The remaining three are backed by the board. Any proposal not backed by FedEx's board of directors faces an uphill battle. FedEx's 15 largest ...
Former McDonald’s Corp. Chief Executive Steve Easterbrook said in a court filing Friday that he complied with all the terms of his separation agreement with the fast-food company and it shouldn’t be allowed to claw back his multimillion-dollar severance package...
Cybersecurity oversight is a key fiduciary responsibility for a board of directors and was a significant concern for companies even before the COVID-19 pandemic forced so many organizations to suddenly shift to remote work...
When the Women on Corporate Boards Act (Section 1 of Substitute Senate Bill 6037) became effective on June 11, 2020, Washington became the second state (after California) to affirmatively address gender diversity on public company boards of directors in its corporate statute...
Black Hills Corp. (NYSE: BKH) today announced the appointment of Barry M. Granger and Scott M. Prochazka to its board of directors...
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) announced that Gerry P. Smith, chief executive officer and director of The ODP Corporation, has joined the company's board of directors...
NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC), a net lease real estate investment trust, today announced the appointment of Tonit M. Calaway to its Board of Directors...
Athene Holding Ltd. (“Athene”) (NYSE: ATH), a leading provider of retirement savings products, announced today the appointment of Lynn Swann as an independent member of Athene’s board of directors...
Thomson Reuters (TSX/NYSE: TRI) today announced the appointments of Deanna Oppenheimer and Simon Paris to the company's Board of Directors, effective November 11, 2020...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Toshiba Corp on Friday said more than 1,000 postal voting forms for its shareholder meeting went uncounted, and the bank that counted the votes, which carries out a similar job for almost a thousand listed companies, said the oversight may not have been limited to Toshiba...
Total executive pay at the airline for the year ended June dropped 69%, the company said...
The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TJX), the leading off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the U.S. and worldwide, today announced that on September 16, 2020, its Board of Directors elected José B. Alvarez to the Board ...
After 7 years of compiling executive pay numbers, we at FiercePharma have learned a bit about the pharma compensation landscape. Rules to research by, let's call them. The first and biggest: Sales figures don't matter. The world's biggest drug companies by revenue don't all hand out pay packages of at least $18.6 million, which is the threshold for this year's top-paid CEOs list. A collection of Big Pharma chiefs stay off that list year after year...
WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSE American: XXII) (“22nd Century” or “the Company”), a leading plant-based, life science company driven by next generation plant biotechnology, today announced the appointment of Michael Koganov, Sc.D., Ph.D., to its Board of Directors...
Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE: SNV) has appointed Pedro Cherry, president and CEO of Atlanta Gas Light and Chattanooga Gas, to its Board of Directors...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cue Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: CUE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engineering a novel class of injectable biologics to selectively engage and modulate targeted T cells within the body, announced today the appointment of Tamar Howson to its board of directors...
While a director's duties of care and loyalty are not to the CEO, the success of the CEO is critical to the success of the company and its stakeholders...
Should you only accept a board position if you would be willing to one day serve as Non-Executive Chairman of that board?
Rubicon, a software company that provides smart waste and recycling solutions to businesses and governments worldwide, announced today that Elizabeth Montoya, the company’s current Chief of Protocol and Investor Relations, and key advisor to the CEO, has been appointed to Rubicon’s Board of Directors, effective immediately...
Jacobs (NYSE:J) announced today the election of Manny Fernandez to its Board of Directors...
Aravive, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARAV), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing transformative therapeutics, today announced that Michael W. Rogers joined the Company’s Board of Directors...
The Board of Directors of Southern Company today announced the election of Colette D. Honorable as an independent director, effective Oct. 1, 2020...
Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) announced today that Alfred (Fred) E. Festa, former Chairman of W.R. Grace & Co., has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors...
Switch, Inc. (NYSE: SWCH) ("Switch"), the global technology infrastructure corporation, today announced the appointment of Angela Archon to its Board of Directors, effective November 4, 2020...