Getting risk and the business aligned

Nonfinancial risk today: getting risk and the business aligned

Joseba Eceiza, Piotr Kaminski and Thomas Poppensieker | McKinsey&Company

Ask senior managers at any company if they have nonfinancial risk under control, and the answer is likely to be yes. But as managers of companies in automotive, banking, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and many other sectors can attest, the reality is often very different. And as personal liability for corporate actions takes hold, board members —both executive and non-executive — are on the hook not just for their personal involvement in risk- and compliance-related issues but also more broadly for the company’s whole risk profile and enterprise-wide compliance. >>