"As long term investors, we believe in the importance of holding directors to account," said Standard Life's Jonathan Cobb.
Herb Perez, a member of the U.S.O.C.'s policy-making executive committee, which the task force proposed to eliminate, questioned the importance of independent directors.
Increasingly, the five judges of Delaware's Court of Chancery, which traces its roots back to medieval England, have been putting their faith in the sophistication of institutional investors, the importance of independent directors and the shareholder vote.
Primarily, Sarris made American critics, and eventually audiences, aware of the importance of the director.
Talking about performance, Ms. Silja stressed the importance of the director.
It was one of the first companies in which the importance of the director was stressed.
She encouraged her writers, in their scripts, to consider leaving half a page blank to underscore the importance of wordlessness to directors and actors.
In addition, she highlighted both the significance of gender and the importance of teamwork: "The director is always present with her advice and co-operation.
Knightley, who worked with Lynn Shelton on Say When and Lorene Scafaria for Seeking a Friend at the End of the World, has previously discussed the importance of working with female directors, saying they help her to avoid a "lovable, soft version of what the female sex has to be".
