Board of Governors
The Grant Thornton articles of association specify that the board of governors (board) is the principal and overriding authority in Grant Thornton. The board is a group selected from member firms worldwide and exercises governance on their behalf. The board has among other things responsibility to:
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approve the strategic direction and policies of the organisation as established by the CEO
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approve the criteria in conformity with which the CEO may admit member firms and suspend temporarily the rights of a member firm pending a determination by the board of that member firm's status
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suspend the rights of, or expel, a member firm
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appoint and set the remuneration of the chair of the board of governors
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appoint and set the remuneration of the CEO.
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The Board of Governors as of 1 January 2010 | |
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| Peter Bodin | Chair of the board, Sweden |
| Ed Nusbaum | CEO, Grant Thornton International |
| Robert Quant | Australia |
| Mauro Terepins | Brazil |
| Phil Noble | Canada |
| Jean Schnob | Canada |
| Jean-Luc Carpentier | France |
| Klaus-Guenter Klein | Germany |
| Paul Raleigh | Ireland |
| Chikahiko Honda | Japan |
| Hector Perez Aguilar | Mexico |
| Gerard Mulder | The Netherlands |
| Luis Carlos Marcano | Puerto Rico* |
| Scott Barnes | UK |
| Terry Back | UK |
| Stephen Chipman | USA |
| Carol Banford | USA |
*Elected by member firms from a region by rotation, currently the Americas
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