Korea Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) said on the 30th that it held a seminar titled "2026 economic and governance trends: strategic responses by corporate governance bodies" with the Korean Accounting Association at The Forum in Two IFC in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 29th.
The seminar was organized to explore strategies that boards of directors and audit committees can take preemptively amid uncertainty in the global economy and a rapidly changing governance environment, including amendments to the Commercial Act. Outside directors, audit committee members, auditors, and key executives attended.
The seminar consisted of four sessions in total and took a multidimensional look at key governance issues, from a macroeconomic outlook to responses to Commercial Act amendments, institutional investor disclosures, and the links between industry-specific governance and financial performance.
In the first session, Oh Geon-young, Director General of Shinhan Premier Pathfinder, gave a presentation on "A review of 2026 global financial market issues: chaos created by Trump 2.0 and a major shift in exchange rates."
In the second session, advisory member of the Center for Advancement of Corporate Governance Bodies and University of Seoul School of Law professor Lim Jeong-ha presented "Practical response directions for boards of directors and audit committees after the amended Commercial Act."
In the third session, Sogang University School of Business professor Kang Pyeong-gyeong (vice president of the Korean Accounting Association) gave a presentation on "The importance and current status of disclosure information on equity holdings by large Korean institutional investors."
In the final session, Kim Han-seok, head of the Center for Advancement of Corporate Governance Bodies at Korea Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL), presented "2026 governance review: domestic and overseas status and industry-specific governance–financial linkages."
Kim said, "As volatility in the global financial environment increases and repeated amendments to the Commercial Act structurally change the governance environment, the strategic judgment of corporate governance bodies is more important than ever," adding, "We hope this seminar serves as an opportunity to provide meaningful insights for boards of directors and audit committees to perform effective oversight functions."