25 years - featured interviews

ANNIVERSARY COVERAGE

Governance rules OK: A look back over the last 25 years
Pulping half the rainforest to print ever more governance guidelines has not stopped companies and directors making bad decisions or committing fraud.

FEATURED INTERVIEWS
The FD Interview: The Apprentice – from 2002
Douglas Flint joined HSBC as group FD in 1995. But he jokes that his lack of previous experience in FD roles, and only seven years in office (compared with an average 25 years for his fellow senior managers), means he is still a little wet behind the ears. But that doesn't stop him firmly expressing his views on corporate governance, international accounting standards and the impact of rules-based regulations on UK business.

The smart approach to offices: Have space, will travel?
As Regus reports profits 25% up in 2008, read about the group in our 1999 interview with then-FD Peter Jenkins, on turning real estate into intellectual property.

EDITOR'S PICKS: BEST OF THE REST
Accounting for the accountants – from 1999
In our April 2009 issue we’ve reviewed the corporate governance rule boom of the past decade or two, and mulled whether cutting down all those trees made much difference. Ten years before, we were asking a similar question after a string of high-profile disasters that put raised pressure for tougher accounting rules

Ready, whatever the weather – look back at how FDs managed the last recession with this article from our April 1999 issue.

Say no to the EC. We neither want nor need to adopt international standards – Read our accounting columnist Peter Williams’ surprising views on global standards in our April 1999 issue.