{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Boardroom 180 Podcast","title":"Get Off Your ‘S’ and DO Governance! with Melinda Park, Partner at BLG LLP","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3245,"description":"In this episode, host Munir Haque interviews Melinda Park, a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, who made history as the first woman to chair the firm's board. With over 20 years of legal experience in corporate governance, securities, and capital markets, Melinda discusses how her career journey has been driven by a fascination with how corporate entities operate. She addresses the unique role of a corporate lawyer in boardrooms and explains to Munir how they provide objective counsel and help guide critical business decisions.\nMelinda talks about the importance of governance in corporate settings, particularly in preventing decision paralysis and effectively managing risks. Good governance provides a framework that allows boards and management teams to make informed decisions and work through complex issues, even when outcomes are not necessarily perfect. Melinda stresses the value of healthy tension, maintained by governance, between boards and management. She says that such tension ensures that decisions are vetted completely and not just passed without thorough consideration.\nMunir and Melinda explore the evolution of governance practices and Melinda highlights how important diversity is in boardrooms. She stresses that diversity of thought is needed, which comes from varied backgrounds and perspectives that include factors of age, experience, and gender. She argues that diversity is key to addressing modern challenges such as cybersecurity and AI. The conversation ranges from how governance has changed through the years, shaped by legal developments and case law, to why having policies is not the same as acting on them, to the importance of governance in ESG. Melinda enjoys these topics and is a passionate and informed speaker, making this interview an essential listen.\nAbout Melinda Park\nMelinda has practised securities and corporate law for over 20 years, with a focus on securities, corporate finance and commercial transactions.\nShe represents corporate...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/50J1h-ch9CvshY8kMLuNdtkof98-Kc6NxiRjGomrihQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80ODE1/N2ZhZjA3OTY1NDVh/MGVlYjAwNzc4YzA1/NmNjNi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}