Sound bites no longer work in corporate disclosures, it’s the whole narrative that matters. A complete story that investors use to evaluate contradictons in the corporate narrative. Regulators are raising the disclosure bar, requiring consistency across disclosures. Investor sentiment is…
One hopes that if the Chair of Marks and Spencer has his contract extended, he is better equipped to manage cybersecurity and digital transformation going forward. From this week’s reading, Bryan Foss explained that the cyberattack caught the board by…
Marks and Spencer is a major global brand, one which is quintessentially British with a global reach. Whose brand is its primary asset and says everything about quality, style, solidity, and trust. Yet you do not put the most important…
Well worth a read from Stanford University. Examining the effects of regulatory compliance and fines on Corporate Governance and on changing management behaviour, and ‘how companies may find it more profitable to misbehave and suffer penalties rather than follow the…
Here lies the problem Boards and CAEs face, as Cyber Regulation starts to bite into the boardroom. The 10 red flags expose boards to legal risk, as cyber regulations require boards to demonstrate oversight and assurance of cyber risk, and…
The Chinese President Xi Jinping has proposed a Global Governance Initiative, calling on all nations to work towards a Global System of Governance. Applicable to all nations regardless of size, strength, and wealth. Coming at the time of the 80th anniversary…
The Financial Report Council (FRC) is the UK’s independent regulator responsible for promoting high standards of corporate governance, reporting, audit, and actuarial work. In this podcast on Corporate Governance, published this week. Kate O’Neill, Maureen Beresford, and Wendy J Barnes…
The debate is not so much one of how can CISOs work with boards to deliver value and create competitive advantage. The debate for many companies in the EU and US is how can CISOs work with Boards to deliver…
Several years ago as a member of the board of the UK The Security Institute I was involved in the development of the UK Cyber Security Council (I have the coffee mug to prove it ;-)). It was set up…
Sophie Best there is little doubt that AI is having a huge impact on how we view and access data. The ability of AI to reason natural language questions into responses, from collective knowledge and information held within LLMs has…
