Podcast #65 | Francine McKenna: "You Cannot Restrain The Heartless Except Via Enforcement."

In episode #65 of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, Evan Epstein talks with Francine McKenna, a Lecturer at the Wharton Business School and a writer and commentator on the accounting, audit, and corporate governance issues affecting public and pre-IPO private companies.

Francine spent more than 20 years in public accounting and consulting, including for KPMG/BearingPoint in the U.S. and Latin America, and at PwC. Since 2006, she has been an investigative reporter and feature writer. At MarketWatch she monitored and reported on public company accounting, fraud and financial investigations, and the financial reporting practices of pre-IPO companies.

In this podcast, Francine and Evan talk about:

• The recent $100 million settlement between Ernst & Young and the SEC.

• The $50 million fine to KPMG by the SEC (2019).

• Other conflicts involving the Big 4 audit firms.

• Frauds in public and private companies.

• The regulatory landscape for unicorns and crypto.

• The state of IPOs.

• Some of the latest ESG trends.

You can listen to the episode directly at https://boardroom-governance.com/episodes/francine-mckenna (where you can find the show notes), or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts such as in: Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon or Stitcher.

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