Cross Examining Cyber EP16: Cross Examining Mark Rigotti

In this episode, we cross examine Mark Rigotti, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), technically the largest director institute in the world with 53,000 members. Mark has had a remarkable career, including as Global CEO at Herbert Smith Freehills for two terms over 2014-2020 (based in London). He was also Chair of the firm's Global Executive, Chair of the Global Diversity & Inclusion Group and a Member of the HSF Global Partnership Council. Prior to becoming the Global CEO of HSF, he led a number of practice groups including the Banking and Finance Group as well as the Corporate Group. In this podcast we go deep into cyber governance, we look at the role of the AICD, the challenges faced by the board before / during an incident, how you measure risk for your businesses and make risk based decisions. We also take a closer look at trust at the board table – both between directors and between management. I had to ask Mark about the role of the lawyer in cyber…his observations are spot on. Thanks again for listening. This is Cross Examining Mark Rigotti, CEO of the AICD. Here we go…