• Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein

  • De: Evan Epstein
  • Podcast

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein

De: Evan Epstein
  • Sumário

  • In-depth interview podcast with leading corporate governance experts, including world-class founders, scholars, board members, executives, investors and more. The content is structured as a long-form conversation to explore not only the latest corporate governance trends, but also to get some personal insights from some of the best and brightest minds behind America's boardrooms.
    2020-2024 Boardroom Governance
    Exibir mais Exibir menos
Episódios
  • Wolfe Tone & Heather Gates (Deloitte): Insights on Private Company Governance
    Oct 28 2024
    (0:00) Intro(1:12) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.(1:59) Start of interview. (2:57) Heather Gates' "origin story."(5:17) Wolfe Tone's "origin story."(10:23) On the governance of privately-owned businesses. Distinction with having "outside investors." (15:20) On the nuances of family-owned businesses. *Reference to my podcast series on Succession show.(18:28) On growth of LLC structures.(20:53) On VC-backed company governance. *Note UC Law SF's VCBA.(23:42) On the value of boards and good governance. When is the right time for a more formal governance structure.(27:40) Deloitte Private Company Pulse Survey on Governance (from July 2024).(31:40) On Climate Risk and ESG in private companies.(34:16) On Cybersecurity Risk.(38:20) On the evolving role of independent directors in private companies.(42:28) On the rise of the public benefit corporation (PBC) structure in AI companies(46:08) On the role of the board in developing talent.(48:38) On the future of trust as a core tenant of governance.(50:38) What are the 1-3 books that have greatly influenced your life: Wolfe:The Art of War by Sun Tzu (roughly 5th century BC)Anything by Stephen Covey.When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box by John Ortberg (2007)Heather:The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz (2014)Boundary Boss by Terri Cole (2021)The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer (2007)(51:52) Who were their mentors, and what they learned from them.(53:36) Quotes they think of often or live their life by.(54:13) An unusual habit or an absurd thing that they love.(54:40) The living person they most admire.Wolfe Tone is the leader of Deloitte Private for the US and globally, and Heather Gates is the national Emerging Growth Company (EGC) business leader for Deloitte, overseeing the firm’s EGC, Private Equity, and Deloitte Private Audit & Assurance teams. You can follow Evan on social media at:Twitter: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__You can join as a Patron of the Boardroom Governance Podcast at:Patreon: patreon.com/BoardroomGovernancePod__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
    Exibir mais Exibir menos
    57 minutos
  • Valeria Café: Leading Governance Innovation in Brazil as IBGC CEO
    Oct 21 2024

    (0:00) Intro.

    (1:20) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.

    (2:06) Start of interview.

    (3:20) Valeria's origin story.

    (6:14) On joining IBGC, its mission and focus: governance training, research, and regulatory work with CVM, B3, Congress, etc.

    (9:03) On the 25th IBGC Annual Summit.

    (11:11) On the state of ESG in Brazil.

    (15:15) On boardroom diversity in Brazil (20% female representation in public companies).

    (17:40) Geopolitics, and where Brazil stands between the U.S. and China.

    (20:56) Innovation and AI in Brazil.

    (24:44) On compliance and anti-corruption measures by boards in Brazil (post Lava Jato).

    (29:17) On the future of corporate governance in Brazil and her vision for IBGC.

    (32:52) The importance of board education and constant learning. On the issue of overboarding (new rule from Novo Mercado).

    (35:53) Books that have greatly influenced her life:

    1. Feliz ano velho. By Marcelo Rubens Paiva (1982)
    2. Theory U. By Otto Scharmer (2007)
    3. The Moment of Lift. By Melinda Gates (2019)

    (36:54) Her mentors.

    1. Her Dad.
    2. Pedro Melo
    3. Vicky Bloch.

    (37:32) Quotes that she thinks of often or lives her life by.

    (38:00) An unusual habit or absurd thing that he loves.

    (38:32) The person she most admires.

    Valeria Cafe is CEO of IBGC, the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance.

    You can follow Evan on social media at:

    Twitter: @evanepstein

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/

    Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/

    __

    You can join as a Patron of the Boardroom Governance Podcast at:

    Patreon: patreon.com/BoardroomGovernancePod

    __

    Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

    Exibir mais Exibir menos
    40 minutos
  • Barry Lawson Williams: Addressing Board Refreshment—"the Most Pressing Issue in Corporate Governance Today"
    Oct 14 2024
    (0:00) Intro.(1:26) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.(2:13) Start of interview. (3:03) Barry's origin story.(7:00) Barry's board journey.(9:39) On distinctions between serving on public and private company boards: "you have the same fiduciary duties."(11:57) Evolution of boards in the last 30-40 years: "they have evolved for the better, but I don't think they've evolved enough." On board refreshment. On "non-traditional candidates" to boards.(15:52) About his Bay area Black Directors Succession Project (2015-2016) *Reference to the Black Directors' Conference.(18:40) About his Black Corporate Directors Time Capsule Project (2020)(19:51) About his Black Directors Video Archive Project (Current)(23:18) On board committee work. "As a new director, you ought to start in the audit committee."(26:44) On the Black Corporate Board Readiness (BCBR) Program at SCU, and its endowment under his name.(31:34) On the impact in California of SB-826 and AB-979. "I'm not a quota mandate person... but it worked." "I think we need to emphasize the business case for diversity."(37:20) On the backlash against ESG and DEI. "Two requests for Silicon Valley: to create interactive databases 1) aggregating all diverse board candidates, and 2) Dates/schedule of openings of board seats." *Reference to VC-Backed Board Academy (VCBA) on Oct 29, 2024 at Nasdaq in NYC.(45:54) Books that have greatly influenced his lifeCry, the Beloved Country. By Alan Paton (1948)Citizen Creek. By Lalita Tademy (2014) *his wifeJames. By Percival Everett (2024)(49:12) His mentors. Colin Powell and Vernon Jordan.George Schultz (at Bechtell, "start out with an executive summary, be brief")Franklin Williams(50:15) Quotes that he thinks of often or lives her life by.Nelson Mandela: "I never fail. I either win or learn."Vernon Jordan: "I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders."Yogi Berra: "When you come to the fork in the road, take it."(50:58) An unusual habit or absurd thing that he loves: "Win the Day List"(52:08) The person he most admires.Barry Lawson Williams is a retired director who has served on the boards of 14 public companies. Since 2012, Barry has dedicated himself to promoting diversity in corporate boardrooms and mentoring Black professionals. Widely regarded as an icon in the Black corporate board community, he has led several impactful board-related projects. You can follow Evan on social media at:Twitter: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__You can join as a Patron of the Boardroom Governance Podcast at:Patreon: patreon.com/BoardroomGovernancePod__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
    Exibir mais Exibir menos
    54 minutos

O que os ouvintes dizem sobre Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein

Nota média dos ouvintes. Apenas ouvintes que tiverem escutado o título podem escrever avaliações.

Avaliações - Selecione as abas abaixo para mudar a fonte das avaliações.