WSJ Leadership Institute

Just Released: WSJ’s Inaugural Ranking of Top Corporate Board Directors The 2025 Top Board Directors list spotlights 250 board members who are reshaping the future of corporate leadership — setting new standards in innovation, resilience, and performance at the highest levels. We’ll celebrate their contributions at the upcoming WSJ Board of Directors Council Summit on November 10–11, in partnership with Heidrick & Struggles and Diligent. Explore the leaders shaping tomorrow’s boardrooms: https://lnkd.in/e_p_3Skj #WSJLI #TopBoardDirectors #WSJ

As featured in ADWEEK today, we’re doubling down on the power of peer learning. The WSJ Chief People Officer Council marks our second launch this year, following April’s debut of the Board of Directors Council . Both are part of our broader strategy to build high-impact communities that serve senior leaders with real-time insights and trusted peer exchange. As Alan Murray, President of the WSJ Leadership Institute, shared: “The core of our business is peer exchange, networking, and learning. That’s what our members told us they wanted more of.” Josh Stinchcomb, Global Chief Revenue Officer at WSJ, added: “With the breakneck pace of change executives have to contend with—from AI to tariffs and the market—executives are more desperate than ever for opportunities to learn from one another.” We’re proud to be building the communities executives trust for real-time perspective, peer connections, and actionable leadership insight. Read the full article in Adweek: https://lnkd.in/e59m8gis

We're excited to introduce the WSJ Chief People Officer Council. Launched in partnership with Workhuman, the WSJ CPO Council is a first-of-its-kind community placing CHROs and CPOs in the same criticality as CEOs and CFOs — at the forefront of corporate strategy. Led by Alan Murray and Gwendolyn (Wendy) Bounds, this council will convene the world’s top HR executives to tackle the defining challenges of our time: AI ethics, workforce transformation, DEI, well-being, and more. As Wendy Bounds, Chair of the CPO Council, and SVP & Head of Content for the WSJ Leadership Institute puts it: “How human talent evolves to coexist with new AI technology will be one of the most profound global workplace shifts of our time,” said Bounds, who will chair the WSJ CPO Council. “We believe it’s time to center the leaders who must navigate that complexity every day and who will play an increasingly critical role in C-Suite decision-making.” Find out more about the WSJ CPO Council here: https://lnkd.in/eQcbh4Hd

So many great takeaways from the Wall Street Journal CCO Council Summit this week. I enjoyed chatting with Imogen Haddon in our breakout session on Training and Culture in a Multipolar World and always appreciate connecting with my fellow CCO Council members. Thank you Nick Elliott and WSJ Leadership Institute for hosting us in London. I look forward to our next CCO Council session.

Traveling back from London where I had the honor to join Amy Kovalan on a panel at the WSJ CCO Summit to discuss all things compliance and supply chain in an ever-changing market. Thank you WSJ Leadership Institute for an incredible event.

The venue changes but the conversation continues. Fresh from the WSJ CCO Council Summit in London, we'll be in Stockholm next week for discussions on the intersection of compliance with geopolitical risk and on sanctions and trade controls. I'm very much looking forward to discussing these topics with Björn Fägersten, chief executive of Politea, Lothar Lieske, chief compliance officer, Volvo Group; Haider Mannan, founder & CEO of BIGTXN; Sabina Ausfelt, head of compliance & risk control at Juni and Meri Djerf, corporate counsel for compliance at Atlas Copco Group. #compliance #sanctions #exportcontrols #geopolitics https://lnkd.in/et32AdEB

Yesterday we hosted the 2nd Annual WSJ Chief Compliance Officer Council Summit in London. In today’s volatile business landscape—shaped by everything from rapid policy shifts to global instability and the fast-evolving world of AI—risk and compliance leaders are more essential than ever. At this year’s #WSJCCO Council Summit, we dove into these challenges head-on. Our incredible lineup featured direct insights from regulators at the Serious Fraud Office (UK) and the Competition and Markets Authority, as well as deep dives into key topics such as sanctions, anticorruption, privacy, culture, cybersecurity, AI, geopolitical risk and many more. Peer-to-peer breakouts offered even more value, reinforcing that while the role of the CCO is evolving, it’s also growing in strategic importance. Watch event highlights here: https://lnkd.in/eKBtQrsU

"Supply chains are like hot water heaters; nobody worries about them until they break down." GXO's Meagan Fitzsimmons joined McDonald's CCO Amy Kovalan for a WSJ Leadership Institute discussion on agility, outsourcing and our commitment to ESG. Some of the highlights ⬇️ ⚖️ Challenges come and go, so it's vital to stay agile end-to-end. By working alongside our customers and suppliers — through both operational and compliance partnerships — GXO's providing flexible and bespoke solutions that ensure seamless compliance throughout the #supplychain. 📝 It's crucial to know not only our own business well, but our customers' businesses across a wide range of verticals. That's how we make informed decisions that directly support their needs. 🤝🏼 "We talk about what we do, but how we do it is just as important." Our ESG initiatives are an integral part of GXO's culture, providing a competitive advantage for us and our customers. Tech and automation have a role here, too: As they grow, so too does the safety of our employees.

Great to talk to Chris Prevett, general counsel of the Competition and Markets Authority, at the #WSJCCOCouncil about the regulator’s new powers, action plan to deal with geopolitical risks and all things AI

The WSJ CCO Council Summit in London yesterday covered a wide range of critical business topics that reflected both the importance and the challenge facing risk & compliance leaders. Thanks for our speakers and moderators for providing a vast amount of insight, perspective and discussion: João Barreiro, Lucy Blake, Tom Blass, Christine Boucher, Sara Chouraqui, Rosamund de Sybel, Meagan Fitzsimmons, Laura Ford, Clifford Goss, CPA, Ph.D., Imogen Haddon, Martin Haigh, Keith Huffman, Jonathan Kewley, Amy Kovalan, Joel Lange, Maya Lester KC, Willem Marx, Janine McKelvey, V. Paige Pratter, Chris Prevett, Gavin Proudley, John Smith, David Stark, Shruti Tripathi Chopra and Richard Vanderford. Below, Shruti Tripathi Chopra interviews Chris Prevett, general counsel of the Competition and Markets Authority. #WSJCCOCOUNCIL #compliance