Autor: Randall S. Peterson

Gerry Brown is Chairman of both Novaquest Capital Management (a global private equity firm) and of G Brown Associates Ltd (a family company). He has held a variety of Chairman and Independent Director positions in public and private companies across different sectors and geographies. He is a Council Member of the University of Exeter and Visiting Fellow at Henley Business School as well as a Fellow of the Institute of Directors. Brown also sits on the Advisory Board for Corporate Governance. He is also the author of The Independent Director: The Non-Executive Director’s Guide to Effective Board Presence and The Independent Director in Society (both Palgrave) as well as Making a Difference (De Gruyter). Dr. Randall S. Peterson is Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Founding Director of the Leadership Institute at London Business School. He has studied and taught about boards and top management teams for over 30 years. His research has been published in leading managerial publications including Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review as well as high-ranking academic journals such as Academy of Management Annals and Administrative Science Quarterly.