Knight Gianella Board Survey

In the current situation, the «world» of corporate governance continues to turn at a rapid pace and is constantly presenting board committees with new challenges, including in the personal sphere. In addition to the parameters that are changing nationally and internationally in terms of geopolitics and regulation, there are also new economic complexities with their entrepreneurial opportunities and risks. The requirements and conditions for BoD activities and, as a result, the skills portfolio of the respective BoD committees are changing accordingly. In order to better understand this and draw the right conclusions, our representative overview, supplemented with trend observations and recommendations, can be helpful as a compass for the Swiss economy. This is especially true with regard to the succession planning for the 2025/26 Annual General Meetings, which are due to take place in many board committees.

Knight Gianella developed the questionnaire in collaboration with the University of St. Gallen. gfs-zürich (market & social research) was commissioned to conduct the anonymous online survey of board members in listed and large non-listed Swiss companies.

The informative and representative report was presented and discussed at the 28th Bad Ragaz Board of Directors Days on November 29, 2024.