by Sikandar Usmani | Aug 9, 2023 | Governance
Who rules when both the management and the board are on a payroll? Certainly, management having the advantage of running the day-to-day affairs of the entity, has greater knowledge of the issues impacting the entity, but the Board also has knowledge about the sector...
by Sikandar Usmani | Aug 2, 2023 | GRC
A word to the wise: Read on only if principles intrigue you, both personally and professionally! If you’ve always believed in the widely held and archaic belief that corporates trade off principles for increase in revenue and profitability, behold, you’re in for a...
by Sikandar Usmani | Jul 26, 2023 | Governance
First a question; will we ever get real about Board’s performance evaluations? To find an answer to it we need to make a current state assessment around it through the criteria given below. Mandatory guidelines on Board’s performance evaluation under the current rules...
by Sikandar Usmani | Jul 20, 2023 | Governance
Before diving right in……let’s try to figure out, why do Boards matter to Internal Auditors? What is it with the Boards that concerns Internal Auditors? Well for the answer you could obviously make a keyword search on Google and gets loads of information listed down...
by Sikandar Usmani | Jul 12, 2023 | Governance
Are you among those internal auditors who have always had the not so amusing pleasure of being asked about the materiality of every second or third audit finding you reported? Well, if it’s true; chances are you’re not alone and this piece is for you intended to make...
