Here's something that doesn't get said often enough in corporate governance circles: the proxy season is no longer a quiet, procedural ritual that the legal team handles in the background while the rest of the company gets on with actual business. It hasn't been that for a while now. But in 2026, the stakes feel different. The room feels different. Shareholders are showing up with sharper questions, better data, and in some cases, a genuine appetite to make noise. Activist in

A new cohort of senior executives is stepping decisively into board-level governance and strategic leadership roles across India, the Middle East, and beyond. Their appointments, spanning independent directorships, vice chairmanships, executive directorships, and advisory mandates, reflect a sustained shift in how India's boardrooms are being constituted. Through its Director's Institute Data Bank and Board Search, World Development Corporation’s Directors' Institute – World

The corporate governance culture is evolving at knots' speed. By 2025, activism, resistance to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)...