There is a close relationship between corporate reporting and corporate governance. The evolution of this relationship is examined. To understand this further an appreciation of the role of the audit committee is needed.

There is an interview with a former Chair of a FTSE 100 Company who talks about some of the issues he encountered with Corporate Governance.

Session content

• What is now expected from corporate reporting
• The role of the auditor in Corporate Governance
• Defining the Expectation Gap 
• Detailed function of Audit Committees – where they get it right and where it can go wrong
• Interview with John Whybrow former head of Phillips Europe and former Chair of FTSE 100 company Wolseley PLC (now Ferguson PLC)

Learning outcomes

Having completed this course, delegates will:

• Contextualise the relationship between reporting and the audit committee in large companies.
• Understand some of the problems auditors face
• And appreciate some of the problems audit committees face

Those working in financial and professional services in a senior capacity – Non-Executive Directors, Executive Directors, Senior Managers, Senior Governance Professionals, Company Secretaries – as well as those looking to build a better appreciation of the demands placed on directors and boards in the dispatch of their legal, contractual and fiduciary duties.