Meet Kyle Burke as he tells us what its like to work as a Legal Analyst at Tata Consultancy Services.

In this podcast Kerry Round, Founding Director of Round Governance Services, outlines how the governance of a company will change following an Initial Public Offering (IPO). She covers board structure, responsibilities, composition, and the need for board diversity. The discussion outlines how an IPO will affect important stakeholders such as employees, the policies the company will need to have in place, what disclosures will be required, and which external bodies the company secretary or governance professional will find themselves dealing with on a regular basis. Kerry describes an IPO as a career highlight and the role of the company secretary or governance professional in a listed company as fabulous.

The AI Office will implement the future AI Act at EU level and it should become a central coordination body for AI policy at EU level and cooperate with other Commission departments, EU bodies, Member States and the stakeholder community.

Electrical power has been restored to Heathrow Airport, but fixing the governance problems which underlay the crisis will take much longer. Daniel Valentine suggests that Friday’s emergency shutdown of Heathrow raises serious questions about both the governance of the UK’s energy infrastructure, and decision making by airports, and provides lessons for all organisations.

With an ever-growing expectation for companies to know the individuals and partners with which they do business, regulatory penalties have never looked tougher.

In this podcast Peter Fowler, Managing Director at Lumi UK, looks at how annual general meetings (AGMs) are changing.

Meet Boglarka Radi as she tells us what its like to be an Assistant Company Secretary at Aveva

Boards may not always be confident in understanding the right metrics to use to determine whether their organisation is adequately protected against cybersecurity threats. Here are five of the most significant key performance indicators (KPIs) that they should bear in mind.

This extract is taken from Charity Checklists, 2nd edition.