Governing in High-Stakes Moments
Wednesday, Sept. 16 ⬥ 9:00 - 9:50 am PT / 12:00 - 12:50 pm ET
Track: Own the Room
Crisis Reveals the Board Leader You Truly Are. The crisis rarely arrives with notice. It begins with the unexpected call: the CEO has died suddenly — or has been arrested. A public official claims your product causes harm. Your product does cause harm, and people have died. A sudden run on your bank tests liquidity and confidence in real time. The company is hit by a ransomware attack. In these high-stakes moments, the board’s judgment, independence, and courage to act before certainty exists shape what happens next. Under pressure, some boards hesitate. Some over-trust. Some wait for facts that will never be complete. Delay becomes liability.
Designed for experienced and aspiring directors alike, this session explores how governance either steadies or fractures when a black swan event becomes a major crisis. Participants leave with sharper instincts, stronger intervention strategies, and a practical crisis governance framework they can apply when the unexpected becomes a reality.
Moderator:
Managing Director, North Point Mergers & Acquisitions
Healthy Dining, Women Enabled Enterprises
Speakers:
Independent Director
Prior Corporate Boards: Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. and PetMed Express, Inc.
Partner, Joele Frank
Advisor to private and public company Boards from Small Cap to Fortune 100
Independent Director
Prior Corporate Boards: Redwood Trust, Avantax, Sculptor Capital Management, SunEdison, and Kaiser Aluminum