Board and C-Suite Leadership
Collection
Explore challenges and areas of interest for boards of directors around the world. From environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters to fulfilling the board’s vital risk oversight mandate, this collection provides practical insights and guidance for new and experienced board members alike.
Featured Insights
Is Your Board Technology-Engaged?
With technology clearly a material driver of change, boards of larger companies are trending toward a more strategic focus on technology. Should your...
Internal Auditing Around the World®
The 19th volume of Protiviti’s Internal Auditing Around the World® builds on a theme we explored in-depth earlier this year in our 2023 Next...
Modernising Legacy Infrastructure to Increase Competitiveness: The Board’s Role
The big picture: Innovative culture, speed to market, customer focus and organisational agility are mainstays in boardroom conversations about...
A Call for Transparency Amid a Shifting Legal and Regulatory Landscape
The increasing complexity of the legal and regulatory landscape is challenging the board’s fiduciary duties. Emerging trends ushering in a call for...
Hot Topics
PCAOB Issues Staff Update and Preview of 2022 Inspection Observations
Discover PCAOB's 2022 Inspection Observations & tech-auditing trends. Crucial insights for SEC registrants & audit committees. Read the full...
What Role Should Compliance Play in ESG?
By Bernadine Reese and Jackie Sanz
Regulators and many other stakeholders are intently focused on how financial institutions address environmental,...
Organisational Culture Is a Competitive Advantage
1 big thing: Where are the culture strategies?
Consider this: If culture eats strategy for breakfast, why do some organisations continue to respond...
Transforming the Business to Operate at Market Speed
As a term in business, “agile” is typically used to refer to a project management methodology, especially for software development. But there is a...
Technology
SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Enhancements: Efforts to Boost Investor Confidence
On 26 July 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments1 to its rules on cybersecurity risk management, strategy,...
Podcast | The Rise of Generative AI – with Christine Livingston
ChatGPT is the talk of the town today. But as we all know, generative AI is much more than this one tool. Gen AI represents a new frontier of promise,...
The Metaverse: The Dawn of a New Generation of Capabilities
The big picture: The metaverse has the potential to be a disruptive, expansive and transformative force, even to the point of spawning its own economy...
The Innovation vs. Technical Debt Tug of War
Technology leaders are exploring new ways to drive innovation and maximise the value of IT in a changing world driven by disruption and a need for...
ESG
Podcast | Financial Inclusion and Its Impact – with Alyse Mauro Mason, Tracie Anderson and Shelley Metz-Galloway
In this episode, hosted by Protiviti Associate Director Alyse Mauro Mason, we focus on financial inclusion, defining financial inclusion and its...
Adoption of European Sustainability Reporting Standards Starts the Clock for Preparation
This blog post was authored by Ellen Holder - Director, Sustainability and ESG Lead Europe and Britta Sadoun, Associate Director with Protiviti...
ISSB Approves First Two Sustainability Disclosure Standards, and the Time Is Now for Jurisdictions to Act
This blog post was authored by Ellen Holder - Director, Sustainability and ESG Lead Europe, Protiviti Germany and Steve Wang - Managing Director, U.S....
Podcast | ESG and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging – with Andaye Hill-Espinoza and Alfredo Mendez
A core component of the ESG programme in any organisation is diversity, equity and inclusion. Different organisations take different approaches to DEI...
Emerging Risks
Implications of U.S. Banking Regulators’ Final Guidance on TPRM – with Brian Kostek, Kathryn Hardman and Helen Smith
In June, nearly two years after issuing their proposal for third-party risk management (TPRM), the U.S. banking regulators – the Office of the...
Risky Women Podcast | Talent Management and the Nature of Work
Tonya Hummers, Managing Director at Protiviti, speaks with Sarah Olthoff, Senior Vice President and Chief Business Risk Officer at Discover Financial...
What Do the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank Failures Mean for Bank Supervision?
On April 28, four reports were issued on the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. These reports signal the next stage of what is likely...
The Top Risks for the Next Decade: A Global Perspective
A global survey conducted online during the September/October time frame by Protiviti and NC State University’s ERM Initiative of 1,304 C-level...
