U.S. moves towards smaller Boards

In the United States, the world’s n°1 asset manager BlackRock withheld voting support for the re-election of Ann Mather at Shutterfly and at Alphabet. She was finally elected at both firms, but this highlights a new trend called “Over Boarding”.
The number of Directors on five or more corporate Boards hasfallen in recent years in the U.S.A If public Board members had a median total compensation of US$191,440 last year, 77% of S&P 500 companies now curb Board members’ external Directorships....