Change for the Better?: Meeting with Peter Williams, Chair of the Investor Relations and Markets Committee of the Hundred Group

Abstract

Prepared for the Audit Committee Chair Forum, published by Ernst & Young, CBI and Cranfield School of Management.  This paper reflects the discussions at a meeting of the Audit Committee Chair Forum(ACCF) held on 24th September 2009, which was addressed by Mr Peter Williams. Mr Williams is chair of the Investor Relations and Markets Committee of The Hundred Group,which represents the finance directors of the 100 largest publicly-traded companies in theUnited Kingdom. The meeting discussed the UK corporate governance regime and how it was likely to change