Provisions strengthening the powers of Ireland’s corporate watchdog, the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA), contained in the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 (2024 Act), came into operation on 3 December 2024.

This year’s lecture emphasised the significance of experienced and confident leadership, informed and inquisitive boards, and a culture of openness.

This extract on cyber risk management is taken from The Good Governance Guide to Risk.

In this blog, we explore the importance of subsidiary boards and their contribution to governance excellence within multinational companies.

The AI summit taking place in Bletchley Park will tackle questions on how to mitigate the risks posed by AI development and the balance needed to encourage innovation while regulating to avoid potential harms.

One of the biggest decisions to make when embarking on a board performance review is who should be carry out the review? Should it be an internal team or an external provider? These were commonly asked questions in our webinar about board performance reviews on the 26 October.

The second day of our annual conference looked to the future: how organisations are going to change in response to burgeoning technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI); the impact of shifting work attitudes; and further strengthening the obligations organisations have to people and the planet.

Are you ready to learn the fundamentals of governance in your own time and at your own pace? Our e-learning courses have been designed to explore three key areas of governance in 15 minute interactive modules.

Proper and robust governance is now a baseline expectation of stakeholders and is vital for an organisation to be fit for the future. The need for good governance is well-known, yet sports organisations have exhibited many chronic failures in this regard.