Global Governance Services LtdDr David W. Anderson - Associate
David is an Associate of GGS. He is currently co writing a book with Chris Pierce on Global Corporate Governance that will be published by GMB in late 2008. He is President of The Anderson Governance Group, an independent governance advisory firm dedicated to assisting boards and management teams enhance leadership performance. He advises boards, regulators and investors based on his international research and practice.
David speaks and writes on leadership in governance and management, including a regular column in Director entitled "Inside the Boardroom" published by the Institute of Corporate Directors in Canada. He co-edited the 2001 US NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Board Evaluation and served as Special Advisor to four subsequent Commissions. David published three scholarly articles in 2007 (in Corporate Governance: An International Review, Journal of Managerial Psychology, and Leadership Quarterly). He is a frequent guest on the Business News Network and CBC Newsworld.
David holds a PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from The University of Western Ontario, where he instructed Organizational Behaviour, and the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors in Canada. He serves on two not-for-profit boards, chairing one board and one governance committee.