Joint RCE-OECD hybrid workshop on “Promoting good corporate governance”
Joint RCE-OECD hybrid workshop on “Promoting good corporate governance”
Day one of the workshop delved into the priority areas the OECD and G20 countries took into consideration during the review of the Principles, such as the management of environmental, social and governance risks, digitalisation, corporate ownership and concentration, and institutional investors and stewardship, among others. These priority areas were reflected in the revised Principles and discussed in the round table.
The speakers were:
- Ms Fianna Jurdant, Senior Policy Analyst, Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, on the global relevance of the Principles
- Mr Thomas Dannequin, Policy Analyst, Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, on the main revisions to the Principles
Session 2 of the workshop was a round table discussion comprising of:
- Ms Tumi Dlamini, Chairperson, Committee on African Principles and Guidelines on Corporate Governance, African Peer Review Mechanism
- Mr Rockson Dogbegah, Chairman, African Corporate Governance Network & President, Institute of Directors, Ghana
- Mr Rami El Dokany, Executive Chairman, The Egyptian Exchange
- Mr Tarfa Makyur, Deputy Director and Head of Financial Standard & Corporate Governance Department, Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria
- Ms Mutumboi Mundia, Director, Market Supervision and Development, Securities and Exchange Commission, Zambia
- Me Aruna Radhakeesoon, Chairperson, National Committee on Corporate Governance, Mauritius
Day 2 of the workshop was a panel discussion on Sustainability and Corporate Governance.
The panel discussed on how to improve company disclosures on the environmental risks they were facing, expectations from directors and shareholders to support the green transition, and the corporate governance policies that would enable an orderly transition for companies as well as for societies.
The panellists consisted of:
- Mr Benjamin Gaffney, Associate Operations Officer, Environmental, Social and Governance Department, International Finance Corporate, World Bank Group
- Mr Meshack Joram, Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Directors, Kenya
- Ms Astrid Ludin, Deputy Commissioner, Financial Sector Conduct Authority, South Africa
- Ms Anne Molyneux, Director, CS international, Business at OECD & former Vice-Chair, International Corporate Governance Network
- Dr Drishty Ramdenee, Director for Emerging and Services Sector, Economic Development Board of Mauritius