“Risk vs. Reward: Managing Strategic Risk Today”

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 7:00am - 9:00am

Michael B. Cahill EVP, General Counsel & Corp Secretary, City National Bank and City National Corporation more

Bala S. Iyer Director, Life Technologies, Conexant Systems, Inc. more

John H. Warner, Jr. Director, Cubic Corp, ICW Group more

Understanding the specific risks facing their organizations, and assuring that appropriate risk measures are in place, have always been critical functions of the board.

However, directors today face challenges and risks that couldn’t have been imagined pre-2008. The speed and intensity of managing risk is escalating, as seen with the extreme but vivid example of BP’s unfolding disaster.

Risk is inherent and necessary--there is no reward without risk. In today’s environment, how do boards:

• Define the difference between operational and strategic risk?


• Assess both opportunity and risk within corporate strategy to create long term value?


• “Bake” risk into their strategies to fit their corporate objectives?


• Recognize warning signs of longer term strategic risk?


• Decide the appropriate amount of risk—while avoiding over-concern with risk?


• Work with management to make critical and on-going adjustments to strategy?

Join us as our expert panelists, representing a broad range of industries, will share how they think about risk, and address risk within their organizations!

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