Please note that the event is fully booked. We cannot accept more registrations.
This year’s Workshop will focus on the operations of a Board of Directors for both stock exchange companies and non-listed privately held companies. Besides the more traditional presentation format we also plan to hold a unique, moderated Board meeting simulation, based on a case study, to illustrate better real-life business issues and their resolutions.
Renowned Corporate Governance and legal expert Holly Gregory, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP will be keynote presenter at the Workshop.
Please find the Case study synopsis attached.
| 08:30 – 08:55 | Registration |
| Introductions and Keynote Address | |
| 08:55 – 09:05 | Welcoming notes Marianne Drain, Commercial Attaché, US Embassy H.E. John Griffin, Ambassador of Australia |
| 09:05 – 09:15 | Introduction of the Corporate Governance and Business Integrity Committee Laszlo Czirjak, Committee Chairman |
| 09:15 – 10:00 | Keynote address - Boards of Directors - Current Challenges Holly Gregory, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP |
| Moderated Board Meeting Simulation Moderator: Laszlo Czirjak, Committee Chairman Board Members: please see below |
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| 10:00 – 11:00 | Board Meeting Held with 4 Key Decisions Scheduled: Meeting and Debate Held on Each of these 4 Topics Moderated Q&A with Audience |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Scheduled Coffee-break |
| 11:15 – 13:00 | Board Meeting, Debate & Q&A Continues |
| 13:00 – 13:05 | Closing remarks |
| 13:05 – 14:00 | Lunch |
Moderator: László Czirják, Corporate Governance and Business Integrity Committee Chairman & Partner, iEurope Capital
BOARD
- Chairman & CEO: András Hanák, Senior Advisor, Euro-Phoenix Ltd.
- COO: Matthew Strauss, Managing Partner, ARGO Performance & Development
- CFO: Péter Kazár, CFG Paralel Consulting
- Lead Non Executive - Independent Director: László Drajkó, General Manager, Microsoft Hungary
- Non Executive - Independent Director: András Kecskés, lecturer, faculty of Law, University of Pécs
- Non Executive - Independent Director: Jacques de Jager, Country Manager, SpenglerFox
- Non Executive - Independent Director: Judit Budai, Partner, Szecskay Attorneys at Law
LEGAL COUNSEL:
- Non-Executive Board members’ counsel and international counsel: Holly Gregory, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- Executive Board members’ and Company counsel: Péter Garancsi, Senior Associate, bpv Jádi Németh Attorneys at Law
Topics to be Debated at the Board Meeting
- Conflicts of interests: Disclosure appropriateness
- Corporate Ethics
- Compliance (transparency)
- Whistleblower (action and protection)
- Reach of government into private sector
- Stakeholders – responsibility towards
- Compensation – fairness
For information on the Corporate Governance and Business Integrity Committee please visit the below link: http://www.amcham.hu/committee/corporate-governance-and-business-integrity-committee.
