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Give your favourite UK NED the nod
Non-executive directors — particularly at certain British banks — are not exactly flavour of the month.
There has been widespread questioning of what precisely it is many non-execs actually do, other than take home a sometimes handsome reward for attending a scattering of board meetings.
The promoters of the annual NED (Non-Executive Directors) Awards 2009 — which are presumably the boardroom equivalent of the Oscars — put a positive spin on their role:
The appointment of a Non-Executive Director (NED) can highly influence the success of an organisation
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The Wall
