The Board-Centric Annual Meeting

The first step toward a board-centric meeting is for companies to acknowledge that the AGM (by which we mean the entire process of disclosure, communication, proxy solicitation and engagement, as well as the meeting itself) should be treated as a governance event. It should be an occasion for directors to answer the question “How are we doing?” with respect to their long list of duties and responsibilities relating to corporate governance, sustainability and strategic oversight of the business.