CEOs

Just one in every five UK companies employs a Chief Risk Officer. That’s according to research involving 250 UK business leaders conducted by Gallagher, the global insurance broker, risk management services and consulting firm. According to the company, this is leaving UK businesses exposed to…

Amid an environment wherein cyber security is under intense scrutiny, power and utilities company executives are feeling the pressure. According to KPMG’s 2018 Global CEO Study, 48% percent of CEOs interviewed showed concern that becoming the victim of a cyber attack is a matter of…

There’s not a CEO on the planet who doesn’t have security high on their business agenda as we move into 2018. The combination of escalating cyber attacks and new privacy legislation means that CEOs are being held accountable for the resilience of their organisation and…

Business Secretary Greg Clark has set out the Government’s corporate governance reforms designed to enhance the public’s trust in business. Under new Government reforms to Boardroom accountability, for the first time all listed companies will have to publish pay ratios between CEOs and their average UK…

According to the findings of a new survey carried out by auditing, tax and advisory specialist KPMG (during which the business interviewed upwards of 150 UK CEOs about their investment plans for the future and the issues affecting their organisations), reputational risk emerged as having…

Four-in-ten organisations believe that C-Level executives – including CEOs – are most at risk of being hacked when working outside of the office. That’s according to the findings of a new study conducted by iPass. Cafes and coffee shops were ranked as the highest risk venues…

Businesses are being confronted with crises more often than might be expected and, with CEOs anticipating even more crisis events in the future, it’s no longer a matter of ‘If’ such events will hit, but rather ‘When’ they’re going to do so. That’s according to…

Privacy will dominate the corporate agenda in 2017. That’s the considered opinion of David Ferbrache, technical director in KPMG’s cyber security practice, who explained to Risk UK: “The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is less than 18 months away. Privacy has suddenly made…

PwC’s Cyber Security practice has warned that UK companies and institutions remain vulnerable to cyber attacks despite many CEOs now ranking cyber as one of the top threats to their business going forward. PwC’s cyber security partner Richard Horne was commenting on the firm’s 19th…

The days of imposing technology on a user base are over. Today’s Apple-inspired consumer technologies require no training and minimal support, while users of every generation – from millennials to the Board – increasingly expect the same experience from business applications. Yet while developers continue to argue whether or not…