Good corporate governance - pointing out corporate directors who should and shouldn't be elected anywhere.
This is my attempt to keep track of good people for board of directors and keep track of people who should be avoided.
York quits the board.
Who's on this board that seems happy to let Wagoner drive GM into the ground?
Percy N. Barnevik
Retired Chairman,
AstraZeneca PLC
Director since 1996
Erskine B. Bowles
President,
The University of North Carolina
Director since 2005
John H. Bryan
Retired Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer,
Sara Lee Corporation
Director since 1993
Armando M. Codina
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer,
Codina Group, Inc.
Director since 2002
George M.C. Fisher
Retired Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer,
Eastman Kodak Company
Director since 1996
Karen Katen
Vice Chairman,
Pfizer Inc
and President,
Pfizer Human Health
Director since 1997
Kent Kresa
Chairman Emeritus,
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Director since 2003
Ellen J. Kullman
Executive Vice President,
DuPont Safety & Protection;
DuPont Coatings & Color Technologies;
Marketing & Sales and Safety & Sustainability;
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Director since 2004
Philip A. Laskawy
Retired Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer,
Ernst & Young
Director since 2003
Eckhard Pfeiffer
Retired President
and Chief Executive Officer,
Compaq Computer Corporation
Director since 1996
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
Chairman
& Chief Executive Officer,
General Motors Corporation
Director since 1998
A lot of retired CEOs and no car experience.
Kodak, there's a company that's done well.
I'm just not seeing a talented board here that knows car sales and manufacturing.