I am back from Compliance Week 2009, this publication’s annual conference dedicated to corporate financial, legal, risk, audit and compliance executives at public companies. I have been at the conference twice before, but I believe this year’s was the best to date. As usual, the speakers were outstanding: SEC Commissioner Luis Aguilar, Former SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt, and U.S. Deputy Attorney General David Ogden to name just a few of the luminaries.
My role at the conference was either Jerry Springer or Phil Donahue-like, depending on who you ask: introduce the panelists and the sessions, race around the packed rooms with a microphone, and facilitate and encourage questions from the audience. I was fortunate to be involved in several terrific sessions over three days, including:
