In today’s briefing:
- How to Make a Non-Functioning Statutory Auditor Function
How to Make a Non-Functioning Statutory Auditor Function
- Information asymmetries between shareholders/investors and board directors, between inside and outside board directors, between inside and outside statutory auditors, and between insiders and the rest are constant challenges.
- Statutory auditors cannot be dismissed and have significant powers, including the right to investigate, and since statutory auditors are board members, they can attend and speak at board meetings.
- To make statutory auditors function, establish a process for nominating statutory auditors, raise the compensation of outside auditors, and run an open board meeting where board members’ comments are respected.