London Roundtable - DVD

Beyond the myth of Anglo-American corporate governance

Date: 9 & 10 January 2007

Focus: Emerging Issues

Location: Chartered Accountants' Hall

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Running order: DVD 1

Dinner speeches

• Tim Bush, Director, Hermes UK Focus Funds
• The Rt Hon John McFall MP of the Treasury Select Committee

Introduction

• Michael Izza, Chief Executive, ICAEW
• Robert Hodgkinson, Executive Director, Technical Strategy, ICAEW

Business dialogue

• Sir Hugh Sykes, Former Chairman, Yorkshire Bank plc
• Richard Lambert, Director General, Confederation of British Industry
• John Castellani, President, Business Roundtable
• Lady Judge, Chairman, UK Atomic Energy Authority
• Sir Geoffrey Owen, Senior Fellow, London School of Economics

Accounting dialogue

• Bob Herz, Chairman, Financial Accounting Standards Board
• Tom Troubridge, Head of London Capital Markets Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• James Turley, Chairman & CEO, Ernst & Young
• Robin Freestone, Chief Financial Officer, Pearson plc
• Charles Niemeier, Board Member, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

Running order: DVD 2

Ministerial address

• Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

Investment dialogue

• Peter Montagnon, Director of Investment Affairs, Association of British Insurers
• Mark Anson, CEO, Hermes Pensions Management Ltd
• Chris Hitchen, CEO, The Railways Pension Trustee Company
• Peter Moon, Chief Investment Officer, Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd
• Anne Simpson, Executive Director, International Corporate Governance Network

Policy dialogue

• Cally Jordan, Professor, University of Melbourne
• Ethiopis Tafara, Director of International Affairs, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
• Paul Boyle, CEO, Financial Reporting Council

Closing keynote address

• Sir Christopher Hogg, Chairman, Financial Reporting Council

Final remarks

• Robert Hodgkinson, Executive Director, Technical Strategy, ICAEW

Highlights of the London Roundtable programme can be viewed as a webcast

• View the London Roundtable programme (PDF 44kb/3pages)

Discussion papers

Background historical information and evidence are provided in four supporting Discussion papers which should be read in conjunction with the findings outlined in the Emerging Issues paper.