Tony Reading gives his verdict on Britain's blue-chip boardrooms.
Management can make all the difference to a company's success and thus its share price.
To me at least, the best companies are those run by talented and experienced leaders with strong vested interests in the success of the business, held in check by a board with sound financial and business acumen. On the other hand, some of the worst investments to hold are those run by executives collecting fat rewards as the underlying business goes to pot.
In recent weeks and months, I've assessed the boardrooms of many companies within the FTSE 100 (UKX). I've been analysing management teams from five different angles -- reputation, performance, composition, remuneration and shareholdings -- to help work out a verdict.
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You can read my boardroom conclusions to date by clicking the links below. I hope my research assists your investment decisions.
The Men Who Run Aggreko
The Men Who Run AMEC
The Men And Women Who Run Anglo American
The Men Who Run Antofagasta
The Men Who Run Associated British Foods
The Men Who Run AstraZeneca
The Men Who Run Aviva
The Men and Women Who Run BAE Systems
The Men Who (Used To) Run Barclays
The Men Who Run BG Group
The Men Who Run BHP Billiton
The Men Who Run BP
The Men Who Run British American Tobacco
The Men And Women Who Run British Land
The Men Who Run British Sky Broadcasting
The Men Who Run BT Group
The Men Who Run Bunzl
The Men And Women Who Run Burberry
The Men Who Run Centrica
The Men Who Run Compass Group
The Men And Women Who Run CRH
The Men Who Run Croda
The Men And Women Who Run Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation
The Men Who Run EVRAZ
The Men Who Run Experian
The Men Who Run Fresnillo
The Men Who Run G4S
The Men Who Run GKN
The Men Who Run GlaxoSmithKline
The Men Who Run Glencore
The Men Who Run Hammerson
The Men and Women Who Run Hargreaves Lansdown
The Men Who Run HSBC
The Men Who Run IAG
The Men Who Run IMI
The Men and Women Who Run Imperial Tobacco
The Men Who Run ITV
The Men Who Run Johnson Matthey
The Men and Women Who Run Kingfisher
The Men and Women Who Run Land Securities
The Men Who Run Lloyds Banking
The Men and Women Who Run Marks and Spencer
The Men Who Run Meggitt
The Men Who Run Morrison Supermarkets
The Men Who Run National Grid
The Men Who Run Next
The Men Who Run Old Mutual
The Men and Women Who Run Pearson
The Men Who Run Petrofac
The Men Who Run Prudential
The Men Who Run Randgold Resources
The Men Who Run RBS
The Men And Women Who Run Reckitt Benckiser
The Men Who Run Reed Elsevier
The Men Who Run Rexam
The Men Who Run Rio Tinto
The Men Who Run Rolls-Royce
The Men Who Run RSA Insurance
The Men Who Run SAB Miller
The Men Who Run Sage Group
The Men Who Run Sainsbury
The Men Who Run Schroders
The Men Who Run Serco Group
The Men Who Run Severn Trent
The Men Who Run Shell
The Men Who Run Shire
The Men and Women Who Run Smith and Nephew
The Men Who Run Smiths Group
The Men Who Run SSE
The Men Who Run Standard Chartered
The Men and Women Who Run Standard Life
The Men Who Run Tate & Lyle
The Men and Women Who Run Tesco
The Men Who Run Tullow Oil
The Men Who Run Unilever
The Men Who Run United Utilities
The Men Who Run Vodafone
The Men Who Run Weir Group
The Men and Women Who Run Whitbread
The Men Who Run Wolseley
The Men Who Run WPP
The Men Who Run Xstrata
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