Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organised a Conference on “Corporate Frauds: Governance and Risk Management” on Thursday, 17 November 2022 at Mumbai (In-person).

This was in partnership with National Foundation or Corporate Governance (a Ministry of Corporate Affairs led initiative). The Conference were in-person day-long engagement with stakeholders including Regulators; corporates; investors; risk professionals; governance professionals; cyber specialists and fraud and forensic professionals.

The Conference were focused on the following key themes:

• Fraud Prevention and Risk Management in times of Uncertainty: Business Resilience in volatile times: Multidisciplinary Approach; Fraud Governance – Lessons from Global crisis; Role of Regulators and Investigating agencies; Defining Workplace Whistle blowing and Vigil Mechanism; Anti-bribery and Corruption Policy - Role of corporate culture; Cyber Security – How Vulnerable is Corporate India
• Fraud Risk Management - How to get the formula right?: Role of Board in improving culture and accountability; Board Agility – Impact of global disruptions on decision making; Dissent – Reality or Myth?; Increasing expectations from governance professionals - Independent Directors, Audit Committee, and others; Managing stakeholder expectations; Young and Dynamic Companies - Growth v/s Compliance Conundrum; Enterprise Risk and Uncertainty Management - Identifying common threads or potential indicators in frauds and risks; Learning from past events – external and internal
• Changing dynamics of due diligence – do we need to do more or less: What due diligence does India Inc needs to undergo as the country turns 75; Pre-transaction diligence vs post-investment monitoring; Board representation v/s Investor v/s Partner – Role of Investor; Navigating through a heightened cyber threat environment - Mitigation of risks resulting from digital disruptions; Reliance on regulatory and legal framew.