RIYADH: The GCC Board Directors Institute (GCC BDI) reported an 82 percent surge in its membership in Saudi Arabia last year.
The GCC BDI announced that its total membership rose to 2,038 in 2020, with Saudi Arabia its fast-growing and biggest market for members.
“Sixty percent of our membership is in Saudi Arabia. Approximately 1,230 out of our 2,038 members are Saudi,” Jane Valls, executive director of the GCC BDI, told Arab News.
“The Kingdom is the largest country in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), so it’s normal to have such a high figure, but this also shows a keen interest in corporate governance and board effectiveness in Saudi Arabia,” she said.
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The Mauritius Institute of Directors hosted a panel discussion exclusively for its members, from both private and public sectors, comprising of an esteemed panel of business leaders and policy makers to address the issue of “Corporate Governance in the post COVID era”.
In this unprecedented era caused by the Coronavirus outbreak, many familiar features of the corporate governance landscape have changed significantly. Organizations are facing difficult times as the measures being deployed to slow the spread of COVID-19 are impacting capital markets, supply chains, and business operations.
“A strong corporate culture, reinforced by effective governance practices, is more important than ever in this post-pandemic era and thus, treating corporate governance as last priority on the board’s agenda is the last thing to do. Undeniably, Boards are facing a complex new reality as a result of COVID-19 where the new environment is characterized by pressures and