月: 2015年10月

Nicholas Benes is Representative Director of The Board Director Training Institute of Japan, which trains directors as a government-certified “public interest” nonprofit. Since 2010, he has chaired the Growth Strategy Task Force of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan.

The Japanese government and the Tokyo Stock Exchange have taken a number of steps aimed at improving corporate governance on the assumption that this will not only improve returns for shareholders, but also improve corporate efficiency and growth prospects.

Only 15  companies have submitted English language Corporate Governance Reports to the TSE in the past 12 months…even though the CG Code asks companies with many foreign investors to consider that.  We need significantly more than 15.   Boys be [more] ambitious!  But recently I was able to convince the TSE to at least make a list of the companies that DO have English reports, so that we can single them out for praise.  You can find the list on a downloadable Excel file on this page.

– Thirty executives named in accounting scandal won't be fired
– Ousted board members stay on the payroll as advisers

“The rule at GE is one strike and you’re out,” said Nicholas Benes, representative director of the Board Director Training Institute of Japan. “What I’m seeing is something closer to 100 percent tolerance at Toshiba.”