INTERNATIONAL EXPERTISE

This Unit is fortunate to draw on the expertise of three international experts on corporate governance and business ethics:

• Prof Bob Garratt — chairman of the Unit: Prof Garratt is a company chairman, consultant and academic working on corporate governance, board and director performance, and strategic thinking issues. He is based in London and works on five continents. He is a founder member of The Commonwealth Association for Corporate Governance. His books include: The Fish Rots From The Head: The Crisis in our Boardrooms (1996 and 2003); and Thin On Top: Why Corporate Governance Matters (2003).
  

• Prof Mervyn King – Advisory Committee member: Prof. King is a Senior Counsel and former Judge of the High Court of South Africa. He has chaired and has been a director of several companies listed on the Johannesburg, London and Luxembourg Stock Exchanges. He is chairman of the King Committee on Corporate Governance, chairman of the board of the Global Reporting Initiative, president of the Advertising Standards Authority, a member of the Securities Regulation Panel, past president of the Commonwealth Association of Corporate Governance, a former governor of the International Corporate Governance Network and a member of the Private Sector Advisory Group to on Corporate Governance the World Bank. He is professor extraordinaire in the College of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of South Africa.

   

• Sir Mark Moody-Stuart — Advisory Committee member: Sir Moody-Stuart is chairperson of Anglo American plc, a global mining and natural resources company headquartered in London, UK. He was chairman of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies from 1998 — 2001, and co-chair of the G8 Task Force on Renewable Energy in 2000 and 2001. At a special gathering of business leaders ahead of the historic 2006 G8 summit in Gleneagles, he called for companies and governments in Africa to cut debt, enhance aid and reverse corruption.
  

• Prof Ollie Williams — Advisory Committee member: Prof Williams, associate professor in the Department of Management at the Notre Dame University in Indiana, USA, and visiting professor at the USB, specialises in business ethics and corporate governance.  He has written numerous articles and conference papers on corporate governance, business values, moral leadership and ethics. He holds a PhD in Theology and Ethics.