Proxy Advisors Seeking More Than 'Male, Pale & Stale' Directors.

• Position: BOARDBOOK

If proxy advisors--the firms that provide public company research and guidance to large investors--were writing a personal ad for the perfect board director it would probably go a bit like this:

Looking for diverse director with integrity who enjoys face-to-face communication with investors.

At least that's the finding of a new The Conference Board's Governance Center report, Just What is the Corporate Director's Job?

The report was gleaned from a The Conference Board roundtable earlier this year of more than 50 proxy advisors, including two of the largest, Institutional...