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The first important point to make about independent directors is that they must be men and women of experience. Their value to the boards on which they sit and the companies they help to govern lies partly in their own intelligence and ability, but also in the wisdom and experience that they have accumulated in their previous careers.
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There are a number of good books on NFC and the employee ownership scheme, including Sir Peter Thompson, Sharing the Success: the Story of NFC, London: Collins, 1990; Sandy McLachlan, The National Freight Buy-out, Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1983; and Geoffrey Lewis, Corporate Strategy in Action: The Strategy Process in British Road Services, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1988.
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Brown, G. (2015). Executive Experience. In: The Independent Director. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137480552_2
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