The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Wed, 27 May 2026 15:57:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png Global Corporate Governance Trends for 2026 – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Global Corporate Governance Trends for 2026 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/03/23/global-corporate-governance-trends-for-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=global-corporate-governance-trends-for-2026 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/03/23/global-corporate-governance-trends-for-2026/#respond Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:30:32 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=179724?d=20260320162506EDT Posted by Richard Fields, Rusty O’Kelley, and Melissa Martin, Russell Reynolds Associates, on Monday, March 23, 2026
Editor's Note:

Rich Fields leads the Board Effectiveness Practice, Melissa Martin is a member of the Board Effectiveness Practice, and Rusty O’Kelley is a Managing Director at Russell Reynolds Associates. This post is based on a Russell Reynolds memorandum by Mr. Fields, Ms. Martin, Mr. O’Kelley, Jens-Thomas Pietralla, Marc Sanglé-Ferrière, and Amy Sampson.

Converging forces of economic volatility, technological disruption, and geopolitical realignment are putting significant pressure on companies, their executives, and their non-executive leaders.

To help demystify a complicated landscape, RRA combines the expertise and experience of its leadership advisors with detailed, confidential discussions with leading governance experts each year to help organizations stay at or ahead of critical trends. With many thanks to those thought leaders, hailing from across 17 geographies, we are pleased to share the eleventh edition of Russell Reynolds Associates’ Global Corporate Governance Trends.

Corporate governance is inherently local; shaped by divergent legal, regulatory, and other requirements and norms. However, we identified five trends that cut across borders and will affect board agendas and discussions in 2026.

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