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02.12.2020

Is Big Tech too Big to Fail? As the American and European regulators are preparing to take anti-trust actions against BigTech, explore our views, in today’s op-ed authored by Alissa Kole on the role of Big Tech in our societies and the governance remedies that could be relevant to resolving the conflicts of interest faced by these firms.

01.12.2020

We are pleased to share the contribution of our Managing Director Alissa Kole to today’s Financial Times Special Report on Arab Banking and Finance, in which she canvasses recent governance cases in the Arabian Gulf and provides recommendations to regulators, auditors, banks and other stakeholders on specific issues that need to be addressed going forward.

04.11.2020

Observing structural economic changes ushered in the past year, we are releasing a series of articles in which we are exploring the role of governance in the emerging landscape. The first piece in these series, published today in the London School of Economics Business Review, explores the consequences of multinational firms, acquiring strategic technology companies worldwide.

26.10.2020

GOVERN is pleased to release its report for the T20, presented in Riyadh in January this year, which presents a panorama of governance models of think tanks in the Arab world. The report is the first of a kind to survey and document governance arrangements in this sector, which plays an increasingly important role in shaping global thinking. On the occasion of the release of this report, Alissa Kole, the Managing Director of GOVERN Center commented “We are pleased to collaborate with the T20 under the presidency of Saudi Arabia to deliver this important analysis which will shape the future of the think tank sector and which will continue as our flagship project. Here.

13.10.2020

Pleased to release the front page interview of our Managing Director on the progress and challenges in corporate governance in the Arab world out today on the front page of Arab News recently launched French edition. GOVERN conducts company specific assessments on governance of emerging market enterprises. For further requests, please contact us directly. Read here.

13.10.2020

We are pleased to share the latest op-ed by our Managing Director on the future of the global aviation sector. This article, analysing prospects of restructuring by individual airlines and their alliances, was published today by Aspenia. Govern is pleased to be advising airline sector executives in these turbulent times. Here

22.07.2020

GOVERN’s Managing Director interviewed for the annual edition of the Raconteur published by the Times on the Future of the CEO. Full article available here.

23.06.2020

What are the risks involved in investing in foreign listed companies? Explore our insights, based on our analysis of the ongoing NMC and Luckin Coffee Cases, published today in the Harvard Corporate Governance Blog. For further thoughts, tune in to this week’s episode of Governance Dialogues in which we explore governance issues of foreign listed companies in conversation with Carson Block, Founder and CIO of Muddy Waters Research.

13.06.2020

We are pleased to share our commentary on the unfolding demonstrations in the United States, which, while not a topic we are currently working on, is a cause we strongly believe in. The Power of One was published by the Aspen Institute today. Read here.

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20.05.2020

We are delighted to share with you the first episode of Governance DialoguesTM, our weekly programme exploring economic and corporate governance challenges. The Dialogues offer curated weekly episodes on economic and corporate governance, presented in an informal, yet hard-hitting dialogue with thought leaders.