Alison Gill is a behavioural psychologist, triple Olympian and the co-founder of Bvalco, a board evaluation consultancy focused on helping boards become fit for the future.
Board Effectiveness Guild paper
We know that a review of a board’s effectiveness is important but the true value of that review is not always guaranteed.
I recently chaired a discussion with NEDs on not only what makes a review good, but also bad and even ugly.
Much like a board review itself, an open and honest analysis of what works and what doesn’t provided invaluable insights into how we can be better. Here are the key takeaways’.
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The FTSE Women Leaders Review 2026 celebrates significant and positive change in addressing gender imbalance in the board room, with public and private companies in the FTSE 350 at or near a 40% target for appointing women onto boards.
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