150. Sir Douglas Flint CBE: Chairing listed companies - lessons from the BP Macondo crisis, HSBC and the abrdn rebrand
Description
Sir Douglas Flint CBE is chair of Aberdeen, IP Group and the Royal Marsden NHS Trust and former chair of HSBC Group Holdings and NED at BP. Tune in to hear his thoughts on: The most valuable lessons Sir Douglas has learnt from the chairs he’s worked with (2:07 ) How chairs build consensus - the example of BP Chair Peter Sutherland (4:45 ) How to handle a split board (7:26 ) Lessons from the boardroom in the BP Macondo crisis (13:11 ) What the crisis teaches board members about risk (20:37 ) What it teaches about stakeholder relationships (24:44 ) What it teaches about how boards can help CEOs during crises (26:44 ) The board’s rationale for the Standard Life Aberdeen to abrdn rebrand (31:21 ) Why the board decided to rebrand again to Aberdeen (38:13 ) Advice Sir Douglas would offer to a board member facing a rebranding decision today (39:27 ) ⚡The Lightning Round ⚡(42:11 )
Host: Oliver Cummings
Producer: Will Felton
Editor: Penelope Coumau
Music: Kate Mac
Audio: Nick Kold
Email: podcast@nurole.com
Web: https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom
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