Kerrie Waring
CEO

Kerrie is Chief Executive Officer of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), a global governance organisation led by investors responsible for assets of $59 trillion, based in over 40 countries. She also serves as a Member of the Japan Financial Services Agency’s Council of Experts advising on corporate governance and investor stewardship reforms.

Prior to her appointment to ICGN in 2008, Kerrie directed high profile governance initiatives at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales where she led a cross-Atlantic initiatives. Earlier, she was international professional development manager at the UK Institute of Directors, where she established IoD International and the Global Director Development Circle (now known as the Global Network of Director Institutes). More recently she established the Global Stewardship Codes Network, an international group of regulators responsible for code development and the Global Network of Investor Associations.

Kerrie is a lead author of the IFC’s Global Director Training Toolkit which has helped establish governance associations around the world and co-authored the Handbook on International Corporate Governance (2004), among a series of other publications. Kerrie was named Rising Star of Corporate Governance by the Millstein School of Corporate Governance and Performance at the Yale School of Management (2008). A chartered company secretary and fellow of ICSA, she holds a BA honors degree in international business and Japanese.