Boardroom&Beyond Podcast
26 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBoardroom&Beyond podcast is a learning and dialogue platform for international business leaders to share different culture, corporate governance, corporate law and business practice around the world.
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How does ESG integration impact business Branding strategy?
March 14, 2022 14:23 - 50 minutes - 72.2 MBIn 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 i...
How do digital technologies empower corporate boards and board directors?
December 09, 2021 05:00 - 54 minutes - 77.3 MBIn 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 Intelli...
The Newly Launched Corporate Governance Code in Lesotho
October 31, 2021 12:00 - 47 minutes - 67.3 MBIn 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, co...
How Can Individuals’ Risk Personalities Affect Global Risk Management and ESG Adoption? | Michele Wucker’s New Book: YOU ARE WHAT YOU RISK
July 12, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes - 69.9 MBIn 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...
Chinese Multinationals’ Roles in the Worldwide ESG Revolution | A Conversation with Professor Lourdes Casanova
June 13, 2021 12:00 - 40 minutes - 57.8 MBIn 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 Advan...
Governance’s 21-Years Journey | A Conversation with Lesley Stephenson
May 27, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes - 44.9 MBIn 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 Dire...
《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
May 02, 2021 12:05 - 29 minutes - 43.5 MB#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 从5月3日起，电子版《巨浪》享受新书购买40% 优惠！点击购买《巨浪》: https://www.amazon.com/Surge-Overview-Corporate-Governance-Revolution/dp/1736867407 •《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...
The Surge by Lyndsey Zhang | An Overview of China's Rapidly Evolving Corporate Governance and Coming ESG Revolution - English Version
May 02, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBIn 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! Starting May 3rd, 2021, you can receive a 40% discount on the purchase of the Kindle version of the book on Amazon for a limited time. Episode Highlights (with timestamps) • Inspiration behind the writing of “The Surge” (2:14) - Education background and experience working in both US and Chinese companies ...
What Could Make Impact Investment More Effective? | A Conversation with Dr. Kwan Kew Lai from Harvard Medical School
April 18, 2021 12:00 - 56 minutes - 79.4 MBIn 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 s...
Board Leadership - The Emerging Challenges for Corporate Boards and Board Chairs | A conversation with Professor Andrew Kakabadse
April 06, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBIn 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) Different interest groups represented by board members o B...
New Governance Model of Family-Owned Business in Netherland | A Conversation with Fedor Heijl
March 28, 2021 11:10 - 16 minutes - 24.5 MBIn 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 Highlights Vistage and Fedor’s role as Vistage Chair o Passion of coaching and mentoring next generation (2:00) o Value creation environment (6:00) How does ...
Company Culture Drives Success of Family-Owned Business in Netherland | A Conversation with Fedor Heijl
March 28, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes - 34.4 MBIn 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 Highlights The beauty of Netherland and Netherland culture o Netherland with diverse culture (4:00) o World-class R&D center (5:30) Key reasons of Netherland family-owned company’s success o Family controlled publ...
ESG Reporting and Compliance Overview | A Conversation with Marie-Josée (MJ) Privyk
March 14, 2021 12:00 - 50 minutes - 71.1 MBIn 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 Highlights Overall landscap...
Stewardship and ESG Reporting Development in Major Asian Financial Hubs | A Conversation with Agnes K Y Tai
February 28, 2021 12:00 - 35 minutes - 51.2 MBIn 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 Stewardship in Asia Actively Proxy voting is just started in Asian companies, especially for E and S factors (4:00) Stewardship in Asia is just be...
Driving ESG Movements in Major Asian Financial Hubs | A Conversation with Agnes K Y Tai
February 14, 2021 12:00 - 34 minutes - 50 MBIn 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 How Agnes started Sustainable Investment and latest career with Yaozhi Asset Management (1:30) Different terms – responsible investing, s...
Does Impact Investment Work?
January 31, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBIn 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) What is impact investment? (2:10) What kind of structure is most effective for impact investing? (10:00) Challenges finding good impact investing project in Africa (22:20) ...
Material Engagement – The Missing Link | A conversation with Nawar Alsaadi
January 17, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 64.4 MBIn 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 The motivation of Material Engagement st...
What is institutional investor’s view about Ant Group IPO incident and China regulation reform?
January 03, 2021 11:10 - 29 minutes - 42.5 MBIn 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’...
What is institutional investor’s view about China Corporate Governance risks and State-Owned Entities (SOEs)?
January 03, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 52.3 MBIn 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 fro...
What investors need to know about stewardship in South Africa?
December 13, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 39.1 MBThis 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 stewardshi...
What we can learn about economic equality from South Africa?
November 29, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 49.3 MBThis 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 ...
What international skills make future business leaders at board level?
November 15, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBIn 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 complia...
New World, New Board
October 19, 2020 11:00 - 50 minutes - 71.1 MBIn 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,...
Indian Corporate Governance Development and The Impact from Local Tax Regulation Reform
September 21, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes - 72.7 MBIn 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, b...
Evolution of Governance In The UK Public, Private Equity and Startup Markets with Patrick Dunne
August 24, 2020 21:40 - 47 minutes - 67.5 MBIn 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 gov...
Welcome to “Corporate Governance Around The World” podcast!
August 18, 2020 19:18 - 7 minutes - 12 MBThis 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 dif...