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Despite Resistance, Boards Shift Toward Breaking Up CEO, Chair Roles

Appeared on June 14, 2012

A Fox Business article on the shift toward separating the roles of CEO and chairman quotes Ralph Walkling, PhD, executive director of the Center for Corporate Governance.“It’s sound governance to split the roles,” says Walkling. “I’ve known some CEOs who I thought were pretty darn effective at being chairman of the board. But I still worried about not having the independence and a separate pair of eyes.”