Resumen de Family Business Governance and Outside Directors—Expectations from an Independent Director

Miguel Ángel Gallo Laguna de Rins

• español

  A partir de la propia experiencia del autor como consejero externo e independiente de varios consejos de administración de empresas familiares, el objetivo de este trabajo es mostrar las responsabilidades y obligaciones que deben asumir estos consejeros y cómo deben preservar sus cualidades de consejero "externo" e "independiente". De este modo, se espera que este comentario pueda ayudar a configurar el procedimiento de incorporación y evaluación de consejeros externos e independientes.

• English

  Based on the author's own experience as an external and independent director of several boards of directors of family-owned companies, the objective of this paper is to show the responsibilities that these directors must assume and how they should preserve their qualities as "external" and "independent" directors. In this way, it is expected that this commentary can help to shape the procedure of incorporation and evaluation of external and independent directors.