With the 2009 proxy season drawing to a close, we asked a few experts for their key takeaways on shareholder activism and proxy...Read more
Ian Sax

In addition to living and breathing corporate governance, Ian Sax freelances for a number of publications and writes fiction and stage plays
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The year 2008 has been a tumultuous one for the audience of Corporate Secretary magazine. It’s been a tumultuous one for everyone, for...Read more
There was a time when corporate governance conferences could barely fill a room. I know because I often sat in the back of those rooms...Read more
In May, the Nasdaq Stock Market launched Board Recruiting ( www.boardrecruiting.com ), a new service aimed at public and private...Read more
July 2009
With the 2009 proxy season drawing to a close, we asked a few experts for their key takeaways on shareholder activism and proxy...Read more
February 2009
The year 2008 has been a tumultuous one for the audience of Corporate Secretary magazine. It’s been a tumultuous one for everyone, for...Read more
October 2008
There was a time when corporate governance conferences could barely fill a room. I know because I often sat in the back of those rooms...Read more
July 2007
In May, the Nasdaq Stock Market launched Board Recruiting ( www.boardrecruiting.com ), a new service aimed at public and private...Read more
April 2006
Is the corporate governance pendulum finally swinging back? Well, not quite. While the pace of reform has inevitably slowed, corporate...Read more
January 2006
It’s easy to forget that we’re already years into the Sarbanes-Oxley era of corporate governance. Companies continue to struggle with...Read more
September 2005
On March 2005, Research in Motion, the Canadian maker of the wildly successful Blackberry wireless business, was forced to pay $450 mn...Read more
November 2004
In the thick of last year’s proxy season, Calpers told its portfolio companies – some 3,000 firms – that it would oppose the election...Read more
Pinning down a typical day at the office of Pitney Bowes’ corporate secretary is no small feat. That’s because when you’re talking...Read more
July 2009
With the 2009 proxy season drawing to a close, we asked a few experts for their key takeaways on shareholder activism and proxy...Read more
February 2009
The year 2008 has been a tumultuous one for the audience of Corporate Secretary magazine. It’s been a tumultuous one for everyone, for...Read more
October 2008
There was a time when corporate governance conferences could barely fill a room. I know because I often sat in the back of those rooms...Read more
July 2007
In May, the Nasdaq Stock Market launched Board Recruiting ( www.boardrecruiting.com ), a new service aimed at public and private...Read more
April 2006
Is the corporate governance pendulum finally swinging back? Well, not quite. While the pace of reform has inevitably slowed, corporate...Read more
January 2006
It’s easy to forget that we’re already years into the Sarbanes-Oxley era of corporate governance. Companies continue to struggle with...Read more
September 2005
On March 2005, Research in Motion, the Canadian maker of the wildly successful Blackberry wireless business, was forced to pay $450 mn...Read more
November 2004
In the thick of last year’s proxy season, Calpers told its portfolio companies – some 3,000 firms – that it would oppose the election...Read more
Pinning down a typical day at the office of Pitney Bowes’ corporate secretary is no small feat. That’s because when you’re talking...Read more