Programme and speakers at the Corporate Governance Conference 2026

To see the full programme from the day and read speaker biographies, please visit the event page:

• Corporate Governance Conference 2026

Regulator update

Richard Moriarty, CEO, Financial Reporting Council

Iain Wright,  ICAEW Chief Policy and Communications Officer

• FRC chief urges boards to think for themselves on corporate governance

The role of the Audit Committee and how to be a successful Audit Committee Chair

Tracy Gordon, Director, Deloitte

Mary Reilly, Board Member, Audit Committee Chairs’ Independent Forum

Carolyn Clarke, Founding Partner, Brave Within LLP

John Hitchins, Chair of the Group Audit Committee

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The role of the Board in shaping culture and how to measure success

Tanya Gass, Partner at Norman Broadbent

Tina Mavraki, FTSE 100 NED & FI Senior Advisor

Harriet Molyneaux, NED and People & Culture Advisor

Peter van Veen, ICAEW's Director of Corporate Governance and Stewardship

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AI governance: what boards need to consider

Peter Lee, Partner at Simmons & Simmons Partner

Pauline Norstrom, CEO of AI strategy and risk advisory firm Anekanta® AI

Tuomas Syrjänen, Co-founder and Chair of digital transformation specialists Futurice

Esther Mallowah, ICAEW Head of Tech Policy

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The role of boards in managing risk

Hanif Barma, Founder of Board Alchemy and co-founder and director at the Risk Coalition

Alessandra Mongiardino, NED

Tara Rajah, General Counsel, Corporate Risk at WPP and Trustee at War Child UK

Sheree Howard, FCA’s Executive Director of Authorisations and Joint Interim COO

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Companies House reform and developments in Economic Crime regulations and associated good practice – what directors need to know

Laura Hough and Mike Miller from ICAEW's Ethics Team

Sam Tate, Global Head of Regulatory & Investigations at Clyde & CO LLP

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Gallery of photos

A selection of images from the day.