The KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) champions outstanding corporate governance to drive long-term value and enhance stakeholder confidence. Through an array of insights, perspectives, and programs, the BLC—which includes the KPMG Audit Committee Institute and close collaboration with other leading director organizations—promotes continuous education and improvement of public and private company governance. BLC engages with directors and business leaders on the critical issues driving board agendas—from strategy, risk, talent, and ESG, to data governance, audit quality, proxy trends, and more.
This edition features our CEO Outlook, the U.S. economic forecast, climate on the board agenda, board effectiveness, proxy season, diversity disclosure, and more.
A discussion on how corporate boards are engaging on climate risk, including the implications for the business and for the broader, global operating environment.
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A conversation with Garry Ridge, chairman and CEO of WD-40 Company, on board oversight of corporate culture and employee engagement
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KPMG Board Leadership Center Senior Advisors share highlights from our recently released On the agenda series, including considerations for the audit, nom/gov, and compensation committees and the full board.
Flex+Strategy Group Founder and CEO Cali Yost talks with KPMG Board Leadership Center Senior Advisor Stephen Brown about how boards are overseeing the challenges of creating a long-term strategy for remote operations and flexible work arragements.
Farient Advisors Founder and CEO Robin Ferracone talks with KPMG Board Leadership Center Senior Advisor Annalisa Barrett about how the compensation committee’s agenda is evolving to meet heightened focus on human capital management for a holistic view of pay,
Corporate director and Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation CEO Tanuja Dehne talks with KPMG Board Leadership Center Senior Advisor Claudia Allen about how boards can help their companies navigate the proliferation of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics and take the initiative in telling their ESG story.
Plan C Advisors Founder and CEO Amanda North talks with KPMG Board Leadership Center Senior Advisor Susan Angele about how boards can help guide their organizations regarding the risks and opportunities presented by climate change, as well as oversight of climate risk disclosure and shareholder engagement on climate.
Chevron Chief Diversity Officer Lee Jourdan talks with KPMG Board Leadership Center Senior Advisor Annalisa Barrett about the critical challenges facing chief diversity officers and how the board can help champion their success.
Corporate director D’Anne Hurd talks with KPMG Board Leadership Center Senior Advisor Claudia Allen about how boards can create and maintain effective succession plans in the face of uncertainty.
Dan Siciliano, chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco and Codex Fellow at Stanford Law School, talks with KPMG Board Leadership Center Senior Advisor Susan Angele about challenging long-standing norms and practices of board operations and effectiveness.
