The Strategic GC, Gartner’s General Counsel Podcast

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• Why is there a heightened focus on risk management now? (2:09)
• What are some tactics general counsel (GC) can use to ensure that emerging risk information presented to the board helps them with their oversight role? (4:40)
• Understand the types of information to include in board reports on emerging risks. (6:54)
• Understand the differences in how enterprise risks and emerging risks are treated and presented to the board. (10:18)
• Key takeaways on how to leverage heads of ERM to enable better risk oversight by the board. (18:38)

Risk management continues to be one of the top concerns of boards. To alleviate this concern, boards must be receiving the right information from the C-suite, a crucial aspect of its ability to fulfill its risk oversight duty. In this installment of the Strategic GC Podcast, Garnter advisors Matt Holyes and Kevin Mercado and host Alissa Lugo discuss how general counsel can work better with heads of ERM.

About the Guests:

Kevin Mercado is a Principal Advisor in Gartner’s enterprise risk management practice. Kevin helps heads of enterprise risk management address their most-pressing, forward-looking challenges. Kevin provides timely insights on a range of topics including identifying and managing constantly evolving emerging risks, enhancing the risk response process, and developing risk assessment strategies.

Matt Hoyles is a Senior Principal Advisor for Gartner working with CRO's and ERM leaders on the development of their risk management teams and processes, including how to use risk management for strategic advantage and to drive corporate performance. Matt regularly speaks on launching and maturing the risk function, effective risk governance, and how others are defining, measuring and enhancing risk culture. Matt also leads our Quarterly Emerging risk webinar and regularly speaks to various audiences on recent emerging risk trends and building an effective emerging risk program.