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Non-exec Director Column

A man with his fingers in his ears representing hear-no-evil

Opinion

Tone from the top: when things go wrong

Setting corporate culture, and the values by which executives throughout a group will behave, is one of a board's highest priorities

03 Aug 2011

Eric Tracey is a chartered accountant and regular FD columnist

Opinion

Audit committee chairman first port of call for FDs

A good audit committee chairman is of real value to a finance director through good times and bad

20 May 2011

Opinion

Collude to delude

In telling themselves that rinse-and-repeat management perpetuates profitability, boards risk stakeholder ire

24 Mar 2011

Opinion

Audit committees need high-level participation

Too many audit committees are badly organised and viewed by their members as a compliance headache

24 Jan 2011

Opinion

Why FDs can take a leaf out of Wolf Hall

A fictional masterpiece set in the 16th century throws new light on the art of making accounting reports more relevant

22 Nov 2010

Opinion

The Non-executive: Addressing the cause of share price slides will boost shareholder value

Boards should not protect themselves from inconvenient truths that can sharpen business for the better

05 Jul 2010

Opinion

The Non-executive: Understanding the role of the audit committee chair

Our new columnist ponders the role of the audit committee chairperson in hiring and firing subsidiary FDs

26 Apr 2010

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Latest Opinion

Business' best friend

Finance people must be the critical friend of business, writes CIMA's John Windle

Cutting electronic systems down to size

To be more competitive, we need far less management in companies, government and our electronic systems

Markets are too addicted to repeated doses of cheap cash

Large injections of liquidity by the major central banks have played a key role in underpinning recent bouts of optimism, but danger is still lurking in the shadows

Latest Analysis

Practical implications of a GAAR

The lack of certainty may inhibit many arrangements which are currently felt to be part of everyday planning, writes Owen Clutton

IAS 39 problems flare up again

Pirc is advising shareholders to vote against Barclays’ annual report. Richard Crump finds out why

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