New York, NY, October 2 – Diligent, a leading GRC SaaS company, announced the honorees of the 2023 Modern Governance 100 at the Modern Governance Summit 2023. Now in its fifth year, the leading industry recognition program shines a spotlight on the world’s top governance, risk, compliance, audit, and ESG professionals rising to the call for businesses to strive for excellence in their corporate governance practices.

“There’s a duality between purpose and risk, and today’s leaders need to find the right balance between driving near term performance while managing long-term organizational health,” said Brian Stafford, President and CEO of Diligent. “The leaders we are honoring today find opportunities for growth — even in times of uncertainty — and drive their organizations toward sustainable business practices and clearer insights for company leadership.”

The Modern Governance 100 honorees were nominated by their peers and executive leadership and represent companies across various sectors including AIG, Salesforce, TD Bank, Cornell University, Pennsylvania School Boards Association, Target and Twinstar Credit Union.

A few of the 2023 honorees commented:

• “At a specific point in our professional journey, it is crucial to rekindle our motivation for the practices and purposes we pursue. This recognition represents a significant validation of our achievements. It not only underscores the importance of our work but also serves as a testament to our unwavering commitment to excellence,” said Paolo Augusto Zanardi Junior, Partner at GSS Carbono e Bioninovacao, who was recognized in the ESG category. “To be recognized as a Modern Governance 100 honoree is a source of great pride and further intensifies my determination to continue on my path to create more impact.”

• “As someone who has dedicated their entire career to upholding, defining, and promoting modern, sustainable governance, the recognition from Diligent as a world leader in modern governance is truly one of the greatest honors in my career,” added Ivy Lumia, CEO at Best in Governance.

• “As a Professor Emeritus (retired) and current public servant as an elected Trustee at a community college, my longstanding work in public education is driven by passion for and love of educating America's youth of all identity affiliation groups. It is certainly not for the pay. So, recognition for a job well done is one of the rewards for this necessary and demanding work. I count this Diligent nomination, therefore, as an additional reward and support structure for the challenging work that I love,” said Dr. Anna Everett, Vice President, Board of Trustees, UC Santa Barbara.

This year’s Modern Governance 100 program has evolved to include six categories highlighting key areas of modern governance. These include:

• Audit & Analytics All Star – An audit professional who has created an integrated view of audit to monitor and mitigate risks so that leaders can focus on achieving success.
• Boards & Governance Innovator – An individual championing the ability for board members and executives to collaborate quickly and securely and move at the speed of the business.
• Compliance & Ethics Leader – An individual evolving a compliance department to stay on top of ever-changing regulations, ensuring the organization can stay compliant externally while building a culture of ethics internally.
• ESG, Diversity & Climate Trailblazer – A forward-thinker putting initiatives in place to measure and report on ESG in a meaningful way, helping their organization to do better and to stay accountable to stakeholders, communities and the planet.
• Risk & Strategy Advisor – A business leader taking an integrated approach to monitoring and mitigating risks, including cybersecurity, so that leaders can focus on achieving success instead of solely on avoiding disaster.
• Mission Driven Champion – A nonprofit, schoolboard, or mission driven organization leader who has shown commitment to transformation that increases transparency, streamlines processes, and empowers leaders in their organization to shape a better future.

View the full list of the 2023 Modern Governance 100 honorees here.

About Diligent
Diligent is a leading GRC SaaS company that gives organizations the tools and solutions they need to bring clarity to complex risk, elevate impactful insights and get ahead of a world that is constantly changing. With solutions across governance, risk, compliance, audit and ESG, Diligent empowers more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members and leaders to make better decisions, faster. No matter the challenge. Learn more at diligent.com.

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