggest that Twitter and Big Tech companies of similar nature should be subject to more rigorous governance rules in order to address their externalities. Here
We are pleased to release a new video in our Youtube channel where we discuss with Dr. Anete Pajuste, Professor at Stockholm School of Economics (Riga) and Visiting Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School. In the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, hundreds of foreign companies withdrew from the country, many of them going beyond compliance with regulations and sanctions. To what extent was this reaction based on ethical considerations versus compliance prerogatives? Watch here