On April 29 and May 1, Bank Governance Leadership Network (BGLN) participants joined two virtual meetings to discuss the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for large banks. The key themes that emerged are:
Credit issues and…
Governance, Regulation and supervision, Risk management and oversight / Banking
From April 14 to April 30, 2020, Tapestry Networks convened a series of virtual meetings with the audit committee chairs of more than 100 large US public companies, to discuss how boards and audit committees are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Board and committee effectiveness, Boards and General Management, Board risk oversight
“This is too important. Banks need to act now and get smarter on this topic. We need to start asking smarter questions, even if we don’t have the answers yet.” – Executive
Before the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, environmental, social, and…
Governance, Regulation and supervision, Risk management and oversight / Banking
From March 30 to April 9, 2020, Tapestry Networks convened a series of virtual meetings with the audit committee chairs of more than 100 large US public companies, to discuss how boards and audit committees are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Board and committee effectiveness, Boards and General Management, Board risk oversight
On March 30 and March 31, Bank Governance Leadership Network (BGLN) participants joined two conference calls to discuss the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for large banks. The key themes that emerged are:
Operational…
Governance, Risk management and oversight, Financial Strategy / Banking
Investors and other stakeholders have become increasingly interested in understanding companies’ environmental and social impacts and their consequences for financial performance. This interest has led to an increased demand for environmental,…
Investor perspectives on public companies
The rise of shareholder activism has caught the attention of boards across Europe. Companies that once viewed themselves as protected from activism based on factors including size, shareholder base, or governance structure are no longer immune. In…
Board and committee effectiveness, Boards and General Management, Board risk oversight
Cyberattackers from abroad don’t care much about the difference between government and the private sector in the United States. They may have reasons for targeting one over the other in an individual instance, but their goal often is to exploit…
Boards and General Management, Board risk oversight
“When you’re in the middle of a cyber crisis, the facts never look like you thought they would. You can end up with inconsistent narratives.” – Director
On December 11, 2019, CRDN members met in New York to discuss how companies plan for major…
Boards and General Management, Board risk oversight, Cybersecurity
The increasing speed, miniaturization, and power of computing, as well as the connectivity of billions of devices, has led to deep change for even the most basic of industrial firms. “We are fast becoming a tech company,” said a director of one such…
Boards and General Management, Board risk oversight, Cybersecurity