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An invaluable book for all directors, investors and their professional advisors interested in developing their companies, increasing profitability and success.
Smaller quoted companies and private companies are a vital component of the economy. How these companies are governed is critical, not only to their prosperity but also to their capacity to attract funds for investment and growth. However, to date the focus of corporate governance has been on much larger companies.
Practical Corporate Governance: For Smaller Quoted Companies and Private Companies is a practical guide tailored to the circumstances of these companies and their investors, focussing on the relevance and application of governance principles in the boardroom and for the raising of capital. It includes recommendations, check lists, case studies and sample materials such as board minutes, providing readers with everything they need to implement the principles discussed.
This is an invaluable book for all directors, investors and their professional advisors interested in developing their companies, increasing profitability and success. It will also be of interest to public policy makers and regulators.
- The Combined Code on Corporate Governance - the Code
- Governance of AIM Listed and Private Companies
- The Duties of Directors
- The Non-executive Director
- Company Boards and their Committees
- Shareholders and Corporate Governance
Appendices
- The Combined Code on Corporate Governance (June 2008): Code of Best Practice -Sections 1 and 2
- The Combined Code on Corporate Governance (June 2008) Schedule A: Provisions on the design of performance related remuneration
- The Revised Turnbull Guidance on Internal Controls (October 2005)
- The Smith Guidance on Audit Committees (October 2005)
- Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) -Corporate Governance Guidelines for AIM Companies (July 2005): pp 6-15
- National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) - Corporate Governance Policy: Policy and Voting Guidelines for AIM Companies (March 2007): pp 5-10
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) - Avoiding the pitfalls in running a private company: a practical guide for directors (April 2008): pp 8-18
- Companies Act 2006, Part 10 Chapter 2-General Duties of Directors: Sections 170-180
- Higgs Review (January 2003) -Sample Letter of Non-executive Director Appointment
- QCA Guidance For Smaller Quoted Companies (August 2004): p20 Appendix A: Matters Which Should be Presented to the Board
- Institute Of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) Guidance on Terms of Reference -Remuneration Committee
- Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) Guidance on Terms of Reference -Audit Committee
- Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) Guidance on Terms of Reference -Nomination Committee
- The Combined Code (June 2008), Schedule C: Disclosure of Corporate Governance Arrangements
- Combined Code Checklist
- Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) Guidance Note: Listed Company Reporting Requirements for Directors Remuneration
- Corporate Governance Statement -Ricardo Plc
- Institutional Shareholders' Committee (Updated June 2007): The Responsibilities of Institutional Shareholders and Agents - Statement of Principles
- Further Reading
- Useful Websites
Dr John Mellor MBA, Founder and Executive Director of the Foundation for Governance Research and Education, and Visiting Professor in Corporate Governance, Bristol Business School
Comments from Readers
"This is the best guide on corporate governance there is around at the moment."
Sir John Bourn, former Comptroller and Auditor General of the United Kingdom
"This book should be required reading for all directors of all smaller quoted companies and private companies."
Former chairman of a major private company
"All you ever need to know about corporate governance and its practical application to smaller companies in one volume. This very accessible and clearly referenced book is a must for every Chairman and indeed board member."
John Pierce, Chief Executive, The Quoted Companies Alliance
"I think it is excellent that you have written a handbook for smaller quoted companies and for private ones, and I admire the clarity of your presentation. You have provided board members and company secretaries with a complete set of all the recommendations and regulations with which they need to be familiar. They will not only find it an invaluable source of reference but will be encouraged by your book to give time and thought to the way in which they govern their enterprises."
Sir Adrian Cadbury, Chairman of the Committee on Corporate Governance (the Cadbury Report)
Book Reviews
"the language used is simple, direct and unequivocal ... The 20 appendixes are immensely useful as readers can use them directly without having to retrieve them from other sources ... this is definitely a practical book on corporate governance well worth having for busy owner-managers, investors and corporate advisers"
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