International experts debate corporate governance
Post Date: December 5, 2005
Hal Scott
On December 6, an international panel of experts will gather to discuss the current state of corporate governance in the global marketplace. The discussion will focus on particular hypothetical situations related to recent problems involving investor trust and corporate scandals. The forum, "Mandating Integrity and Transparency: The Current State of Corporate Governance in the Global Marketplace," is presented by HLS’s Program on International Financial Systems, along with Standard & Poor’s and BusinessWeek. The event is open to the public and will take place on Tuesday, December 6 from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm at the McGraw-Hill Auditorium in New York City.
Panelists will discuss:
- How well have corresponding regulatory and legislative attempts to raise standards for corporate governance succeeded in restoring investor confidence and at what cost?
- Can requirements be applied unilaterally across geographic and cultural boundaries?
- What is the proper role for independent directors? For outside auditors? For shareholder activism?
Confirmed Panelists include:
- Paul Atkins, commissioner, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
- Jochen Sanio, president, German Federal Banking Supervisory Office
- Rolf Breuer, chairman, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
- John Byrne, executive editor, BusinessWeek
- George S. Dallas, managing director & global practice leader, Standard & Poor’s
- Pierre Delsaux, acting director for free movement of capital, Company Law and Corporate Governance, European Commission
- Guido Ferrarini, professor of business law, University of Genoa
- Richard Kilgust, global and US regulatory affairs leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Elaine La Roche, independent non-executive director, China Construction Bank
- Jay W. Lorsch, Louis E. Kirstein Professor, Harvard Business School
- Masatsugu Nagato, managing executive officer Americas, Mizuho Corporate Bank
- Eric Roiter, SVP & general counsel, Fidelity Management & Research
- Sarah Ball Teslik, CEO, Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc.
The panel will be moderated by Hal S. Scott, Nomura Professor and director of PIFS. For more information about attending, please contact kkoehler@law.harvard.edu. Because of support from Standard & Poor's and BusinessWeek, there is no fee to attend.