Compliance is a fundamental aspect of a governance professional’s role, ensuring that an organization operates within legal and regulatory frameworks. It involves monitoring, advising, and implementing policies to align with laws, industry standards, and ethical practices.
By maintaining a strong compliance framework, governance professionals help protect an organization from legal penalties, reputational damage, and operational risks. Their role is crucial in fostering accountability and ethical business practices.
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The Company Law Review Group
The Company Law Review Group is an expert advisory body charged with advising the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment on the review and development of company law in Ireland. It was accorded statutory advisory status by the Company Law Enforcement Act 2001, which was continued under Section 958 of the Companies Act 2014. The CLRG operates on a two-year work programme which is determined by the Minister in consultation with the CLRG.
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How do you design the composition of your board?
Loretto Leavy and Ruth Sealy from the University of Exeter Business School help us understand better behavioural dynamics on boards and how behavioural dynamics processes can drive positive change. This article highlights how to design the composition of your board.
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UK Corporate Governance Code – consultation: The CGIUKI response
As mentioned in previous Technical Briefings, on 24 May, the Financial Reporting Council published its long anticipated consultation on the UK Corporate Governance Code, the intention of which is to focus on the legislative and governance reforms that the Government proposed in its May 2022 white paper “Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance”. These are designed, amongst other things, to “support the FRC’s transition into the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority (ARGA).”
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Episode 13 - Verification: how to avoid making misleading statements
In this podcast Patrick Skinner, General Manager for UK and Europe at Atticus, discusses the importance of the verification process in ensuring that statements included in regulated documents such as annual reports aren’t misleading. Patrick highlights relevant regulatory considerations and discusses the risk of shareholder activism and reputational damage associated with making misleading statements. He also considers verification in the context of greenwashing risk and TCFD disclosure. He argues that automating verification can help combat the risk of human error in what can sometimes be a repetitive and tedious process.
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Episode 7 - Understanding IPO governance
In this podcast Kerry Round, Founding Director of Round Governance Services, outlines how the governance of a company will change following an Initial Public Offering (IPO). She covers board structure, responsibilities, composition, and the need for board diversity. The discussion outlines how an IPO will affect important stakeholders such as employees, the policies the company will need to have in place, what disclosures will be required, and which external bodies the company secretary or governance professional will find themselves dealing with on a regular basis. Kerry describes an IPO as a career highlight and the role of the company secretary or governance professional in a listed company as fabulous.
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Risk Management
What impact would it make if your team spent less time firefighting risk, regulatory and compliance issues? We are here to help you mitigate the effects of risk by providing you with the training and resources you need to identify and plan for potential issues, as well as keeping you informed on the latest developments.
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Artificial Intelligence
For governance professionals, artificial intelligence offers opportunities that will shape the way their organisations work, from automation of repetitive tasks and data aggregation to drafting documents and supporting recruitment. It comes with just as many threats.
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Boards & Committees
While day-to-day management of the company is delegated to executives, the board retains ultimate responsibility and oversees the performance of the executives, promotes effective decision-making, enhances stakeholder relations, and supports the company’s strategic goals.