More women and a wider array of professionals are likely to fill future boards, while technology will play a bigger role in their work.
In February 2017, the Financial Times informed its readers of an unusual dual appointment – Jim Hagemann Snabe had been named chairman of AP Moller-Maersk, the Danish shipping conglomerate, and also nominated chair of Siemens. At only 51, Snabe, a former co-CEO of SAP, is much younger than his predecessors and, unlike many chairs of public companies, has not been CEO of a large firm for decades. He is an active member of the World Economic Forum, a director at Allianz and Bang & Olufsen and also teaches at Copenhagen Business School. The FT indicated Snabe’s expertise in digitalisation as the key reason for his appointments. Does he represent a new, emerging type of board leader?
