Cumul des fonctions entre président du CA et chef de la direction : l’exception française
Reuters publie un article portant sur le cumul des fonctions de président du CA et de chef de la direction qui démontre le particularisme de la situation française : « Corporate France swims against tide on chairman independence » (30 octobre 2017).
Corporate France is bucking the global trend of splitting the roles of chairman and CEO, with Thomson Reuters data showing a steady growth in the number of French companies that have merged the posts in the past 15 years.
Almost three quarters of listed French companies tracked by Thomson Reuters now have or have had one person holding both positions, compared to 60 percent in the United States and fewer than 20 percent in Britain, Germany and Japan, according to an analysis of more than 6,500 companies.
Surprenant quand on sait que le Clarkson Centre research canadian (pays dans lequel plus de 80 % des entreprises de l’indice TSX adopte le non-cumul) a établit que :
As indicated by recent Clarkson Centre research, there is considerable reason for highlighting the split Chair/CEO model in particular as a governance initiative. While it makes sense that companies with sound governance structures would demonstrate good governance overall, as shown by scoring mechanisms such as the Clarkson Centre’s “Board Shareholder Confidence Index”, the correlation between high scores and CEO/Chair splits in CCBE’s latest study is remarkably high.
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Ivan Tchotourian