• corporate Governance
• Board of Directors
• Corporate Governance Codes

This work aims to give an insight of different corporate governance systems in Europe.
The European Union has been shedding light on different matters related to corporate governance lately and countries have implemented recommendations and directives in their corporate governance codes.
The three analyzed countries are the United Kingdom, a country in which corporate governance is highly developed, Belgium, a small country but at the heart of Europe and Italy, a country which is peculiar in addressing corporate governance matters.
The first chapter deals with the evolution of the concept of corporate governance, the second with the legal frameworks in the European Union and the third with the board of directors and its sub-committes. In the fourth chapter different companies in the three countries are analyzed in order to assess if best practices are really followed.
Finally, the fifth chapter deals with a unofficial interview with high-ranking functionary of the EU Commission.