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Corporate Governance Roles and Responsibilities Part IV – Internal Audit

The Internal Audit Function is one of the most misunderstood functions within most organisations and are seen a more a “police force” type role rather than their complex multifaceted role of providing advisory, audit and review activities for internal controls, internal audits, risk review, strategy advisory and business effectiveness. LinkedIn Article The internal audit team…

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Corporate Governance Roles and Responsibilities Part III – Chief Financial Officer

The role of the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) in the implementation of Corporate Governance is as crucial as the CEO in the fact that proper financial management and application of suitable internal controls will make or break an organisation. LinkedIn Article Many people not working within the finance function may not appreciate or understand the…

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Corporate Governance Roles and Responsibilities Part II – Chief Executive Officer

This article focuses on the role of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in creating strong Corporate Governance structures, policies and practices within the organisation, which in turn will create an ethical and sustainable business. The Board of Directors and the CEO are the linchpins in the fight against unethical business practices in a business and…

Corporate Governance Roles and Responsibilities Part I – Board and Board Committees

This article focuses on the roles and responsibilities of the Board of Directors and Board Committees where we aim to shed some light on the practices of the Board to assist the Board to create policies and practices which support the implementation of Corporate Governance. In addition to assisting the Board this article should assist…

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Corporate Governance – Roles and Responsibilities Series

In this series of articles I and we aim to provide insight into the roles and responsibilities within different functional area’s involved in supporting the implementation of #Corporate #Governance within any organisation, either multi-national, large or #SME. The importance of clarity of the roles and responsibilities within an organisation cannot be stressed enough as it…

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Corporate Governance “My Musings”

The need for “Corporate Governance” or “#Governance” is on the tip of many tongues and being discussed at Board, Executive Committee and Management Committee levels. Additionally, a number of institutions and organisations have decided to jump on the “band wagon” and talk about the current “buzz Word”. But what is the most important question at…