"How Boards Should Manage Risk"

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

2:00 - 2:45 pm, eastern [audio archive and transcript to follow]

Course Materials: KPMG
Course Materials: Wachtell Lipton

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The credit crisis has made risk management the #1 topic in boardrooms these days. Yet, there are many aspects of risk management that still are not clearly understood. And there are many risk management issues that continue to be debated – starting with the most basic (who should ultimately be responsible for oversight of a company’s risk profile) and continuing to the sophisticated. Join these experts:

• Andrew Brownstein, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton Rosen & Katz
• Scott Peters, Assistant Secretary and SEC Counsel, Exelon Corporation
• Laura Taylor, Head of Enterprise Risk Management, Aon Global Risk Consulting
• Brian Stephens, Partner and Audit Sector Leader, Banking and Finance, KPMG

Among the topics of this program are:

• What are latest developments in processes and tools that boards can use to monitor risk?
• Who is primarily responsible for risk oversight? Management? The full board? The audit committee? Or a newly-formed risk management committee?
• How are rating agencies now evaluating the risk profiles of companies?
• Which types of risk "red flags" should boards look for?

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