The Role of a Non-Executive Director in SMEs

• Main Author: WANG, Jiwei
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Accounting; Asian Studies; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/1043; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/2042/viewcontent/bt_20120828_1.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

There are not many SMEs in Singapore which employ independent non-executive directors. SMU Associate Professor of Accounting Wang Jiwei advised that there are immense benefits that a non-executive director can bring to an SME as its business grows. These include the credibility that the person can b...