Audit committee considerations for Q1 2024

This webcast will explore the impact of geopolitical uncertainty and how internal audit practices are transforming.

Join the EY Center for Board Matters on April 9, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. (ET) for another episode in our webcast series, Better Questions for Boards, designed to provide directors with insights and questions to consider as they engage with management on a variety of complex boardroom issues.

As the first quarter closes, audit committees and management are navigating ongoing geopolitical volatility and a dynamic business environment. On this webcast, we’ll address evolving audit committee priorities and topics such as:

• The geostrategic outlook for 2024:  Find out how companies are adapting to ongoing global uncertainty, including how geopolitics is likely to impact businesses in the year ahead. Additionally, hear about effective practices for managing and overseeing geopolitical risks.
• The transformation of internal audit: Hear from a chief audit executive of a Fortune 500 company and an EY executive on leading practices for internal audit teams, especially as internal audit teams embark on adapting, innovating, and transforming the internal audit function. Learn how internal audit priorities are evolving to meet the needs of companies, boards and audit committees.

This CPE-eligible webcast will be 60 minutes. The discussion will be moderated by Patrick Niemann, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP and Americas Leader of the EY Audit Committee Forum. Panelists will include:

• John Ackerman, Principal, Ernst & Young LLP
• Stacy Petrosky, Chief Audit Executive, Otis Elevator
• Courtney Rickert McCaffrey, EY Global Geostrategic Business Group Insights Leader
• Jill Sanborn, former Senior Director for Geopolitical Strategy and Risk, Roku, and former FBI official