When the Board Marks Its Own Homework: Rethinking Board Performance Evaluations

Sunday Standard When the Board Marks Its Own Homework: Rethinking Board Performance Evaluations Botswana’s State-Owned Enterprise landscape has undergone significant changes in recent months, with several SOE boards being overhauled and new directors appointed to entities that had previously operated without fully constituted boards. The changes have been viewed as necessary to strengthen oversight and address governance concerns within institutions that carry significant public mandates. This comes against […] The post When the Board Marks Its Own Homework: Rethinking Board Performance Evaluations first appeared on Sunday Standard and is written by Laurettah Sibanda

When the Board Marks Its Own Homework: Rethinking Board Performance Evaluations

Sunday Standard

When the Board Marks Its Own Homework: Rethinking Board Performance Evaluations

Botswana’s State-Owned Enterprise landscape has undergone significant changes in recent months, with several SOE boards being overhauled and new directors appointed to entities that had previously operated without fully constituted boards. The changes have been viewed as necessary to strengthen oversight and address governance concerns within institutions that carry significant public mandates. This comes against a backdrop of corporate governance concerns that have previously been raised in relation to some public interest entities by the Botswana Accountancy Oversight Authority (BAOA), placing renewed attention on the effectiveness of boards and the quality of oversight being exercised within Botswana’s public enterprises.

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The post When the Board Marks Its Own Homework: Rethinking Board Performance Evaluations first appeared on Sunday Standard and is written by Laurettah Sibanda