Corporate governance: The times they are a-changin'

• Florence School of Transnational Governance
• FBF: Florence School of Banking and Finance

We welcome Stilpon Nestor, senior corporate governance expert and former Head of the Corporate Affairs Division at the OECD, to discuss the trends and challenges in corporate governance today and its importance in transnational governance.

Corporate governance is not what it was when the term was invented more than 40 years ago. After a long period of being identified with shareholder value it is now entwined with concepts of sustainability and corporate purpose. Regulators are becoming more intrusive and less forbearing on matters of governance, especially in the European financial sector. Important changes in corporate finance have changed the way companies relate to their shareholders. And the advent of AI has created a whole new set of issues that need to come under the purview of corporate boards— but they are nowhere near ready to tackle them. Meanwhile, corporate governance has become an important global integration lever, its norms and practices converging across markets. Is this trend going to continue? 

Join us in a conversation with Stilpon Nestor to discuss the trends and challenges in corporate governance today and its importance in transnational governance. Stilpon Nestor is a senior corporate governance expert with a long career in international organisations and significant entrepreneurial experience. During his time at the OECD, he was the Head of the Corporate Affairs Division, the team which produced the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance that became the global corporate governance policy benchmark. He later founded Nestor Advisors Ltd, a London-based corporate governance consultancy which for 20 years advised the boards of some of the largest financial institutions and companies in the EU, EMEA, Asia and Latin America as well as several IFIs, including the World Bank/IFC, the EBRD and the EIB. He has also served as board member and member of the board risk committee of the European Investment Bank; a member of the EU Commission’s Advisory Board on Company Law and Corporate Governance ; and a member of the board of the International Corporate Governance Network. He has a legal background with a law degree for the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki and an LL.M from Harvard Law School.

The event will take place in hybrid format at the STG premises in Palazzo Buontalenti. All are welcome to attend. Please register, indicating whether you intend to attend online or in person.