Governance and OrganisationFOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
John has been an advisor to companies, central government and parliamentary groups, and a major contributor to various government reviews, as well as a director of companies in the private, not-for-profit and public sectors. He lectures on governance and is the author of several articles in professional journals, and in publications by Sweet and Maxwell including “Governance and Central Government” in a “Practical Guide to Corporate Governance”. He is the author of “Practical Corporate Governance: For Smaller Quoted Companies and Private Companies, published by Jordan Publishing in 2008. He is Visiting Professor in Corporate Governance at the Centre for Global Finance at Bristol Business School , University of the West of England FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEESJohn Pierce (Chairman) is the former CEO of QCA (Quoted Companies Alliance), an organisation representing small and mid cap quoted companies (SQCs) and before that Chief Executive of a manufacturing PLC. He has experience as a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of an SQC. With a special interest in governance, he was instrumental in producing QCA's “Guide for SQCs”, generally accepted as the best practice model for these companies. Brian Woods (Treasurer) was a Partner of Grant Thornton for over 25 years. He is now engaged as a non-executive director of a number of unquoted companies operating in many different fields, continuing a long-standing interest in corporate governance and board dynamics. Michelle Edkins is Managing Director and Global Head of Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment for BlackRock. She is a former Managing Director of Governance for Owners (GO) Stewardship Services. Prior to joining GO Michelle was Head of Corporate Governance at Hermes Pensions Management, and then its Director of Institutional Relations. An economist by training, she previously worked for New Zealand 's central bank and the British High Commission in Wellington. Chris Hodge is Head of the Corporate Governance Unit at the Financial Reporting Council, the independent regulator responsible for promoting confidence in corporate reporting and governance, including through the Combined Code. He has previously worked at the Department of Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office.”
Solicitors to the Foundation:
RESEARCH ADVISORY GROUPSFGRE operates with Research Advisory Groups which are convened on a project by project basis. They are chaired by Dr John Mellor and have included to date the following persons:
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Dr John Mellor B.Sc(Exon) Ph.D(Bristol) MBA(Cranfield) was formerly an international banker with over 20 years experience in corporate finance, principally with Citibank/Citigroup where he was a vice president and head of major corporate divisions. Since the Cadbury Report on Corporate Governance of 1992 he has become a recognised authority in governance with a particular interest in banking and other financial services.