Carol Hansell: Insights on Modern Governance

(0:00) Intro. (1:10) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel. (1:57) Start of interview.  (2:30) Carol's origin story. (4:34) Evolution of corporate governance in Canada since the late 1980s.  (5:51) The origin and focus of her firm Hansell McLaughlin Advisory Group, based in Canada. (10:13) On her personal board career and the benefits of lawyers serving on boards. (14:20) Best practices for board evaluations and distinctions between board education in Canada and the U.S. (18:57) The rise and influence of large institutional investors in corporate governance. (22:00) Shareholder activism in Canada. (24:25) On the state of ESG in Canada.  (30:03) On addressing board diversity. (37:01) Impact of geopolitics and national security in the boardroom. (39:45) Impact of AI in the boardroom. "It's top of mind for everybody." (41:29) Impact of cybersecurity and talent management in the boardroom. Oil and gas directors in boards of banks? (44:01) Books that have greatly influenced her life: biographies (people that have stood up to authority). (44:48) Her mentors.  (45:50) Quotes that she thinks of often or lives her life by: "A man's reach must exceed his grasp, or what's the heaven for?" (46:29) An unusual habit or absurd thing that she loves. (47:00) The living person she most admires. (48:20) The challenge in advising corporate governance: "everyone thinks they're an expert now." Plus, recognition of conflicts of interest. Carol Hansell is a Senior Partner at Hansell LLP and a member of the Hansell McLaughlin Advisory Group in Canada.  You can follow Evan on social media at: Twitter: @evanepstein LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/  Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/ __ You can join as a Patron of the Boardroom Governance Podcast at: Patreon: patreon.com/BoardroomGovernancePod __ Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License