Board refreshment continues
This week several companies named new independent directors — Sylogist, Shangri‑La Asia, Flowserve and MISH Designs — highlighting ongoing board refreshment and demand for software, legal/compliance and transformation expertise across sectors announced announced announced announced.
Sylogist appointed Andrew Shen to its board on March 16, 2026 and combined its previously scheduled Special Meeting with the Annual Meeting for May 12, 2026 (newsfilecorp.com). Shen is the co‑founder and General Partner of Toronto‑based Shen Capital Partners, serves as Chairman of Flexion Mobile, was Chairman of MediaValet until its sale in 2024, and previously held capital‑markets roles at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. (newsfilecorp.com) Flowserve elected Brian Savoy to its board effective March 16, 2026 and appointed him to the Audit Committee and the Technology, Innovation and Risk Committee. (markets.ft.com) Savoy currently serves as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Duke Energy, has held Duke roles including Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer and Chief Transformation and Administrative Officer, and chairs the Electric Power Research Institute audit committee; he holds a B.B.A. in accounting and is a CPA. (markets.ft.com) MISH Designs’ board approved the appointment of Mrs. Kajal Chhatwal as an Additional Non‑Executive Independent Director on March 16, 2026 (appointment subject to shareholder approval) and redesignated Mr. Tapan Shah from Independent to Non‑Independent Director at the same meeting. (bseindia.com) The filing lists Chhatwal, aged 55, with a B.Com from the University of Delhi and a Diploma in Fashion Designing and notes over 10 years of teaching plus three years at Instyle Exports; the filing records Shah as an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India with more than a decade of business and finance experience. (bseindia.com) Shangri‑La Asia disclosed a leadership reshuffle that names Mr. Teo Nee Chuan as Executive Director and Group Chief Financial Officer, effective March 30, 2026. (www1.hkexnews.hk) The company also confirmed Mr. Chua Chee Wui will move to a dedicated Group Chief Investment Officer role while remaining an Executive Director under the new structure. (shangri-la.com) Three of the four filings in this cluster—Sylogist, Flowserve and MISH Designs—are dated March 16, 2026, while Shangri‑La’s announced executive changes take effect March 30, 2026. (newsfilecorp.com)
