When the activist investor Dan Loeb announced earlier this month that his hedge fund had taken a new stake in Walt Disney he called for a wide-ranging menu of changes. One was a “refresh” of Disney’s board.

Mr. Loeb, chief executive of Third Point LLC, wrote in a now-public letter to Disney Chief Executive Bob Chapek that the board suffered from “gaps in talent and experience as a group that must be addressed.”

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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