Shaping a future-proof corporate ecosystem

Join Accountancy Europe and the European Confederation of Directors Associations (ecoDa) for this in-person event.

We live in an era of economic, geopolitical, technological and climate disruptions. This poses many risks for the corporate ecosystem but also provides unique opportunities to reinvent it. Our event will look into key areas influencing the ecosystem’s resilience. With the main parties that play a role here – companies including their audit committees and shareholders, auditors, policymakers and supervisors – we will explore ways to collectively:

• enhance quality of corporate reporting
• meet the public interest entities’ (PIE) needs through a diverse and resilient audit (assurance) market
• strengthen companies’ resilience

Our networking cocktail starts after the event, from 16:50 to 17:50 CEST.

Speakers (scroll down for programme)

• Keynotes:
  • Peter Hinssen, author on radical innovation, long-term strategy, leadership in VUCA times and the impact of technology
  • Sven Gentner, Head of Unit, DG FISMA Unit C.1, European Commission
• Moderators:
  • Andrew Hobbs, Vice-Chair, Accountancy Europe’s Corporate Governance Policy Group (CGPG) and Partner, Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) Public Policy Leader, EY
  • David Herbinet, Chair, Accountancy Europe Audit and Assurance Policy Group, and Global Head of Audit, Mazars
  • Jens Poll, Vice-President, Accountancy Europe
  • Olivier Boutellis-Taft, CEO, Accountancy Europe
• Sessions’ panellists:
  • Anneke Bovens, independent public policy advisor and investigator, former deputy director at the Dutch Safety Board
  • Dagmar Rehm, Non-executive Director and Audit Committee Chair, Association of Supervisory Boards in Germany, and ecoDa
  • Gwen van Berne, Global Chair, the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
  • Isabelle Grauer-Gaynor, Head of Unit, Corporate Finance and Reporting, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
  • Josina Kamerling, Head of Regulatory Outreach Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), CFA Institute
  • Laura Warren, Director of Competition Policy, Financial Reporting Council (FRC)
  • Marcel Welsink, Partner, Grant Thornton Netherlands
  • Michael Fechner, Financial Reporting Board Member, European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG)
  • Michele Casò, Dottore Commercialista, Revisore Legale, Certified Fraud Examiner, Studio Casò
  • Dr Rainer Lenz, Chief Internal Auditor at SAF-HOLLAND Group, and lecturer on “Governance and Internal Auditing” at the Johannes-Gutenberg-University in Mainz
  • Tom Howie, Content and Communications Manager, WikiRate International