{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Boardroom Path","title":"Sallie Pilot on Aligning Boards, Investors and Long-Term Value","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2992,"description":"How well do boards really understand the system that owns and funds them?\nIn this episode of The Boardroom Path, host Ralph Grayson speaks with Sallie Pilot, Managing Director of the Investor and Issuer Forum, about why the investment chain has become a core governance responsibility rather than an investor relations afterthought. They explore how capital can flow through as many as eight layers between an asset owner and a company, why boards often misread the signals they receive, and how chairs can build trust through genuine, two-way dialogue rather than scripted, one-way updates.\nWith UK equities drawing renewed interest amid record share buybacks and a fresh wave of takeover bids for London-listed companies, according to Morningstar, the conversation could not be more timely. Sallie explains the thinking behind the Investor and Issuer Compass, a practical framework for alignment across the chain, and why materiality, not the volume of disclosure, should shape how boards handle ESG. From pass-through voting to stewardship in 2026, this is a practical roadmap for NEDs who want to understand how they are owned, evaluated and funded.\nSallie Pilot: Sallie Pilot is Managing Director of the Investor and Issuer Forum, a practitioner-led initiative launched in 2024 to improve how the UK equity market functions by strengthening engagement across the investment chain. Set up by the Investor Forum, supported by the London Stock Exchange and backed by the Financial Reporting Council, the Forum brings together asset owners, asset managers and the chairs of listed companies. A specialist in corporate reporting, governance, stewardship and stakeholder engagement, Sallie was previously an owner and executive director of the stakeholder communications firm Black Sun. She sits on the FRC's Stakeholder Insight Group and Financial Reporting Lab Steering Committee and has served on the board of the Investor Relations Society, giving her a rare cross-market view of how boards,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/G1uU7T2K5h04MQMPyxv_eCIOS7fQfv5ldjQOH6K6dHU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80MzQ1/YWYwZWI5NzIzMmIz/NzEyYWJiNTJhZGEy/NTUzOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}