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Turbulent annual general meetings, the new shareholder rights directive and the code reform – more corporate governance was rare. A view.
The AGM season is picking up speed, and after Easter it will be really exciting: Bayer is set to hold a particularly turbulent Annual General Meeting on April 26, followed by further exciting shareholder meetings at high speed – for example at RWE, Bilfinger, Volkswagen, BMW, Daimler and Deutsche Bank.
11. April 2019 - von schalipp
Flops

Supervisory Boards: The lessons of the Carlos Goshn case
As almost all managers today talk about team spirit, social competence and ethics, it is sometimes forgotten that they still exist, the Sun Kings on the executive floors.
11. April 2019 - von schalipp
News from the scene

Supervisory Board of the week: Siegfried Russwurm (ThyssenKrupp)
In recent days, German companies have reported several exciting personal details from their supervisory bodies, including the withdrawal of liquor patriarch Emil Underberg (78) from the supervisory board and the nomination of former Siemens boss Klaus Kleinfeld (61) for the board of directors of SNP SE.
11. April 2019 - von schalipp
Tops

Bayer Strategy: Werner Wenning puts everything in the balance
To be honest, we know too little about glyphosate and Monsanto to assess Bayer’s strategy.
9. April 201911. April 2019 - von schalipp
DEHNEN.s Corner

Supervisory boards have become much more professional in recent years. What they need now to become (even) better.
The AGM season has begun and discussions about supervisory boards are intensifying again: Shareholders question the competence of candidates, insist on more independence and criticize high bonuses.
4. April 20197. April 2019 - von schalipp

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Bayer Strategy: Werner Wenning puts everything in the balance

9. April 201911. April 2019 - von schalipp

To be honest, we know too little about glyphosate and Monsanto to assess Bayer’s strategy. But we are still convinced: Supervisory Board Chairman Werner Wenning did the right thing when he stood behind CEO Werner Baumann at the end of last week. The Supervisory Board “remains unchanged and unanimously behind the strategic logic of the transaction,” Wenning said in an interview. In doing so, he left no back door open …

Bernie Sanders & Elisabeth Warren: The US Governance Rebels

4. April 20197. April 2019

Lidl boss Gehrig: A Google manager for the control committee

28. March 20192. April 2019

Women’s quota: The most powerful supervisory board members in the Dax

21. March 2019

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Flops

Supervisory Boards: The lessons of the Carlos Goshn case

11. April 2019 - von schalipp

As almost all managers today talk about team spirit, social competence and ethics, it is sometimes forgotten that they still exist, the Sun Kings on the executive floors. But usually you don’t recognize them at first sight, because they light rhetorical smoke candles or develop their hubris little by little. Supervisory boards must therefore be permanently vigilant – and can learn from the scandal surrounding former Nissan Renault Mitsubishi boss …

AGM season: Who buys the approval of the shareholders?

4. April 20197. April 2019

Joe Kaeser: How the Siemens boss promotes populism

28. March 20192. April 2019

Manager salaries: Beiersdorf and the Heidenreich salary

21. March 201921. March 2019

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News from the scene

Supervisory Board of the week: Siegfried Russwurm (ThyssenKrupp)

11. April 2019 - von schalipp

In recent days, German companies have reported several exciting personal details from their supervisory bodies, including the withdrawal of liquor patriarch Emil Underberg (78) from the supervisory board and the nomination of former Siemens boss Klaus Kleinfeld (61) for the board of directors of SNP SE. However, ThyssenKrupp Supervisory Board Chairman Martina Merz announced what is probably the most important new appointment: Siegfried Russwurm (55) joins the committee and succeeds …

Supervisory Board Member of the Week: Sigrid Nikutta (Vossloh)

4. April 20197. April 2019

Supervisory Board of the week: Philipp Rösler (Fortum)

28. March 20192. April 2019

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Guest Articles

Keynote speech at the 13th German Supervisory Board Meeting

29. June 201821. March 2019 - von Redaktion GBR

The motto of the 13th German Supervisory Board meeting is “Thinking Corporate Governance Further”. And for good reason. Some of you will remember: last November, at the 12th DART, Rolf Nonnenmacher, Chairman of the Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code, spoke about his vision of the’fundamental revision of the Code’ announced six months earlier. At that time I had hoped that a lively, transparent debate would develop – …