Financial Times Special Report on Sustainable Finance, 5 December 2018. Please find editorial commentary by Turid E. Solvang, Founder and CEO, FutureBoards here

The Nordic corporate governance model is typically regarded as a North Star when it comes to openness, trust and responsibility. Yet, the recent Danske Bank scandal across the Nordics and the Baltics has painted a different picture.

The €200bn money laundering scandal has so far resulted in criminal investigations in the US, Denmark and Estonia, as well as costing the jobs of chief executive Thomas Borgen and members of his top management team. And scrutiny is now being directed towards the ousted chairman and members of the board.

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The Financial Times' CFO Dialogues took place in London on November 8. Turid E. Solvang and Alexandra Morris, Chief Investment Officer at SKAGEN Funds co-chaired the work group on 'Gender balance: overcoming the barriers  in the financial sector'. Please find the extensive summary of the debate, written by Lauren Juliff, Head of UK Institutional, SKAGEN Funds.

Magma, nr 5/2018; Turid Elisabeth Solvang
16. juli lanserte det britiske Financial Reporting Council sin nye anbefaling for eierstyring og selskapsledelse. Denne understreker viktigheten av selskapets relasjon med alle interessentgrupper, og ansvaret for langsiktig verdiskaping. Dette ansvaret påligger investorene, styret og ledelsen, og er i tråd med globale trender, drevet av blant annet teknologisk utvikling, klimaendringer, samt geopolitisk og finansiell uro. Noen kaller det samfunnsansvar. Les innlegget her.

Innlegg, Aftenposten 2. august 2018, av Turid E. Solvang, Founder/CEO FutureBoards

Vi trenger ledere som har forstått at de er satt til å forvalte verdier på vegne av oss alle. Og vi vil vite hva de mener om det.

Veslemøy Østrem (Aftenposten 26. juli) etterlyser norske næringslivledere med evne og vilje til deltakelse i den offentlige debatten om sin egen maktposisjon og selskapets rolle i samfunnet.

Dette er i tråd med globale trender, og presset kommer fra flere hold. Larry Fink, CEO i BlackRock, verdens største kapitalforvalter (ca. 6 ganger Oljefondet) skriver årlige brev til ledelsen i selskapene de har investert i, og ber om at selskapene ikke bare leverer økonomiske resultater, men også viser hvordan de bidrar til samfunnet. Dette er også Oljefondet, BlackRocks største eier, enig i. Les innlegget her. 

Dagens Næringsliv, 20 juni 2018- replikk til DN av Turid E. Solvang, Founder/CEO FutureBoards og Vibeke Hammer Madsen, administrerende direktør i Virke. 

"Det handler ikke om pengene som tjenes. Det handler om hvordan de tjenes, og på bekostning av hvem og hva". Les replikken her. N.B. Krever innlogging. 

Dagens Næringsliv, 6 juni 2018- innlegg av Turid E. Solvang, Founder/CEO FutureBoards og Vibeke Hammer Madsen, administrerende direktør i Virke. 

Styrene må håndtere strategien for samfunnsansvar selv, ikke sette den ut til konsulenter, slik nye styringsprinsipper åpner for. Les artikkelen her

Listen to BBC Radio London´s show Drivetime with Eddie Nestor where Turid Solvang discusses gender quotas in responds to BBC´s      article on top 10 worst excuses for not appointing women executives given in the Hampton- Alexander Review. Tune in from 2:20:55 to      2:29:00.

January 2018, 25th anniversary of the UK corporate Governance Code, Blog post by Turid Elisabeth Solvang

In times of great uncertainty and rapid change, we need strong standards. Corporate governance codes provide good guidance. But while companies and capital markets become more and more globalized and integrated, standards for good corporate governance remain shaped by local ownership structures and founded on national legislation, culture and traditions. Read article here.

Ukeavisen Ledelse, 24. November 2017 - Intervju med Professor Mervyn E. King, Chair of the King Commission on Corporate Governance for South Africa og Turid E. Solvang, Founder/CEO FutureBoards.

Styrer som går fra å snakke profitt til å snakke om verdi, dette var temaet på årets FutureBoards Summit. Les artikkelen her. 

#7/2017 - Samfunnsansvar

Magma, nr 7/2017; Turid Elisabeth Solvang og Frøydis Jaren

Gud skapte ikke bedriftene», sier Lady Lynn Forester de Rotschild, initiativtaker til Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism, i et intervju med styremagasinet Board Agenda. Poenget hennes er at bedriften er konstruert av samfunnet, og at investorer og styrer må tenke nytt rundt begrepet kapitalisme i takt med samfunnsutviklingen. Les artikkelen her. 

Interview with Turid Elisabeth Solvang, Founder & CEO FutureBoards - Norway Asia Business Review 2/2017

“There is more focus on corporate governance and the public has new expectations to business conduct, responsiveness and responsibility. Board members, though insignificant in number, make very significant decisions on behalf of companies, and these decisions affect not only the companies and their employees and customers, but also society around them. So, more people should care about corporate governance, about who are sitting on those boards, and what they contribute.”

Read Norway Asia Business Review 2/2017 here

7. July 2017 - AdminControl Blog post by: Turid Elisabeth Solvang, Founder & CEO FutureBoards.

We are in a perfect storm of perpetual change. Around us, technology, business models, and markets are transforming at unprecedented speed, changing the very bones on which business and industry are built. Boards must learn while on the watch to navigate these unfamiliar and treacherous waters. What is at stake is their company’s future.

#06/17 - Digitalisering

Magma, nr 6/2017; Turid Elisabeth Solvang

I et intervju med Aftenposten for to år siden hevdet jeg at norske styrer var digitale sinker. Og mener jeg det samme i dag? Det er ingen tvil om at dette temaet er svært høyt på samfunnsagendaen, men har den fjerde industrielle revolusjonen – og konsekvensene av den – nådd styrerommene? Ser vi tegn til endringer i hvem som sitter ved styrebordene, hvilken kompetanse de bringer med seg, og hvordan de arbeider? Jeg er redd svaret er et rungende TJA …, eller at i beste (verste?) fall er endringen FOR LITEN, og det går FOR SAKTE. Les artikkelen her.

ACCA and ecoDa organised a panel discussion in Brussels in January 2017 that conversed under the theme “Aligning Corporate Governance and Culture: What´s in it for the board?”. Turid Solvang had the honour of opening the debate. Click here to read the highlights from Turid Solvang´s speech and the other speeches. Click here to watch the event video.

Turid Solvang talks about board diversity and gender quotas in Norway with ACCA. The interview is a part of ACCA´s NED and Trustee advice series. 

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Interview: Turid Elisabeth Solvang, ECODA, 16 June, 2016

Trust builds the future

...Turid E. Solvang It was the business writer Stephen Covey who wrote that “trust is the glue of life,” and, “It’s the foundation principle that holds all relationships”....

Corporate reform, 6 December, 2016

Corporate reform: culture fix

...they are proving to be most effective. Everybody is surprised and pleased with the results.” Cultural hand grenades Norway’s board expert, Turid Solvang, says hand grenades are already exploding in...

European corporate governance, 6 December, 2016:

Build your company’s future on trust

...models, markets, and political and economic unrest—the value of that trust will multiply. And that is why building trust is also building your company’s future. Turid E. Solvang is president...

Governance & leadership, 14 January, 2017

2017: Key issues in the year ahead

...continue the dialogue. Turid Solvang, chairman, ecoDa (European Confederation of Directors Associations) In 2017 we will all question what good governance is, and how and by whom companies should be...

The 19th European Corporate Governance Conference took place in Bratislava on the 27th of October 2016 under the theme “Digitalisation and Transparency- transforming the future of corporate governance”. Turid Solvang was a part of the panel discussion “Challenges for the board: remuneration and transparency”. Read the key findings from the conference here, and watch the video here (2:28:30 to 2:35:15).

Listen to Turid Solvang´s interview on trust in boards with SIAS at the 7th Singapore Corporate Governance Week. 

Listen to Turid Solvang´s Opening speech at the 18th European  Corporate Governance Conference where she compares corporate social responsibility with teenage sex: everybody says they do it, but very few really are. And those who do it do it rather badly.