Course Description

[This course is delivered in Mandarin with English subtitles]


Corporate governance plays a critical role in ensuring corporate integrity, accountability, and long-term sustainability, especially in the evolving business landscape of China. In this course, Claire will share insights on corporate governance principles, key oversight responsibilities, and emerging challenges in China.


Participants will explore the board’s strategic role in financial control, risk management and regulatory compliance, equipping them with the tools to enhance governance effectiveness and corporate resilience.


The topics are presented in this order:

1. Back to the basics: what is corporate governance?

2. The Pulse of the Boardroom: what to focus on? 

3. Board deep dive: Risk Management / Financial Control

4. Wrap-up

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Claire Qian

Claire Qian is the ISCA Chapter Chairperson for Shanghai. She is also the Governance, Risk and Compliance Lead Partner of PwC Mainland China & Hong Kong, as well as the Industrial Segment Leader of the Global Internal Audit practice.With over twenty years of experience, Claire began her career in PwC Singapore’s Assurance practice before assuming the role of Corporate Lead Auditor in a prominent Singapore listed corporation. In 2008, she returned to PwC China with a primary focus on assisting clients in enhancing corporate governance, risk management, compliance, and anti-fraud areas across diverse industries. More recently, Claire has spearheaded the delivery of digitalized solutions for traditional risk, controls and compliance services and has led PwC’s internal digital initiative program across APAC territories.Claire’s expertise has garnered recognition from various professional bodies and educational institutions, leading to invitations to host C-suite workshops, deliver keynote speeches, and participate in public events and media interviews by the CGTN and The Paper. She has been appointed by Shanghai National Accounting Institute to be the Review Committee Member of “Top Ten Information Technologies Affecting China’s Accounting Practitioners” since 2020. Her contributions centre around sharing insights on the latest trends in corporate governance, risk resilience, and emerging tech-enabled solutions.Claire is a Fellow in the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). She holds the qualifications from Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and she is also a Lead Auditor for Anti-bribery Management System (ISO 37001) and Information Security Management Systems (ISO 27001), holder of EXIN Certified Privacy and Data Protection Foundation (PDPF) and CDPSE (Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer).Connect with Claire Qian

Course Rating

Speaker's Rating

1 CPE Hour

Lesson

4

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