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Podcast: Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein
Episode: Dr. Roger Barker: Corporate Governance in the U.K. and Europe.
Description: Start of interview [1:15]Roger's "origin story" [1:50]Introduction of the Institute of Directors of the UK (IoD founded in 1903) [4:56]On the evolution of director education and professionalization in the UK. "Modern" corporate governance in the UK was kickstarted by high profile scandals in the late 1980s such as Robert Maxwell's media empire collapse, Â Polly Peck, BBCI, etc. which led to the Cadbury Committee in 1992 [7:00]No certification required to be a director in the UK "this is why I think we're still a little bit in the Dark Ages or the Medieval period in terms of directorships and what the pre-requisites for d...