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Brountas, Paul Peter was born on March 19, 1932 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Son of Peter Nicholas and Penelope (Spiropoulos) Brountas.
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In Boardroom Excellence, author Paul Brountas, a corporate attorney with more than forty years experience, discusses the qualities and components of effective boards in today's post-Enron environment. Written in a concise format, the book is filled with informative practical advice for board members of private, public, and nonprofit organizations. Boardroom Excellence contains an informed discussion of fundamental corporate governance issues, including the duties and responsibilities of directors and the proper interaction of the board with the CEO and management. Brountas reveals how board members can be most effective when they are independent, possess integrity, are well-informed and involved, and are proactive. Boardroom Excellence offers timely information about Establishing the values and qualities that board members should possess * Developing an environment in the boardroom where skepticism and serious discussion are encouraged * Understanding what the CEO expects of the board and what the board expects of the CEO * Creating effective independent audit, compensation, nominating, and governance committees * Formulating guidelines for periodic evaluation of the performance of the board and individual board members
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Brountas, Paul Peter was born on March 19, 1932 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Son of Peter Nicholas and Penelope (Spiropoulos) Brountas.
AB summa cum laude, Bowdoin College, 1954. Bachelor, Oxford University, England, 1956. Master of Arts, Oxford University, England, 1960.
Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1960.
Associate Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, 1960-1964, junior partner, 1964-1968, senior partner, 1968—2002, senior counsel, 2003—2004, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, Boston, since 2004. Guest presenter Harvard University Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981-1987. Corporation secretary various corporations.
Panelist, lecturer corporation, venture capital and securities law.
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Author: Boardroom Excellence: A Common Sense Perspective on Corporate Governance, 2003.
Overseer Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1974-1982, president board overseers, 1979-1982, trustee, 1983-1996, chairman board trustees, 1993-1996. Chairman committee for Michael S. Dukakis Governor of Massachusetts, 1976-1988. Chairman Dukakis for President Committee, 1987-1988.
Member corporation Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1965-1987, Boston Museum of Science, 1966-1991, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1983-1994. Member board overseers Newton Wellesley Hospital, 1990-1996. Member Marshall Scholar Selection Committee Northeast Region, 1973-1975, 88-92.
Member Weston Planning Board, Massachusetts, 1967-1972, chairman, 1970-1972. Chairman Metropolitan Boston Citizen's Coalition for Cleaner Air, 1969-1971. Board directors Massachusetts Centers of Excellence corporation, 1985-1987.
Served with United States Army, 1956-1958. Member American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, Association Marshall Scholars and Alumni (treasurer 1965-1971, board directors 1988-1990).
Skiing, golf.
Married Lynn Barrett Thurston, September 7, 1963. Children– Paul Peter, Jennifer VanWoert, Barrett Penelope.