Best Practices for Virtual Board Meetings

Dallas Kayser, the chairman at $5.1 billion City Holding Co. in Charleston, West Virginia, says his board has essentially been “on call” throughout the coronavirus crisis, with more frequent board and executive committee meetings to discuss issues like how the bank will offer small business customers the Paycheck Protection Program loans launched under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, & Economic Security (CARES) Act. But given the nature of the pandemic, which has shut down many sectors of the U.S. economy, directors aren’t meeting face-to-face in the boardroom. Instead, they’re meeting virtually.  Covid-19 has quickly changed how boards conduct their business. Meeting...