In the last of the ICSA-sponsored Trust me, I’m listed webinars, author Claire Bodanis spoke with Sallie Pilot, Board Director of reporting agency Black Sun and Lorraine Clover, Group Company Secretary, Reach plc. How can agencies help companies report better? What should you expect from an agency? What should they expect from you? And why all the questions? We have the answers.

The first webinar of 2021 finds Trust me, I’m listed author Claire Bodanis in conversation with Chris McLeish, CFO of Ibstock, the FTSE250 UK building materials business, and Tanya Castell, non-executive director of several financial services companies and founder of Changing the Chemistry, a group dedicated to increasing Board diversity. Directors sign off the annual report, but how involved are they really? How involved should they be, and why? Claire and her guests explore the key role of the Board in the annual report.

’Twas the webinar before Christmas, and in a dark, chilly basement somewhere Dickensian, author Claire Bodanis, founder of Falcon Windsor; auditor Maria Kepa; and independent investment and governance expert Paul Lee gathered by lantern-light to discuss the relationship between auditors and companies in the wake of the Brydon Review. Their conversation was captured with faithful and utmost accuracy (1) by TMIL’s roving reporter, Tamara O’Brien.

(1) In our opinion this write-up gives a fair, balanced and understandable (FBU) view of the discussion and its participants thereof. A well-wisher

TMIL’s roving reporter, Tamara O’Brien, explores unexpected analogies for the role of the regulator, in a discussion between author Claire Bodanis, founder of Falcon Windsor; Miranda Craig, Director of Strategy and Change, Financial Reporting Council; and Adrian Hornsby, contributing author.

TMIL’s roving reporter, Tamara O’Brien, shares the highlights of ‘Practical perspectives on reporting #2: A investor’s view’, in which author Claire spoke to Andy Griffiths, Executive Director, the Investor Forum and Neil Roberts, Managing Director, Falcon Windsor, about the role and evolution of the annual report.

TMIL’s roving reporter, Tamara O’Brien, shares the highlights of ‘Practical perspectives on reporting #1: A company secretary’s view’, in which author Claire asked Ben Mathews, Group Company Secretary, BP, and Rachael Matzopoulos, Deputy Company Secretary, The Vitec Group, for their views on the role and evolution of the annual report.