Mervyn King – Professor of law, academic, former Supreme Court Judge, corporate mandarin, corporate governance maven, Chairman of the King Committee on Corporate Governance in South Africa, and IIRC Mervyn King Chairman – will be the key note speaker at the 2015 Africa Chief Executive Officers Round-table and Conference on Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility (AR-CSR™).
Other confirmed speakers include Nat Ofo (Lecturer, College of Law, Igbinedion University, Nigeria), Eric Hensel (Partner, Sustainable Square), and Reana Rossouw (CEO, Next Generation Consultants South Africa).
They also include Shyaka Anastase (CEO, Rwanda Governance Board), Audrey Joe-Ezigbo (Director, Falcon Corporation), Sune Thorsen (CEO, Global CSR), and Ben Lellahom (Senior Partner, Sustainable Square).
This year’s programme is significant because it is taking place in Lagos and marks the fifth anniversary of the The AR-CSR™, the biggest platform for discussing sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and enhancing public-private synergy for credible business environment in Africa.
Conference speakers, panelists, and participants will examine issues such the role of corporate governance in relation to sustainability, the link between the individual pillars of sustainable development and corporate governance, and the nexus between the economic and environmental performance, social performance and corporate governance of an organisation.
ThistlePraxis Consulting CEO, Ini Onuk, said King was chosen as key note speaker “because he is the pre-eminent authority on the subject and we hope that his address will explore public concerns and practical issues deeply while attempting to rethink theoretical debates and institutional policies critically in the broad area of corporate responsibility, corporate governance and sustainability around the world.”
The conference will examine the social, economic and environmental impacts of corporations, and the real effects of corporate governance, CSR and business sustainability on societies in different regions.
Onuk expressed hope that deliberations will further facilitate a better understanding of how value systems, cultures and traditions in different societies affect the policies and practices of corporate governance and sustainability.
Part of the aim is to clearly identify and define the future development trends of corporate governance and sustainability in contexts.
