David Tattam, Chief Research & Content Officer and Co-founder of Protecht, explains how shifting the focus to outcomes can help boards to engage with risk.

With major reforms to corporate transparency on the horizon, governance professionals are key to helping businesses stay compliant

This has been a month of listening at events, in surveys and across our community. I want to share the themes I’ve heard and explain how they will shape the direction of the Institute in the year ahead.

The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry has delivered a damning verdict on the compensation process. The report criticises an “unnecessarily adversarial” approach and highlights systemic governance failures.

The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland has today published new guidance for academy trusts, proposing model terms of reference for Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) Remuneration and Audit and Risk committees. The guidance will be useful to any trusts seeking to strengthen their governance arrangements and comply with the requirements of the Department for Education and the Education and Skills Funding Agency.

Many organisations’ first contact with people is a web-based form to gather basic information. That could be a huge risk.

Effective disclosures describe how digital security risk and strategy are connected to and driven by the wider organisational environment.

Most organisations have become dependent on US companies that provide their technology stacks. Is this an acceptable risk today?

The right compliance programme can help to set the tone for organisational culture and support staff understanding of risk.