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# Director Bandwidth Is Becoming a More Visible Test of Board Effectiveness

The Conference Board flags director bandwidth — the finite time, attention, and cognitive capacity each NED can genuinely devote — as a rising proxy for overall board effectiveness, distinct from traditional metrics like attendance or committee membership. As board agendas expand to cover AI, geopolitics, and ESG simultaneously, overloaded directors are a structural risk that investors and institutional shareholders are increasingly scrutinising. Mid-market CEOs in SEA should audit the real bandwidth of their boards before adding new agenda items or committees.

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The Conference Board (https://www.conference-board.org/publications/Board-Effectiveness-2026)

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