The enduring impact of the COVID-19 pandemic might be forcing companies and other organizations to rethink what skills, qualities, and experience their executives should have if the business is to succeed.

According to Leena Linnainmaa, secretary general of the Directors’ Institute Finland and the incoming chair of ecoDa, the European umbrella group for directors’ membership bodies, the pandemic has prompted many organizations to reexamine the composition of their boards.

Neil Hodge is a freelance business journalist and photographer based in Nottingham, United Kingdom. He writes on insurance and risk management, corporate governance, internal audit, compliance, and legal...