Boardroom&Beyond Podcast (Lyndsey Zhang)
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| 03 Jan 2021 | What is institutional investor’s view about Ant Group IPO incident and China regulation reform? | 00:29:15 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Vivian Lin, partner and portfolio manager of William Blair’s China A-Shares Growth strategy and a global research analyst covering Chinese equities. They continue the conversation by Vivian sharing her commendation regarding China investment opportunities by industry sectors and geographic locations. Vivian then shared her opinion regarding Ant Group IPO incident and China regulation reform. They close the conversation with discussion regarding Vivian’s view of China’s next 5-years plan and her investment strategy to reflect the upcoming changings of China economic focus according to the new 5-years plan. Conversation Highlights (with timestamps) #007 Part 2:
Guest Contact Information Vivian Lin Email: linthurston@gmail.com Publication: Vivian’s blog site on William Blair: https://active.williamblair.com/author/vivian-lin-thurston/ “Sustainable Trends Supporting China A-Shares”
“Three Themes in Emerging Markets”
“China Backdrop: Fundamentally and Technically Positive”
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| 24 Aug 2020 | Evolution of Governance In The UK Public, Private Equity and Startup Markets with Patrick Dunne | 00:47:25 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey discusses with experienced Chair Patrick Dunne. Patrick is the Chair of Ernest Young EY Foundation, Chair of ESSA (Education Sub Saharan Africa), Chair of Boardelta, author of award winning “Boards” book. Patrick worked at one of the largest multinational private equity firms, 3i Group plc, for 26 years, and has been serving as board chair for various UK and international organizations. Patrick also served as a member of Higg’s review and played a role in shaping governance policy for UK listed companies. In his book “Boards” and three other books, Patrick has helped to establish many successful courses on board skills over the last twenty years and helped Chairs across a wide range of sectors to transform the effectiveness of their boards. The conversation starts with an overview of UK corporate governance (CG) development milestones in UK’s modern business world - Candbury Review, Greenbury Review, Higgs Review, Sir David Walker Code, most recent UK CG Code updates in 2018, the main focus and iconic achievements from each review respectively, and the UK culture influence to the conversational principle based UK CG system. Patrick explains different focus of CG code between public companies (to protecting small investors) and private equity firms (to protect sophisticated investors); shares his experience as a member of the Higg’s review, and experience at private equity firm, 3i Group plc, when implementing Sir David Walker code, the very first CG code for private equity industry. Patrick also explains the investment strategy difference between hedge funds and private equity firms, investors exit strategy trend in public and private market, points out that maximizing investors’ value is as important as managing risks. They also talk about how the board can encourage board members to understand financial dynamics at an organization’s different growing stages, create conditions to build and maintain trust with all stakeholders, and conclude that healthy corporate culture is essential for the long-term success of any organizations across public, private and startup markets. At the end, Patrick shares his opinion regarding international corporate governance development trends in the next 5-10 years.
Conversation Highlights (with timestamps)
More Information About Guest – Patrick Dunne
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| 28 Feb 2021 | Stewardship and ESG Reporting Development in Major Asian Financial Hubs | A Conversation with Agnes K Y Tai | 00:35:35 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Agnes Tai, Senior Partner of Yaozhi Asset Management International and an ESG thought leader. And Agnes has been a sustainable investor for many years. The conversation of this episode focuses on stewardship and ESG reporting challenges and development in major Asian finance hubs. Conversation Highlights
Guest Contact Information Agnes K Y Tai | |||
| 19 Oct 2020 | New World, New Board | 00:50:01 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Diana Wu David, the author of Future Proof: Reinventing Work in the Age of Acceleration and is an adjunct professor of leadership at Columbia Business School's EMBA Global Asia. Diana Wu David is the founder of Future Proof Labs in Hong Kong. She was the former Financial Times executive, and founder of the Financial Times Non-Executive Directors Diploma in Asia. Diana now works with CEOs and board directors to enhance their leadership agility, influence, collaboration and resilience. Her clients have included the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, the World Bank, Expedia, Asia Development Bank, Citi and Credit Suisse. She began her career and leadership education as an assistant to Dr. Henry Kissinger. The conversation starts with recent trend of corporate purpose. Diana explains the importance corporates to define purpose. She emphasis value driving companies allow more de-centralization decision, corporate purpose shifting from shareholder to broader base of stakeholder. She points out employee moral increase play significant roles on company resilience under extreme situation. Diana also reviews her opinion regarding the necessity of expectation adjustment from corporate and employees. Diana also reviews the changes of board strategy, function, and behavior due to global demographics shifting, technology advancement, Global Supply Chain re-distribution, trend of globalization and nationalism, governance model innovation, and how boards need to more strategic on corporate resilience, flexibility. With both Lyndsey and Diana’s multi-cultural background in US and Asia, their exchanges opinion regarding recent years Asia rise and China rising, and the impact to multinational companies board structure, and board member qualification requirement. Their also reviews business practice and corporate culture changes in Asia in the past two decades due to Asia rise. At the end, Diana points out the importance of individuals to make personal branding, expend network, reinvent themselves and become more future proved. Conversation Highlights (with timestamps)
Guest Contact Information Diana Wu David
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| 14 Mar 2022 | How does ESG integration impact business Branding strategy? | 00:50:52 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Rosa Zeegers, Partner of Newport LLC, a Marketing & Branding Strategist and Transformational Global Business Executive. Rosa had successfully led global Fortune 500 brands and businesses in various industries, ranging from Consumer Goods (Unilever), to Airlines (KLM Royal Dutch Airlines), Toys & Entertainment (Mattel), Retail (Justice) and Publishing, Events & Entertainment (National Geographic), to new growth levels. Their conversation of this episode is about Branding Strategy and how some world-class companies transform ESG integration into business branding opportunities… Conversation Topics with timestamps: Consumer / Create needs for consumer / making money out of it
(Unilever, Barbie, National Geographic ……)
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| 02 May 2021 | The Surge by Lyndsey Zhang | An Overview of China's Rapidly Evolving Corporate Governance and Coming ESG Revolution - English Version | 00:32:16 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey Zhang, shares with us her newly released book, The Surge – An Overview of China’s Rapidly Evolving Corporate Governance and Coming ESG Revolution!
Episode Highlights (with timestamps)
• Inspiration behind the writing of “The Surge” (2:14) - Education background and experience working in both US and Chinese companies
•Titling the book "The Surge" (5:10)
•Who will be interested in this book (9:25) - Global investors who are investing in China companies and interested in learning how to evaluate China companies’ CG risks (11:07) - Corporate chairpersons, board directors and executives from multinational companies with connections in China (11:30) - CG, ESG, law, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), management & strategy experts from international consulting firms (12:13) - Business school professors and Master-level students in business, law, accounting, auditing, corporate secretary or similar programs (12:48) - And anyone who’s interested in understanding Chinese companies CG models and China’s rapidly evolving ESG movement (13:23)
- Rapid evolution of Chinese companies - Industry leaders (15:26) - Regulation system (17:12) - Investing (19:13)
• How “The Surge” helps us understand China’s corporate governance (20:20) - Unique approach of China’s economic reform - Using case studies to understand the history and development of China’s corporate governance (22:27) - Covid-19 crisis’ effect and new ways of thinking (23:06)
• ESG evolution in China (23:59) - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) - Corporate Social Credit System (CSCS) (25:42)
• China’s corporate governance development and ESG next steps (27:48)
Order your copy of “The Surge” here: https://www.amazon.com/Surge-Overview-Corporate-Governance-Revolution/dp/1736867407 | |||
| 12 Jul 2021 | How Can Individuals’ Risk Personalities Affect Global Risk Management and ESG Adoption? | Michele Wucker’s New Book: YOU ARE WHAT YOU RISK | 00:49:11 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Michele Wucker, famous author and policy analyst. Michele’s newly published book, You Are What You Risk: The New Art and Science of Navigating an Uncertain World is a must-read book to understand the connections between individuals’ risk profile and global risk management.
Introduction and Overview • Focuses on risk (3:09) • Brings many facets together so non-specialists can access information and knowledge (3:45)
Inspiration and Motivation for New Book • How the feedback of The Gray Rhino book tour inspired the idea of this new book (5:59) • How can the new book help readers understand their risk personalities (8:44)
Risk Fingerprint Concept and its Application to Individuals and Organizations • How do various factors affect the company’s risk profiles (11:37) • How do leaders’ personal risk fingerprint affect companies’ risks profile (12:47) • How countries’ risk cultures influence risk management decisions (14:07)
Risk Appetite and Risk Attitude • Chinese characters of Crisis - “Wei” “Ji” (18:40) • How someone perceives the risk influences risk tolerance and risk appetite (20:25) • How training and education can change risk appetite and risk attitude (23:10)
Global Risk Management and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Movement • Challenges for global ESG movement (28:37) • How Olympic style competition could propel ESG movement (29:29)
Is the New Generation Really “Risk Averse”? • Why “Risk Averse” is not the proper description for new generations (33:30)
Takeaway Points of New Book (37:51)
Advice to Business Book Authors (41:20) | |||
| 28 Mar 2021 | New Governance Model of Family-Owned Business in Netherland | A Conversation with Fedor Heijl | 00:16:09 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Fedor Heijl, Chair of Vistage in Netherland. Board Chair of TechnoParts B.V.. and a family business trusted advisor. This is the second part of Lyndsey and Fedor’s conversation. Topics of this episode are focused on the new governance model of family-owned business. Conversation with Fedor Heijl HighlightsVistage and Fedor’s role as Vistage Chair How does the Vistage advisory group operate and help members? Fedor’s passion of helping others? Vistage Netherland Family business mindset (12:30) Three takeaway advice for family Business mindset (13:30) Guest Contact Information
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| 13 Dec 2020 | What investors need to know about stewardship in South Africa? | 00:26:45 | |
This is part 2 of the South Africa Corporate Governance Episodes. In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Clint Bartlett, professional impact investment consultant and strategy advisor from South Africa. Clint has worked across Sub-Saharan Africa, the US, the UK and Europe on projects related to impact strategy and sustainable finance. Clint reviews the impact of BEE to South Africa corporate governance development, the main function of corporate governance in South Africa, how the stewardship has worked for impact investment in the past decades, and impact of South Africa social issues to the effectiveness of stewardship. He also shares his concerns about the country current situation. At the end, based on current situation in South Africa, Clint suggests investors who have asset in South Africa re-evaluate investment strategy, return expectation, and make rational decision before making next strategic move. Conversation Highlights (with timestamps)
Guest Contact Information Clint Bartlett Email: Clint.bartlett@aya.yale.edu Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clintdbartlett/ Publication: https://nextbillion.net/risk-perception-funding-gap/ | |||
| 29 Nov 2020 | What we can learn about economic equality from South Africa? | 00:34:10 | |
This is part 1 of the South Africa Corporate Governance Episodes. In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Clint Bartlett, professional impact investment consultant and strategy advisor from South Africa. Clint has worked across Sub-Saharan Africa, the US, the UK and Europe on projects related to impact strategy and sustainable finance. The conversation starts South African Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policy introduced in 2005. Clint explained the historical background of BEE policy, its key points, changes in South Africa with BEE implementation, and social issues created by these changes, and challenges to South Africa corporate governance. With today’s global discussion regarding equalization, inclusiveness, and “Black Life Matter” advocate in US, they also discussed what US can learn from South Africa regarding how to manage race problem and create an equal and inclusive social environment. Conversation Highlights (with timestamps)
Guest Contact Information Clint Bartlett Email: Clint.bartlett@aya.yale.edu Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clintdbartlett/ Publication: https://nextbillion.net/risk-perception-funding-gap/ | |||
| 17 Jan 2021 | Material Engagement – The Missing Link | A conversation with Nawar Alsaadi | 00:45:12 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Nawar Alsaadi, Acting-Chief Strategy & ESG Officer at Mark Labs. Nawar is a sustainable investment professional and experienced activist investor. He has been involved with a number of high-profile activist battles with TSX and NYSE listed companies on issues pertaining to corporate governance and corporate strategy. The topic of this episode is about Nawar’s Material Engagement Strategy. Conversation Highlights
Guest Contact Information Email: Nawaralsaadi@gmail.com PublicationsThe Bull of Heaven -
Clock Zero: I am not my social feed
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| 21 Sep 2020 | Indian Corporate Governance Development and The Impact from Local Tax Regulation Reform | 00:51:11 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Mr. Mukesh Butani and Ms. Madhura Bhat from BMR Legal in India. BMR Legal is a leading boutique/attorney firm specializing in corporate international tax and transfer pricing and also advising on Indian Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policies. Mr. Butani is the Founder and Managing Director of BMR Legal with significant experience in advising Fortune 500 multinationals and large Indian business houses on a wide range of matters relating to FDI policy, business re-organizations, corporate international taxation, cross-border tax structuring, tax controversy and regulatory policy across a range of sectors. Mukesh has several authorships to his credit, including works published by Lexis Nexis Butterworths and a treatise on Transfer Pricing Dispute Resolution for the Cambridge University Press; and has co-authored for the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD). Ms. Bhat is a Senior Associate at the firm. She has a strong background in corporate, commercial and insolvency law practice. Mukesh and Madhura practice law before the Indian Supreme Court, High Courts and Tribunals. The conversation starts with India’s significant improvement on World Banks’ “ease of doing business” list position from 2014 to 2019. Mukesh explains that Indian corporate governance framework is defined by its regulation system, and the two most important regulation reform in recent years: Companies Act 2013 and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) new regulations. Mr. Butani reviews recent years Indian corporate governance (CG) development focus on roles of auditors, accounting and audit standards, independence of board director, function of audit committee and other committees, related party transaction, management outlook of disclosure, and the newly established National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA). Mr. Butani and Ms. Bhat navigate Indian culture influence to corporate governance social responsibility and gender diversity, and the contribution of traditional Indian family value to business success. Mr. Butani points out that India is the first country in the world requires companies to set-aside certain percentage of net profit for social responsibility purpose. Mr. Butani explains Companies Act 2013’s emphasis on related party transaction, arms’ length standard, transfer pricing policy and Whistleblowing policy, and different levels of supervision mechanism on these issues. Mr. Butani and Ms. Bhat emphasize Indian legal enforcement mechanism, NFRA and SEBI’s roles on regulation enforcement, management and board roles on regulation implement regulations, and Indian authorities’ emphasis on responsibilities of board, management, audit committee, and Indian authorities’ intension to establish an transparent investment environment for foreign investors, using a brief case study of how Indian authority handles two large non-banking entities’ collapse in 2018. Together, they review 2017 goods and service tax (GST) reform, one of the biggest indirect taxation reform in modern Indian history, the journey of the reform, the dispute mechanism. Mr. Butani shares his opinion regarding the achievement and challenges of GST reform, and his prospects of the reform in next 3-4 years. At the end, Mr. Butani advices on business opportunities in Indian market: purchasing power potentials with youth population (65% of population under age of 30), under-developed physical and social infrastructure sectors, and technology advancement in the past two and half decades. Conversation Highlights (with timestamps)
Guest Contact Information Mukesh Butani Email: Mukesh.butani@bmrlegal.in Direct Tel: +91 11 66783011 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mukesh-butani-17041614/ Madhura Bhat Email: Madhura.Bhat@bmrlegal.in Direct Tel: +91 11 66783015 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madhura-bhat-1b1a1892/ Websites: https://www.expertguides.com/experts/bmr-legal/butani-mukesh/butanimu/ | |||
| 02 May 2021 | 《巨浪 – 中国公司治理和ESG改革》新书推荐 ｜Lyndsey Zhang 向您推荐她的新书《巨浪》和《公司治理那些事儿》专题讨论平台 | 00:29:58 | |
#19 《巨浪 – 中国公司治理和ESG改革》新书推荐 ｜Lyndsey Zhang 向您推荐她的新书《巨浪》和《公司治理那些事儿》专题讨论平台
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•《公司治理那些事儿》专题平台讨论介绍（0：36） • 两个专题节目：（1）全球公司治理专题探讨； （2）ESG改革进行中 • 平台创办的原因 • 平台创建以来的成果
•《巨浪》书名的由来（5：00） • 我相信中国的持续增长是一个不可阻挡的巨浪 • 中国模式持续向世界推进是一个不可阻挡的巨浪 • 中国对全球经济影响力的增长是不可阻挡的巨浪
•《巨浪》封面设计的含义（9：21） • 为什么选择龙？大家都知道封面上的龙是代表中国，但更重要的是，龙在中国文化中代表着权利。 • 为什么选择竹林？绿色是环境保护的最好象征，而竹子在我们中国文化里，代表势不可挡的向上的生长能力，竹林在这里暗喻了中国经济今天发展的势头。 • 墨绿色朦胧的背景的含义：中国经济的快速发展，在很多西方国家看来是神秘的，不可捉摸的，看不透的。
• 为什么需要向西方国家推广中国的公司治理模式？（12:45） • 来自先进市场国家和新兴市场国家的中国公司与组织之间的合作不断发展 • 中国公司的崛起，成为全球行业领袖 • 中国公司治理的创新和挑战 • 西方国家如何看待中国公司治理的创新和风险 • 西方国家投资者对中国公司治理
• 《巨浪》如何帮助我们了解中国的公司治理？（18:00） • Lyndsey 在中美生活经历和中美跨国公司工作背景 • 中国的经济改革战略 “摸着石头过河”对西方投资者和高管学习中国公司治理的挑战 • 案列分析法讲解中国经济改革，中国文化对公司治理的影响 • 中国国有企业改革和股份改革的过程
• 接下来会怎样（24:00） • ESG改革对中国的影响 • 读者可以从《巨浪》学到什么 •《巨浪》可以帮中国公司做什么？
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| 14 Mar 2021 | ESG Reporting and Compliance Overview | A Conversation with Marie-Josée (MJ) Privyk | 00:50:04 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Marie-Josée Privyk, Head of ESG Innovation and Customer Success at Novisto Inc.. Marie-Josee is an extensive ESG Advisor to companies and investors with nearly 30 years of experience in capital markets. Their conversation of this episode focuses on various topics on today’s ESG reporting and compliance standards, challenges for companies, and directions for future regulatory development and ESG reporting trends. Conversation HighlightsOverall landscape of sustainable reporting today
The top challenges for corporates for sustainability reporting
Reporting Frameworks and Standards
ESG reporting standards for corporate and for investors
Why should companies improve ESG performance and reporting?
The direction of companies’ sustainable (ESG) reporting journey
Regulatory development trend for different stage of companies
Best approach to build sustainable strategy
Doing it for real!
Guest Contact InformationMarie-Josée Privyk | |||
| 18 Aug 2020 | Welcome to “Corporate Governance Around The World” podcast! | 00:07:00 | |
This is the introductory episode of “Corporate Governance Around The World”, Boardroom&Beyond’s first series.
In this short episode, host Lyndsey Zhang introduces herself, explains her guest speakers backgrounds and main topics of this podcast series, and tells her audiences what they can learn from her shows.
Lyndsey reviews challenges she experienced in her professional career caused by different countries’ culture, regulation system, economic environment, points out global difficulties and challenges business leaders have to deal with today, and shares her passion of discovering the root causes of these challenges and helping others to navigate paths to success in the global business world.
At the end, Lyndsey invites audiences to connect with her to leave comments and questions, or to participate in her show and share stories.
Please join Lyndsey for this interesting learning journey!
Contact Host – Lyndsey Zhang Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndsey-zhang/ Email: lyndsey.zhang@boardroomandbeyond.com Websites: www.boardroomandbeyond.com | |||
| 31 Jan 2021 | Does Impact Investment Work? | 01:11:42 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey moderates a debate between Patrick Dunne and Clint Bartlett. Patrick and Clint share their opinions regarding the effectiveness of Impact Investment in Africa and other related topics from their different roles in the impact investment ecosystem. Conversation Highlights (with timestamps)
Guest Contact InformationPatrick Dunne
 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickdunne2/ Twitter: patrickedunne Email: patrickedunne@gmail.com Websites: leapcc.org.uk (Leap) warwick.ac.uk/warwickinafrica (Warwick in Africa) Clint Bartlett
 Email: Clint.bartlett@aya.yale.edu Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clintdbartlett/ Publication: https://nextbillion.net/risk-perception-funding-gap/ | |||
| 13 Jun 2021 | Chinese Multinationals’ Roles in the Worldwide ESG Revolution | A Conversation with Professor Lourdes Casanova | 00:40:21 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Professor Lourdes Casanova, the senior lecturer of management and director of Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University. She has been devoting her research in emerging markets multinational companies for many years with numerous publications and books regarding multinational companies.
Introduction and Overview - Lourdes focuses her research on emerging multinationals (2:10)
Emerging Multinationals vs Multinational Companies from Advanced Countries - Emerging Multinationals • Younger companies (5:16) • Companies born in an unstable and volatile environment (5:28) • Go global to avoid intrinsic risk of home environment (5:54) - Chinese Multinationals (6:11) • More stable environment (6:17) • Support of the government (6:24) • Large internal market to build support for company (6:31)
Role of Government in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises (SOE’s) (7:45) - Importance of innovation (8:36) - Benefit from: • Growth of their own economy (11:18) • Size of their domestic economy (12:02) • Support of the government (12:06) • Early adopters of technology (12:23)
- Covid-19 crisis vs. 2008 financial crisis impacts to Chinese Companie (13:47) • Overseas mergers and acquisitions • Growth in other emerging markets (16:05) • Growth in technology and learning (16:44)
Regional Trade Agreements and Initiatives - Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (17:40) - Belt and Road Initiative (19:27) - Other China and emerging market collaborations (20:17) Future of Belt and Road Initiative (22:13)
Role of Chinese Companies in the Worldwide ESG Revolution - More countries and citizens are asking companies to be part of the solution - Corporate social credit ratings (26:29) - Increased transparency and higher standards (27:21)
Governance Models and ESG standards for Emerging Markets Countries (28:19)
Guest Contact Information Professor Lourdes Casanova Email: Lourdes.casanova@cornell.edu Twitter: @lourdescasanova LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/lourdes-casanova/0/23a/11 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CornellEMI/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emicornell/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjP0mTfBVNB7WSUHXMnsYAw/featured http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lourdes_Casanova http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/Emerging-Markets-Institute https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3524-1499 | |||
| 03 Jan 2021 | What is institutional investor’s view about China Corporate Governance risks and State-Owned Entities (SOEs)? | 00:36:23 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Vivian Lin, partner and portfolio manager of William Blair’s China A-Shares Growth strategy and a global research analyst covering Chinese equities. Their conversation starts with understanding the importance of China corporate governance for investor side. And the status of China corporate governance and ESG trend. They then dive into China corporate governance key risks. Vivian shares how she handles these risks when she invests in China companies from selecting process and due diligence process. They continue the conversation with China SOEs corporate governance. Vivian explains the different ownership of China SOEs. She reviews the key risk of China SOEs, and the societal contribution SOEs made to China society. They closed the first part of the conversation by Vivian sharing her experience regarding things global investors do not know but should know about China SOEs. Vivian shares her experience working with China SOEs with professional management team, and her opinion regarding the importance of CEO compensation in China SOE reform. Conversation Highlights (with timestamps)
Guest Contact Information Vivian Lin Email: linthurston@gmail.com Publication: Vivian’s blog site on William Blair: https://active.williamblair.com/author/vivian-lin-thurston/ “Sustainable Trends Supporting China A-Shares”
“Three Themes in Emerging Markets”
“China Backdrop: Fundamentally and Technically Positive”
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| 28 Mar 2021 | Company Culture Drives Success of Family-Owned Business in Netherland | A Conversation with Fedor Heijl | 00:23:19 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Fedor Heijl, Chair of Vistage in Netherland. Board Chair of TechnoParts B.V.. and a family business trusted advisor. Their conversation of this episode is regarding the company culture of family-owned business. Conversation with Fedor Heijl HighlightsThe beauty of Netherland and Netherland culture Key reasons of Netherland family-owned company’s success Fedor’s family-owned business structure? Top challenges growing family business Guest Contact Information
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| 18 Apr 2021 | What Could Make Impact Investment More Effective? | A Conversation with Dr. Kwan Kew Lai from Harvard Medical School | 00:56:07 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Dr. Kwan Kew Lai, a Harvard Medical faculty physician, with a specialty in infectious diseases. She is a disaster relief medical volunteer who has volunteered her medical services all over the world.
The conversation of this episode focuses on the insights Dr. Lai will give us detailing the impact investment projects in Africa from a doctor’s experience.
Introduction and Overview: - Dr. Lai’s “why” behind the volunteer work she does and why she chose Africa to concentrate her volunteer efforts (6:12) - What Dr. Lai first thoughts were when she first visited Africa and saw first hand the hardships that her patients were facing (11:52) - What encouraged Dr. Lai to risk her own safety to help others (15:39) - What are the top challenges for volunteer doctors working in these countries: (20:31) - Infrastructure (20:48) - Lack of healthcare personnel (21:39)
Malawi: - Dr. Lai’s mission in Malawi. Her experience with being selected for the program (23:09) - Obstacles for her Malawi mission: - Infrastructure concerns (27:25) - Privacy concerns (30:13) - Involvement of NGO’s and the local government (31:46) - How the turnover of medical staff affects the program (33:07) - Measurements involved in the Malawi program (35:00)
Future: - Future of the Malawi region healthcare system (41:19) - Lack of commitment by the government to support the program (41:37) - What incentives could be offered to reduce the turnover of medical staff (43:59) - Challenges to overcome to make future programs successful (44:45) - Reducing turnover of staff and retaining new talent (44:45) - How changes in the year end evaluation could improve the program (45:31)
Guest Contact Information:
Dr. Kwan Kew Lai
New book: "Into Africa Out of Academia: A Doctor's Memoir"
Book debut: "Lest We Forget: A Doctor's Experience with Life and Death During the Ebola Outbreak"
kwankew@gmail.com
www.kwankewlai.com | |||
| 14 Feb 2021 | Driving ESG Movements in Major Asian Financial Hubs | A Conversation with Agnes K Y Tai | 00:34:41 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Agnes Tai, Senior Partner of Yaozhi Asset Management International and an ESG thought leader. And Agnes has been a sustainable investor for many years. Conversation of this episode is focusing on how government, local organizations and investors drive ESG movement in major Asian finance hubs. Conversation Highlights
Guest Contact Information Agnes K Y Tai | |||
| 09 Dec 2021 | How do digital technologies empower corporate boards and board directors? | 00:54:36 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Dr. Fabio Oliveira. Dr. Oliveira has more than 14 years as an academic. He teaches management, digital technologies, marketing, digital transformation, and business strategy for MBA and Master students in Business School Sao Paulo, Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado, University of Hertfordshire, University of Ulster, London Metropolitan University, University of Solent and Henley Business School. Dr. Oliveira is a certified instructor of Artificial Intelligence of the Huawei ICT Academy at Henley Business School. He is the author of academic papers and a contributor to book chapters. Their conversation of this episode is about Dr. Oliveira’s opinions on the impact of digital transformation to boardroom and board members, based on his research findings. Conversation Topics with timestamps:
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| 15 Nov 2020 | What international skills make future business leaders at board level? | 01:01:57 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Christine Raynaud, a board member of the European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. She is passionate about transforming people's lives with better jobs, training and education, and has been mentoring and advising various HRTech and Education ventures in Asia. The conversation starts with recent trend of board skills requirements. Christine explains the difference between hard skills and soft skills, and the ultimate board roles of governance and compliance drive recent years trend of board skills requirement and development. Christine reviews the board skills requirement changes over the years due to globalization, and pointed out with the new challenge caused by COVID 19, vaccine development and deployment, new trend of nationalism, board need to look into skills needed to guide organization’s global strategy. Christine shares her prospect of talent acquisition challenges for international companies with the ever-complicated globalization journey, and pointed out that organization board needs to re-evaluation globalization vs. localization strategy with international mindset. She points out that future board skills will focus more on soft skills, global business mentality, understanding the importance to empower and reward local management team, respect local business practice and regulation, and open for innovation ideas on technology, management and corporate governance models. Christine reviews western international company’s global expansion journey with centralized talent management models, she points out how international company can deploy the home country model 40 years ago does not working any more due to emerging market countries regulation establishment, and compliance requirements today. Christine suggests that Asia multinationals are 40 years behind Western’ international journey, therefore, Asian companies can learn from western experience. She also shares the challenges of European Chamber of Commerce when helping member companies expanding business in Asian market. Christine emphasizes that business mindset difference is the biggest obstacles for Asian multinational company’s globalization journey, using a real business story from her own executive search firm. She recommends that future global leader for China multinational firms need international business mindset, and education system should facilitate this enhancement. At the end, Christine suggests future international business leaders to have plenty of patient, determination, modesty, friendships with realism for the on-going international growing journey. Conversation Highlights (with timestamps)
Guest Contact Information Christine Raynaud | |||
| 27 May 2021 | Governance’s 21-Years Journey | A Conversation with Lesley Stephenson | 00:30:58 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Lesley Stephenson, Publisher and Owner of Governance Magazine. They discuss the 21 year journey of this global publication.
Introduction and Overview: - Worked on publishing the first corporate governance code – Cadbury Report on the Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance (2:15) - Published Greenbury Report on director remuneration and the Hampel Report which reviewed the original Cadbury Code (2:31) - Publisher of Financial Times Board Director Programme – provides training, development and networking for board directors in their role as director (3:22)
Governance Magazine: - Governance magazine has actually been going since November 1997 – 23 years (4:32) - Covers any issue of relevance to boards and investors (5:04) - Occasionally looks at important developments outside the corporate sector but mainly corporate (5:42) - Readership (6:24) • Chairs/CEOs/CO Secs in large listed companies worldwide - Main readership is in the UK (50%) and the USA (10%). The audience is truly global, with subscribers in 40 different countries (6:38)
Corporate Governance Over 20 Years Ago: - Generally boards more resistant, not so well accepted (8:04) - Heavy emphasis on running companies for benefit of shareholders – this has broadened out to include all stakeholders (9:26) - No concept of Board Diversity at all (10:13)
Top Moment: - Publishing an article by Alexei Navalny (11:21)
Top Challenges: - Time management between the Financial Times Board Director Programme and Governance Magazine (11:49) - Small team working behind the scenes on Governance Magazine (12:04) - Good content has not been a challenge (12:30)
Top Changes in Past 21 Years: - General acceptance of Governance and business as a force for good (13:41) - Increase in investor stewardship (14:31) - Board diversity and inclusion (14:53) - Drivers of change: (16:43) • Scandals
Trend of Corporate Governance Development in the Next 5 to 10 Years: - ESG is here to stay. Climate change needs to be dealt with (19:05) - Extension of a wider sense of stakeholder engagement (19:22) - Culture comes from the top (19:43) - Changes to digital technology, AI and the way we do things (20:02) - Boards and directors need to be adaptable and open to change (20:28)
Importance of Ongoing Corporate Governance Training: - Individual directors have the responsibility to make sure they are up to date and that their skills are appropriate (21:31) - Other professions expect specific training and CPD (Continuing Professional Development) (23:10) - Governance Magazine helps board directors by keeping them up to date across a range of topics (23:39) | |||
| 06 Apr 2021 | Board Leadership - The Emerging Challenges for Corporate Boards and Board Chairs | A conversation with Professor Andrew Kakabadse | 01:01:30 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Professor Andrew Kakabadse, Professor of Governance and Strategic Leadership at Henley Business School in the UK, Emeritus Professor of International Management Development at Cranfield University’s School of Management. Their conversation of this episode covers various hot topics regarding the Emerging Challenges for Corporate Boards and Board Chairs. Conversation Highlights (with timestamps)
Guest Contact Information Professor Andrew Kakabadse a.kakabadse@henley.ac.hk Website : https://www.henley.ac.uk/people/andrew-kakabadse Publications : | |||
| 31 Oct 2021 | The Newly Launched Corporate Governance Code in Lesotho | 00:47:18 | |
In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Advocate (Adv.) Selebalo Ntepe, the Deputy Chairman of the Institute of Directors Lesotho. Advocate (Adv.) Selebalo Ntepe was part of a team of Corporate Governance practitioners which developed Lesotho’s first governance code, the Mohlomi Corporate Governance Code. He was entrusted to present the highlights of code during its international launch in August 2021. Their conversation of this episode covers topics regarding Lesotho’s economy, culture, corporate governance landscape, the role of Lesotho’s culture in its first set of corporate governance code, and how the corporate governance code will impact different stakeholders, and the tops places to go in Lesotho…… Conversation Highlights
Guest Contact Info.: Selebalo Ntepe:
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