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PepsiCo CEO Ramon L. Laguarta Appointed To IBM Board

PepsiCo CEO Ramon L. Laguarta Appointed To IBM Board

Ramon L. Laguarta has been Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo since 2018. Prior to this role he served as President of the company and led its corporate strategy. Over the course of his career at PepsiCo he has held senior leadership responsibilities...

Sanjay Pugalia Reappointed as Whole-Time Director of NDTV

Sanjay Pugalia Reappointed as Whole-Time Director of NDTV

Sanjay Pugalia has been reappointed as the Whole-Time Director of New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV), effective April 1, 2026, subject to the approval of shareholders at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. Sanjay Pugalia is a seasoned...

Smart Minute Taking

Smart Minute Taking

Taking accurate meeting minutes is a core responsibility for corporate secretaries and governance professionals. While much attention is placed on what to capture during a meeting it is just as important to understand what should be excluded....

Ravi Kumar Pangal Appointed as CIO of IndusInd Bank

Ravi Kumar Pangal Appointed as CIO of IndusInd Bank

IndusInd Bank Limited has appointed Ravi Kumar Pangal as Chief Information Officer and Senior Management Personnel with effect from January 28 2026. Ravi Kumar Pangal brings deep expertise in banking technology and operational leadership. Prior to...

Startup compliance made simple: an 8 step practical checklist

Startup compliance made simple: an 8 step practical checklist

For early stage companies focused on rapid growth and fundraising, compliance for startups can feel like a distraction instead of a growth driver. Yet as investor scrutiny increases, weak compliance foundations often slow funding timelines and...

Integrating AI into Your GRC Strategy: A Board Level Guide

Integrating AI into Your GRC Strategy: A Board Level Guide

Business risk continues to rise at an unprecedented pace. Recent industry research shows that overall risk exposure has increased sharply since early 2025 with legal and compliance leaders rating today’s risk environment far higher than in previous...

Managing Director vs CEO: Role Differences

Managing Director vs CEO: Role Differences

In the modern corporate landscape, leadership titles can be confusing especially when Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) are used interchangeably. While both roles sit at the top of the organizational hierarchy, their...

Executive Chairman vs. CEO: Key Differences

Executive Chairman vs. CEO: Key Differences

As organizations grow in size and complexity, leadership structures evolve to balance strategy, governance, and execution. One of the most common areas of confusion especially for founders, boards, and investors is the distinction between an...

Nissan Joseph Continues as CEO of Metro Brands for a Fresh Term

Nissan Joseph Continues as CEO of Metro Brands for a Fresh Term

Nissan Joseph has been reappointed as Chief Executive Officer and Key Managerial Personnel of Metro Brands Limited with effect from July 1 2026 reinforcing continuity in the company’s leadership. Joseph brings more than 22 years of experience in...

Usha Ramsinghani Appointed Company Secretary of Bank of India

Usha Ramsinghani Appointed Company Secretary of Bank of India

Usha Ramsinghani has taken over as Company Secretary of Bank of India following the transfer of Rajesh V. Upadhya to the Zonal Audit Office in Hyderabad effective January 28 2025. Ramsinghani has more than 13 years of banking experience and...

Subrat Mohanty Reappointed as Executive Director of Axis Bank

Subrat Mohanty Reappointed as Executive Director of Axis Bank

Axis Bank has reappointed Subrat Mohanty as Executive Director and Whole Time Director effective August 17 2026 subject to approvals from the RBI and shareholders. In a related development Prashant Joshi will retire as Chief Credit Officer on June...

7 corporate governance trends every board must watch in 2026

7 corporate governance trends every board must watch in 2026

Corporate governance is entering one of its most challenging periods. As boards move into 2026, they confront rising risks, regulatory pressures, geopolitical uncertainty, and fast-paced technological changes. These factors are redefining what...

How GRC data empowers boards to manage risk effectively

How GRC data empowers boards to manage risk effectively

The importance of governance risk and compliance data has grown significantly as regulatory expectations expand and business risks evolve at greater speed. Boards no longer have the luxury of relying on quarterly reports that reflect past...

Shaping Modern Legal Operations

Shaping Modern Legal Operations

Legal operations is evolving rapidly as organizations expect legal teams to deliver greater value with limited resources. Today’s legal operations professionals are asked to think strategically leverage data effectively and adopt technology that...

Tushar Patankar Resigns As Chief Risk Officer Of Yes Bank

Tushar Patankar Resigns As Chief Risk Officer Of Yes Bank

Patankar is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He joined Yes Bank in November 2023 and brought extensive experience in risk management and financial services leadership. Prior to this role he served as Group Chief...

How boards lead and enable effective GRC

How boards lead and enable effective GRC

Straightforward business models are a thing of the past. Modern organizations operate in an environment shaped by rapid expansion evolving risk profiles changing regulations global operations and an overwhelming volume of technology and data. In...

UK Governance and Compliance Outlook for The Future

UK Governance and Compliance Outlook for The Future

The regulatory environment in the United Kingdom is entering a period of significant change. Governance risk and compliance professionals face increasing pressure to stay informed while guiding their organisations through complex legal and...

Raymond Lifestyle Names Satyaki Ghosh As Chief Executive Officer

Raymond Lifestyle Names Satyaki Ghosh As Chief Executive Officer

Satyaki Ghosh brings more than 25 years of leadership experience across FMCG textiles retail and consumer focused businesses with strong exposure to both B2B and B2C markets. He joins Raymond Lifestyle Limited after a long tenure with the Aditya...

How SaaS Technology Powers Growth in Modern Enterprises

How SaaS Technology Powers Growth in Modern Enterprises

Professionals increasingly rely on cloud based SaaS platforms to keep pace with rapid business change. As organizations rethink how they adopt and manage technology software as a service has become a preferred model for scalability innovation and...

ERM vs GRC: Understanding the Core Differences

ERM vs GRC: Understanding the Core Differences

Organizations operate in an increasingly complex risk environment that requires structured and forward looking management approaches. As risks grow more interconnected many companies are re evaluating whether enterprise risk management or...

The future of GRC: Why an integrated approach is now essential

The future of GRC: Why an integrated approach is now essential

Organizations do not fail because they take risks. They fail when risks are poorly managed. As regulatory demands intensify, cyber risks grow more complex and stakeholder scrutiny increases, governance risk and compliance has moved from the...

Building Enterprise Resilience Through Smarter Risk Technology

Building Enterprise Resilience Through Smarter Risk Technology

Modern organizations face a rapidly shifting risk environment shaped by digital transformation regulatory pressure and operational complexity. To stay resilient many teams are rethinking how enterprise risk management supports long term decision...

Building a Risk Conscious Organization

Building a Risk Conscious Organization

Creating a strong enterprise risk management framework is not driven by a single policy or committee. It is shaped by countless everyday decisions and behaviors across the organization. These small consistent actions influence how people think...

6 AI Trends Shaping Governance, Risk And Compliance In 2026

6 AI Trends Shaping Governance, Risk And Compliance In 2026

Artificial intelligence is already changing how governance risk and compliance professionals operate. Tasks such as data analysis risk evaluation board reporting and control reviews are becoming faster and more consistent through intelligent...

Kamal Taneja Appointed Managing Director Of Huhtamaki India

Kamal Taneja Appointed Managing Director Of Huhtamaki India

Taneja brings extensive global leadership experience to the role. He previously served as Global Managing Director across Essentra Group entities based in the United Kingdom and Singapore. Earlier in his career he held senior leadership roles at...

Strengthening Enterprise Risk Management

Strengthening Enterprise Risk Management

Enterprise risk management remains a challenge for many organizations in 2026. While markets technologies and regulations evolve at speed a large number of businesses still rely on outdated risk management approaches or operate without a defined...

Walmart International CEO Kathryn McLay Set To Step Down

Walmart International CEO Kathryn McLay Set To Step Down

Kathryn McLay will step down as Chief Executive Officer of Walmart International with effect from January 31 2026 after leading the business for two and a half years. She will continue in her role through the first quarter to ensure a smooth...

The Real Value of Corporate Governance in Modern Business

The Real Value of Corporate Governance in Modern Business

Corporate governance plays a defining role in how organizations are led, monitored and trusted. In today’s business environment companies have considerable freedom in shaping internal policies and decision making structures. Even so strong...

How Enterprise Risk Management Is Evolving in 2026

How Enterprise Risk Management Is Evolving in 2026

Enterprise risk management is undergoing a fundamental transformation. The methods that supported organizations over the last decade are no longer effective in a world defined by rapid disruption heightened accountability and tightly connected...

Somraj Roy Steps Down As Vice President Of Human Resources At CEAT

Somraj Roy Steps Down As Vice President Of Human Resources At CEAT

Somraj Roy has stepped down from his position as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at CEAT Limited with effect from January 14 2026. His decision comes as he looks to pursue new responsibilities within the broader group. Roy brings over 25...

Sharad Kumar Joins Sical Logistics As Independent Director

Sharad Kumar Joins Sical Logistics As Independent Director

Sharad Kumar has been appointed as a Non Executive Independent Director of Sical Logistics Limited with effect from January 14 2026. His appointment strengthens the company’s board with extensive experience in banking and financial services. He is...

How Internal Audit Is Transforming Enterprise Risk Management

How Internal Audit Is Transforming Enterprise Risk Management

Internal audit and enterprise risk management work in close alignment within modern organizations. As regulatory demands grow and business environments become more complex, the connection between these two functions plays a central role in...

How corporate governance began and how it has evolved over time

How corporate governance began and how it has evolved over time

Corporate governance has developed over centuries shaped by economic growth legal reform and shifting expectations around accountability. At its core governance focuses on how organizations are directed controlled and held responsible. It covers...

Neelam Dhawan Retires As Independent Director Of ICICI Bank

Neelam Dhawan Retires As Independent Director Of ICICI Bank

Neelam Dhawan brings decades of leadership experience across global technology and enterprise organisations. She served as Managing Director for Microsoft and Hewlett Packard in India for over a decade and later held the role of Vice President for...

How public leaders view the role of artificial intelligence

How public leaders view the role of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence is steadily gaining ground across the public sector. Adoption is increasing but it is happening with noticeable caution. Recent survey findings from public leaders show that while more organizations are experimenting with AI...

The Strategic Role of Corporate Governance

The Strategic Role of Corporate Governance

Corporate governance plays a central role in how organizations are directed and controlled. In the United States companies have flexibility in shaping internal policies but strong governance remains essential for credibility and stability....

15 proven best practices for effective ERM reporting

15 proven best practices for effective ERM reporting

Many enterprise risk management reports fall short of their core objective. They often reach stakeholders too late rely on outdated inputs and overwhelm readers with excessive data rather than clear insight. As a result boards and risk committees...

Sushil Kumar Khetan Appointed As CEO Of Emami Paper Mills

Sushil Kumar Khetan Appointed As CEO Of Emami Paper Mills

Sushil Kumar Khetan is a Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary with more than 37 years of experience in the paper industry and corporate management. His career covers paper mill operations paper and paperboard projects finance and management...

Sumeet Nagar Appointed As Managing Director At BlackRock

Sumeet Nagar Appointed As Managing Director At BlackRock

Sumeet Nagar brings over twenty one years of experience in post trade operations investment operations and risk management. In his new role at BlackRock, he will focus on improving operational efficiency supporting large scale transformation...

The Evolution of Corporate Governance

The Evolution of Corporate Governance

Corporate governance has developed over centuries shaped by economic change regulation and shifting expectations of accountability. At its core corporate governance defines how organizations are directed controlled and held responsible for their...

CEO Of Superhuman Shishir Mehrotra Joins Walmart Board

CEO Of Superhuman Shishir Mehrotra Joins Walmart Board

Walmart Inc. has strengthened its Board of Directors with the appointment of Shishir Mehrotra, the Chief Executive Officer of Superhuman. His induction reflects Walmart’s continued focus on advancing its digital strategy and building strong...

AI regulation essentials for publicly elected boards

AI regulation essentials for publicly elected boards

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how public sector organizations operate. With its ability to automate routine tasks improve analysis and surface insights from large volumes of data AI offers elected boards new opportunities to enhance...

How AI Is Transforming Risk Assessment in Internal Audit

How AI Is Transforming Risk Assessment in Internal Audit

Risk sits at the core of governance risk and compliance. It shapes how internal auditors compliance professionals and senior leaders protect organizational value and stability. While the concept of risk remains constant the way it is assessed and...

Palkeshkumar Jain Appointed As Company Secretary Of Cineline India

Palkeshkumar Jain Appointed As Company Secretary Of Cineline India

Cineline India Limited has announced the appointment of Palkeshkumar Jain as its Company Secretary and Compliance Officer. The appointment is effective from January 6 2026 and strengthens the company’s focus on regulatory compliance and governance...

Akhil Gupta To Step Down As Vice Chairman Of Bharti Enterprises

Akhil Gupta To Step Down As Vice Chairman Of Bharti Enterprises

Gupta has played a central role in shaping Bharti Enterprises into a global telecom and digital services powerhouse. He led strategic partnerships with international operators such as British Telecom Telecom Italia Singapore Telecom and Vodafone....

10 proven strategies for successful internal audit management

10 proven strategies for successful internal audit management

Internal audit is essential for keeping organizations aligned with their objectives while strengthening governance risk management and compliance. Strong internal audit management provides the checks and balances needed to ensure internal controls...

Integrated Risk Management Explained A Practical Guide to IRM

Integrated Risk Management Explained A Practical Guide to IRM

Risk no longer exists in isolation. A cybersecurity issue can quickly create compliance concerns. A compliance gap can influence audit outcomes. Challenges related to environmental social and governance priorities can trigger financial exposure and...