Business continuity questions CEOs must ask

Many CEOs tend to see business continuity management purely within the context of complying with King III and other governance codes. But, says Leigh-Anne van As, business development manager at ContinuitySA, CEOs also need to see how business continuity management...

Digital risk set to take centre stage

More than half of CEOs will have a senior “digital” leader role in their staff by the end of 2015, according to the 2014 CEO and Senior Executive Survey by Gartner. Gartner says that by 2017, one-third of large enterprises engaging in digital business...

Comms CEOs face challenges, opportunities

Communications CEOs around the world are more confident about their company’s prospects for revenue growth over the next 12 months. A staggering 90% are somewhat or very confident about growth prospects over the next three years. Pierre-Alain Sur, PwC global...

The key challenges for CEOs in 2014

The year ahead promises to a be a challenging one for business leaders. “CEOs face no shortage of tough challenges coming into 2014,” says Stephen Miles, founder and chief executive of The Mile Group, which advises top CEOs and boards globally. “From our work with...

Automation the key challenge this decade

“Shifting to business process automation is the biggest technological change CEOs will face this decade,” says Alexander Mehlhorn, CEO of software development company Framework One. “The rise of smart machines will force an evolution in the way we work and give rise...