An Insider’s List Of 10 Things You Should Ask Before Buying Software

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Due to the banking crisis of 2008, the question of how banks software de recursoshumanos can protect themselves against future failures has attracted the attention of regulators, banking experts and business media. An important area is the need for better transparency, mainly regarding remuneration in the banking sector, and how boards of banks should improve their corporate governance practices to reduce the chances of a repeat of the credit crunch.

The recent publication of Central Bank of Egypt draft Code of Corporate Governance for banks marks a significant step in this process. Banks together with their respective boards should pay close attention to the corporate governance guidelines.

There are several tips and recommendations for good governance available for the board of banks. Yet, I consider the following `10 commandments` are central in establishing a sound governance regime:

1-Set the right tone at the top.

The main concerns for the board should include guiding, approving and overseeing the bank’s strategic objectives, corporate values and policies. This could be achieved by developing a code of conduct for the bank employees, management, and board members. Likewise, the board should clearly define areas of responsibility, authority levels and reporting lines within the bank.

2-Ensure adequate qualifications of board members

The board should have adequate knowledge and experience relevant to each of the material financial activities the bank intends to pursue to enable effective governance and oversight of the bank.

To ensure that non-executive directors have the knowledge and understanding of the business, the board should provide thematic business awareness sessions on a regular basis and each director should be provided with a tailored induction, training and development to be reviewed annually with the chairman. Similarly, suitable arrangements should be made for executive board members in business areas other than those for which they have direct responsibility.

Non-executive directors are encouraged to spend more time in the business to ensure that they can participate effectively to strategy and other board decisions.

3-Appoint independent non-executive directors

To foster an independent element within the board, banks must consider that independent directors should constitute a significant membership of the board, and that the board should have at least three independent, non-executives directors. Larger banks may have a higher proportion of non-executive directors.

Non-executives directors should be able to devote sufficient time to the role in order to assess risk and ask tough questions about strategy.

In UK, there are recommendations for banks to appoint a senior independent director (SID) whose role is to provide a sounding board for the chairman and serve as a trusted intermediary for the non-executive directors, when necessary.