Lynn McGregor: Senior Research Fellow
Lynn is an international expert on the human aspects of
corporate governance and executive leadership, and author of The
Human Face of Corporate Governance. She is also a part-time
director of the Special Investigations Centre in South Africa,
and a senior research fellow at the Centre for Corporate
Governance in Africa. She has dual British and South African
citizenship and, as daughter of anti-apartheid activists, learned
early lessons on leadership and the use and abuse of power from key
figures, including Nobel prizewinners Nelson Mandela and Chief
Albert Lethuli. This passion led to over twenty years of working
with leading boards, chairpeople, CEOs and senior executives - also
experience as a non-executive director and board adviser. Earlier
experience in social science, education and drama has given her
exceptional insight into people and how boards and executives work
together.
Her approach is based on acute understanding of the way board
performance relates to the style and character of the chair and
CEO, the quality of directors and their decision-making abilities.
Within this holistic framework she has developed a constructive
process for evaluating and developing director potential, as well
as transferring these critical 'soft factor' skills to key
directors. Outcomes include selection and integration of new
directors and board development, leading to better decision-making,
successful transitions, avoiding 'people problem' risks and greater
confidence between board, executive and key investors.
McGregor gives keynote presentations and writes papers for
prestigious conferences and publications. These include a chapter
on The Human Aspects of Corporate Governance for Standard and
Poors' Governance and Risk (McGraw-Hill, 2004).
McGregor co-founded Decision Development in 1980, a company
known for improving the quality of decision-making. In 2000 she
founded Convivium, a company focused on improving the effectiveness
of chairpeople, CEOs, boards, senior executives and the working
relationships between them and major investors.