Bank Director Magazine and NASDAQ Launch New Series as Tool for Financial Boards
Inaugural "Bank Board Performance Series" Arms Boards with Expert Advice
New York - November 30, 2006 - With today's bank directors facing many challenges, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ®) and Bank Director magazine are pleased to introduce the annual Bank Board Performance Series. Designed to provide directors with the most up-to-date information, this comprehensive program of webcasts and supplements offers expert commentary on the most critical issues bank directors will face in the coming year.
"NASDAQ is dedicated to providing board members with practical tools that will allow them to lever the challenges and opportunities associated with board service," said Bruce Aust, executive vice president of NASDAQ's Corporate Client Group.
"Serving as a director of any company in today's regulatory environment has become an increasingly time consuming task," said TK Kerstetter, president of Board Member Inc., which publishes Bank Director and Corporate Board Member. "This series makes it possible to stay current with your board duties in an interesting and informative fashion. Our experience is that directors prefer this form of education."
The inaugural series features webcasts from leading professionals in investment banking, accounting, compensation, strategic planning, technology, and the legal field.
Expert contributors include:
- Jay Brew, chairman, president and CEO, BNK Advisory Group
- Todd A. Leone, managing director, Clark Consulting
- Jim Sizemore, chief information officer, Information Technology, Inc.
- Ron Janis, partner, Pitney Hardin LLP
- Tom Ziemba, director of strategy and human capital, RSM McGladrey
- Ben Plotkin, chairman and CEO, Ryan Beck & Co.
The complete Bank Board Performance Series webcasts may be accessed for free at www.bankdirector.com/bbps/. In addition, Volume I of the printed Bank Board Performance Series is now available for purchase. More webcasts and supplements are planned for 2007, as the series is designed to cover a myriad of critical bank board topics.
About Bank Director
Bank Director is the premier magazine written for directors of financial companies. Each quarterly issue focuses on the information board members need on the hottest topics in banking - from mergers and acquisitions to retail strategies, compensation to technology - and features insightful commentary from former FDIC chairman Bill Seidman and financial management guru Alex Sheshunoff. Since its inception in 1991, Bank Director has become recognized as an essential resource for the top decision makers in the financial industry. www.bankdirector.com
About the NASDAQ Stock Market
NASDAQ is the largest U.S. electronic stock market. With approximately 3,200 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market. It is home to companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology. NASDAQ is the primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks. For more information about NASDAQ, visit the NASDAQ website at http://www.nasdaq.com or the NASDAQ newsroom at www.nasdaq.com/newsroom/.
