Quote: JB Down Under "nope, plenty of companies CEO's have board voting rights as paid employees. My own included.'"
Good for him.
But it should be avoided, however (and generally is) -- after all, the Board is the CEO's boss, the CEO reports to the board, the board carries out his performance review and determines his actions. Mixing up the duties of a board member and a CEO reduces the accountability of the CEO and has been shown to reduce the effectiveness of individual board members...
I mean, the bloke ends up reporting to himself and being his own boss -- and, as experience shows, ends up becoming the board's biggest mouth. Which is the problem at Parramatta -- No accountability at all with slavish board members deferring everything to him -- as Denis is essentially reporting to himself.