Corporate governance issues

For accountants and auditors

New for 2012 - half day course

Designed especially for accountants and auditors, this course will be suitable for finance directors, accountants, external and internal auditors. It is designed to be valuable for participants from all sectors and from with-profit, not-for-profit and public sector organisation. This half-day course can be attended on its own, or in combination with Corporate governance overview

• An opportunity to consider the roles and responsibilities of accountants and auditors in the build up to the global financial crisis.
• A run through of contemporary corporate governance developments of particular concern for accountants and auditors.
• A consideration of accounting and auditing (internal and external) standards developments impacting upon corporate governance.
• A reconsideration of the importance of external and internal audit, and of the finance and accounting functions, in ensuring high quality corporate governance.

Eur Ing Professor Andrew D Chambers, BA, CEng, FCCA, FCA, FIIA, FBCS, CITP, FRSA

Described by The Times as 'a worldwide authority on corporate governance', Andrew runs Management Audit LLP which specialises in advising on audit and corporate governance. Author of over 15 books on auditing and corporate governance, he sat on the UK FRC's Auditing Practices Board (2006-9) and is currently a member of the Federation des Experts Comptables Europeens' (FEEs') Corporate Governance and Company Law Working Partners.

• Why and how are finance, accounting and auditing specialists responsible for corporate governance?
• Key governance issues arising from the  2010-11 House of Lords inquiry into auditing.
• The importance of financial, accounting and auditing experts on boards.
• Board audit committees, their responsibilities and making them effective.
• Board risk committees, their responsibilities and making them effective.
• Key governance developments (EC,FSA, FRC) of special importance to financial, accounting and auditing specialists.

The course starts at 2.00pm and ends at 5.15pm. Refreshments are provided.

3 CPD hours (where applicable)

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