James Thompson

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987 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 18 Aug

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The Money Café with Alan Kohler · AI, AGMs, and Overworked Directors · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

What's your sense, Stephen?

I mean, the proxy guys seem pretty happy that the Macquarie board has heard the message on pay and pay disclosure particularly.

No, that's right.

It's amazing what a record share price does to alleviate any angst.

Yeah, so the idea here is a proxy firm called Ownership Matters does a bit of a score.

They score directors based on their workload.

So you get two points for being an ASX chair, one point for being a director, and there's a sort of sliding scale from there.

And...

The argument that Ownership Matters makes, and I think it's a good one, is that popular directors are popular because they're experienced and sought after.

That's okay.

But there is a point where you can become what's called over-boarded.

You can have too many board roles.

And it's usually, it's not a problem until it is, until one of the companies you're involved in or heaven forbid two or three of them have, you know, a takeover on or some sort of scandal or some sort of issue, a CEO transition.

And then the question is, are you stretched too thin?

And does that become a risk for the companies you're involved in?

So it's a good question.

Gary Weiss is a judge by Ownership Matters to be the most over-bordered director in Australia.

I think he's got four championships.

Yeah, yeah.

So, look, I mean, yeah, it's interesting.

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