The aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic dominates the top risks that will keep boards of directors and executive management teams on their toes in 2021.

That was the key finding of a new survey conducted by global consulting firm Protiviti and North Carolina State University’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Initiative, “Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2021 and 2030,” which polled 1,081 board members and C-suite executives globally on risks likely to affect their business this year and a decade from now.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...