Charles Elson
Director
Encompass Health; Executive Editor-at-Large, Directors & Boards magazine
Charles Elson is the Executive Editor-at-Large for Directors & Boards magazine and a leading authority on corporate governance issues. Elson’s fields of expertise include executive compensation, corporate compliance, securities regulation, corporate legal matters and Delaware issues. He has written extensively on the subject of boards of directors and is a frequent contributor to various scholarly and popular publications. He is also vice Chairman of the ABA Business Law Section’s Committee on Corporate Governance and has advised and consulted organizations spanning a variety of sectors: retail (AutoZone Inc.), manufacturing (Sunbeam Corporation and Circon Corporation), human resources (Towers Perrin), oil and natural gas (Nuevo Energy Company) and nonprofit (Investor Responsibility Research Center). Elson is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Encompass Health.
SESSIONS
Introduction and Keynote Interview with Ed Garden, Director, General Electric – Speaker
Conference introduction by Bob Rock, Chairman, MLR Holdings and Publisher of Directors & Boards, directly followed by our keynote conversation with Ed Garden, Director of General Electric, moderated by Charles Elson.
Group Discussion: The Changing Nature of Board Service and Board Pay – Speaker
If board members are expected to give even more time to their board service, can serving CEOs realistically be allowed to serve on outside boards? And where will new board members come from—a class of professional directors? And finally, are board members being compensated fairly for the time now required to fulfill their roles?