Optimising Corporate Governance & Reporting is the must-attend, market-driven conference, and is designed to provide practical guidance on what companies operating in Asia must do in order to bring their corporate governance framework in line with the latest regulatory requirements and changing investor demands.
Pre-conference Workshops
Date: Tuesday,8 December 2009
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
09:00
Registration & Coffee
09:30
Workshop A:
Preparing Non-Financial Reports that will Meet Changing Demands of Investors & Stakeholders
Workshop Leader: Diana Tsui, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, KPMG
Derek Jackson, Chief Operating Officer, Risk Advisory Services, KPMG
Cecilia Ku, Manager Business Performance Services, KPMG
The financial sector is waking up to a range of non-financial issues and starting to use this non-financial data as an analysis tool much like a financial report. This increase in demand for transparency in non-financial performance suggests that, in order to remain competitive, companies must now start to consider the inclusion of non-financial reports alongside their financial disclosures – this workshop will show you how.
By attending you will discover:
What you should include in a non-financial report
How to gather non-financial data: Identifying and analysing strategic & financial risks and opportunities associated with economic, social and environmental issues
How to present this data in a concise and investor-friendly format
Examples of sustainability reports and how to replicate them
How investors and analysts may use this information
How to integrate financial and non-financial reports
13:00
Lunch
14:00
Workshop B:
Directors' Duties & Liabilities: Adapting to Changing Risks, Roles & Responsibilities in a New Regulatory Environment
Workshop Leader: Pádraig Walsh, Partner, BARLOW LYDE & GILBERT Dr. Isabella Chan, In-house Counsel, HKSAR GOVERNMENT
As a result of the current financial crisis, gaining international credibility and recent (or otherwise) corporate scandal and fraud, the responsibilities and liabilities of the Board of Directors’ is changing. This is as relevant for non-listed companies as it is for those who are listed.
How are duties changing? Responsibilities, liabilities, independence and remuneration
Demonstrating 'Character, Integrity and Experience' in Hong Kong
Identifying and delaing with conflicts of interests in the Board
Identifying and managing legal exposure in relation to the Board's behaviour
Criminal and civil liability in China following the Sanlu Dairy scandal
How can you set Board policy and make sure it is followed?
What to disclose, to who and when?
Understanding Directors' duties in the face of insolvency
Personal liability in the face of disaster: What can be learnt from recent fraud cases and scandals?
- Satyam
- Lehman
- Madoff
