The importance to shareholders of an active and informed independent non-executive director with international knowledge, experience and insight drives my participation on boards of Public Interest Entities, Offshore Management Companies and MNCs. This is even more the case in Africa and in its regional offshore management centre, Mauritius.
In the current business climate, independence is essential to corporate governance and oversight. It is even more important in Africa and in Mauritius, because demand for investment opportunities exceeds supply of well-governed, investor-grade companies. Boards of companies that have a good supply of experienced international non-executive directors ...