Alex Todd

Founder at GovernanceCommittee.com, GovernanceCommittee.com

Alex Todd is a published, entrepreneurial thought leader and business methods innovator in diagnosing and designing corporate governance systems and conditions for stakeholder trust. His research has revealed new insights into corporate governance "styles" and business performance, which he has used to develop an investment screen that outperforms major funds and indexes. These insights also inform his board advisory work, including his proposed peer support network and resource center for corporate directors who serve on governance committees of their boards - GovernanceCommittee.com. He is a pioneer in rebuilding trust for business and architect of the Trust Enablement® Framework, a universal scheme for diagnosing and designing corporate governance systems and conditions for stakeholder trust. He used this Framework to derive the Governance Lifecycle Model for identifying corporate governance styles attributed to business performance and market valuations, and the Aspirational Corporate Governance Framework for sustainable business value creation. Trust Enablement® is founded on information theory and was inspired by his work with public key infrastructure (PKI) at IBM. It has also helped him share valuable insights about various areas of business that include leadership, collaboration, sales and marketing, public relations, online social networks, electronic commerce, supply chain management, risk management, and business strategy. His work has been published by McMaster University, Conference Board of Canada, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA), The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), and John Wiley & Sons (see http://ca.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499133,descCd-tableOfContents.html).. He believes that corporate governance practices are maturing; evolving from being primarily a control and risk management mechanism, to becoming an increasingly important factor in a firm’s strategic performance and its success in sustaining a value-creating business.