Tapestry Networks - European Audit Committee Leadership Network

European Audit Committee Leadership Network (EACLN)

The European Audit Committee Leadership Network (EACLN) is a group of audit committee chairs, drawn from Europe's leading companies, who are committed to improving the performance of audit committees and enhancing trust in financial markets.

Convened by Ernst & Young's European leadership and produced by Tapestry Networks, the EACLN meets three times a year in major European cities. Its private dialogues help develop practical insights and solutions to enhance the functioning of financial markets and strengthen relationships among the firm, leading companies and their directors.

Thought leadership created in European ACLN dialogues is captured and published by Tapestry to a wider audience. Recent ViewPoints from the European ACLN include:

Enhancing audit committee effectiveness in a changing environment (PDF) - 30 April 2010

The audit committee, the CFO and the finance organization (PDF) - 30 April 2010

The 2010 audit committee agenda (PDF) - 10 December 2009

Corporate governance reform in Europe (PDF) -
10 December 2009

The audit committee role in financial communication (PDF) - 8 May 2009

Funding and liquidity in today's capital markets (PDF) - 8 May 2009

The future of financial regulation: a discussion with the chairman of the AMF (PDF) - 8 May 2009

Third Audit Committee Leadership Summit - 30 September, 2008
(a joint summit with the North American Audit Committee Leadership Network and the European Audit Committee Leadership Network)

Navigating challenging situations (PDF) - 21 July, 2008

The evolution of internal audit (PDF) - 21 July, 2008

Consequences of the credit crunch (PDF) - 21 April, 2008

Increasing audit committee effectiveness (PDF) - 21 April, 2008

Second Audit Committee Leadership Summit - 28 November, 2007
(a joint summit with the North American Audit Committee Leadership Network and the European Audit Committee Leadership Network)

The audit committee’s role in major transactions (PDF) - 13 July, 2007

Private equity and public companies: a dialogue with Martin Halusa (PDF) - 13 July, 2007

Enhancing trust and competition in global public capital markets – 6 April, 2007
(a joint summit with the North American Audit Committee Leadership Network and the European Audit Committee Leadership Network)

The future of accounting and the accounting profession (PDF) - 14 November, 2006

Audit committee charters and agendas (PDF) - 14 November, 2006

Major emerging markets risk (PDF) - 30 May, 2006

IT governance (PDF) - 30 May, 2006

IFRS, shareholder rights: a dialogue with Commissioner McCreevy (PDF) - 15 March, 2006

Preventing, detecting and investigating fraud / Insuring against risk (PDF) - 15 March, 2006

The future of internal audit in Europe / Tax governance (PDF) - 31 October, 2005

Audit committees: converging roles, diverging practices? (PDF) - 15 July, 2005

The 8th Directive, regulation and the European Union: a dialogue with Commissioner McCreevy (PDF) - 15 July, 2005

The future of the audit committee in Europe (PDF) - 17 May, 2005

Section 404: Challenges facing European SEC registrants (PDF) - 25 January 2005

Tapestry also develops periodic briefings for network members - called InSights - that provide market analysis and leadership perspectives on major issues impacting their areas of work. InSights are available here.

European ACLN members are audit committee chairs of large global companies based in Europe, listed in FORTUNE's Global Most Admired Companies, with greater than 8 billion euros in annual revenues, including:

ABB

Areva

AstraZeneca

Atlantia

BG Group

Deutsche Telekom

Ernst & Young

GlaxoSmithKline

ING

Lufthansa Group

Areva

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