Booking Information

Access to the course is granted for 180 days from the date of purchase. Online courses cannot be booked on behalf of someone else. Access is only granted to the individual completing the order.

Who should attend

This 2025 Risk conference explored how strategic leadership can foster trust in an increasingly uncertain and disrupted global landscape. The recording is tailored for senior professionals in compliance, governance, and board-level roles.

Course overview

• Strategic keynote on building trust through leadership in uncertainty, featuring lessons from national economic decision-making and real-world trade-offs for long-term value.
• Industry insights on how shifting regulatory frameworks and geopolitical uncertainty are reshaping governance risk appetite.
• High-level panel of business leaders and advisors on corporate resilience amid global disruption, regulatory retreat, and rising stakeholder expectations.
• Cybersecurity and AI governance briefing — key risks, evolving threats, and the essential questions boards and management teams should be asking.
• Internal Audit Standards update — practical insights and recommendations on implementing the revised standards and enhancing assurance value.
• Case studies from leading organisations on how internal audit functions are tackling today’s cross-cutting risks, from sustainability to cyber resilience.
• Governance and compliance insights — strategies for aligning culture, purpose, and control in an era of changing regulation and expectations.
• Interactive discussions on restoring and maintaining public and investor trust through transparency and ethical leadership.
• Focus on data integrity and ethical AI use, reinforcing the trusted role of Chartered Accountants as guardians of responsible governance.
• Closing address: Gaining an Edge with Good Governance — how ethical, evidence-led decision-making drives long-term success for business and society.

Key Learning Outcomes

By the end of this conference, participants will be well positioned to:

• Identify the emerging risk and governance challenges shaping business resilience in 2025 and beyond.
• Evaluate the strategic questions boards should be asking about cybersecurity, AI, and technological disruption.
• Apply practical insights from the updated Internal Audit Standards to strengthen assurance and control frameworks.
• Understand how leadership and trust intersect in times of uncertainty and economic complexity.
• Recognise the evolving expectations of stakeholders and regulators and their impact on compliance and culture.
• Leverage good governance to build sustainable advantage and reinforce organisational integrity.

Speaker Bios

• Simon Coveney – Founding Partner of Fulcrum, Senior Consultant with EY Geopolitical Strategy Advisory team, Former Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister), Former Government Minister, and TD (Member of Parliament).
• Níall Fitzgerald FCA – Head of Ethics and Governance for Chartered Accountants Ireland, Non-Executive Director, Consultant, and former Auditor with PwC.
• Karen Morall FCA – Co-founder and CEO of Lockdown Cyber Security.
• William Taaffe – Co-Founder and COO of Lockdown Cyber Security.
• Dawn Holland – Director - Economic Research, Moody’s Analytics.
• Garrett Quinn – Group Chief Sustainability Officer, Smurfit Westrock plc.
• Marian Barry FCA – Director - Internal Audit, PwC.

Contact us

If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at (+353) 01 523 3930