Explore best practices for aligning financial reporting with corporate strategy. Help your company operate more effectively in today’s demanding market and regulatory environment.
Thank you for your interest in this program. The November 2024 session currently is near capacity. You may wish to consider applying to the July 23 – 25, 2025 session.
With growing public focus on corporate governance and oversight, audit committees face increasingly complex regulatory challenges. Managing this tension between compliance and strategy can feel like an art.
Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance addresses the core responsibilities of audit committees including risk management. You will learn how to strengthen internal control systems and move your company toward strategic financial reporting that mitigates risk.
Key Program Features
Key Topics
Strategic financial reporting
Audit committee processes and relationships with stakeholders
Transparency and investor communication
Building a strong risk management infrastructure
Measuring performance of ethics and compliance
Leveraging strong internal controls to promote growth
Program Format
3
days on the HBS campus
12–15
hours of pre-program work
Case materials and a detailed schedule will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.
Who Should Attend
Current or potential audit committee members on boards of publicly listed companies
Board chairs, CEOs, CFOs, general counsels, and risk officers who work with audit committees
Audit firm partners, investor relations professionals, legal advisors, and nonprofit board members
Global Perspective
6%
Africa
7%
Asia Pacific
17%
Europe
9%
Latin America
9%
Middle East
52%
North America
Education
Highest Level Attained
6%
JD/Law
1%
MD
8%
PhD
39%
MBA
16%
MS/MA
20%
BS/BA
1%
Two Years College
1%
Foreign Diploma
1%
High School Diploma
Companies That Have Participated
Banco Santander
Cambium Networks
Deca Technologies
Discovery Bay Investments
Ecobank
Ernst & Young
FEMSA
illycaffe S.p.A.
James Hardie Industries
Rand Logistics
Raytheon Technologies Corporation
Teaching Team
All our executive education programs are developed and taught by a team of widely recognized HBS faculty. Many are skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.
This in-person program takes place on our storied campus where you'll live and learn at the heart of Boston's vibrant business, academic, and technology hubs.
At HBS, every detail is carefully calibrated to drive your success. Living arrangements and classrooms that spark connection. Unrivaled academic resources. And rejuvenating fitness, dining, and cultural amenities.
Admissions
We admit applicants on a rolling, space-available basis, so you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible.
The selective admissions process is based on professional achievement, organizational responsibility, and the admissions criteria for each program as described in Who Should Attend. There are no formal educational requirements for HBS Executive Education programs.
Program content, dates, schedule, fees, technology platforms, and faculty are subject to change. In accordance with Harvard University policy, Harvard Business School does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex or sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status, or disability in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in its programs and activities.