On November 10-11, 2022, the Audit Committee Leadership Network (ACLN) met in Washington, DC to discuss:
Top challenges for audit committees, a members-only discussion
SEC update and enforcement discussion with Elad Roisman, partner at…
Board and committee effectiveness, Boards and General Management, Board risk oversight, Corporate and board regulatory matters, Investor perspectives on public companies
Approaching the end of 2022, compensation committees face continued scrutiny of executive compensation levels and how pay connects to company performance, while also confronting an economic climate of inflation, market volatility, and impending…
Board and committee effectiveness, Boards and General Management, Executive Compensation
Boards are under pressure from all corners to demonstrate their value. One key to board performance is building a culture of continuous improvement. To do so, many boards are taking a regular, honest look at both the board’s overall performance and…
Boards and General Management
Biomarkers and next-generation sequencing (NGS) tests have become pivotal in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Recent data shows, for example, increasing use of biomarker testing by oncologists. NGS testing is not only increasingly prevalent…
Precision medicine and diagnostics / Healthcare
As boards confront unprecedented levels of uncertainty and an increasingly complex risk landscape, audit committees are faced with ever-growing responsibilities. In a members-only session of the European Audit Committee Leadership Network (EACLN)…
Fraud is a risk to any organization, and its damage can reach beyond those involved to impair trust in capital markets more broadly. Recent high-profile frauds in Europe have led governance stakeholders to ask what more can be done to strengthen…
On 14 September 2022, Tapestry Networks hosted the first meeting of the European Growth Audit Network (EGAN) in Berlin, Germany. This ViewPoints describes discussions on the following topics:1
Challenges and considerations for directors of high-…
On 15-16 September 2022, the European Audit Committee Leadership Network (EACLN) met in Berlin to explore current challenges for audit committees; corporate fraud; the European energy supply crisis and its impact on companies’ climate transition…
Large, global companies increasingly face attacks from both criminals and nation-states whose motives reach beyond financial gain and include economic espionage and disruption of physical security. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a…
Regulators, investors, and other stakeholders are calling for increased disclosure of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data. But companies face many challenges as they prepare to meet evolving disclosure rules in the United States and the…