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The contribution that non-executive directors can make to company management is increasingly recognised. This note discusses the role of the non-executive director, and reports the results of a recent survey by the Bank of the 1,000 largest industrial companies.
There is encouraging evidence that more companies are appointing non-executive directors.
The composition of company boards in 1982