My last issue as Editor of Governance and Compliance
This month's cover interview is with Giles Peel, Head of
Governance Advisory Practice at DAC Beachcroft. His career to date
has been a unique one, spending 20 years in the Royal Navy as a
Supply and Secretariat Officer, during which time he completed the
ICSA qualifications to become a chartered secretary. He had the
foresight to plan for life after the armed forces, and his
background enables him to offer an alternative perspective on
corporate governance and the role of the company
secretary.
Giles offers some interesting insight to the boardroom –
of particular note are his thoughts on increasing responsibilities
placed upon non-executive directors in light of the SMR and SMIR.
He explains that he is passionate about the principle of collective
responsibility for boards and believes that these regimes could
perhaps undermine this. His concern is that the increased level of
responsibility placed upon NEDs may
