How To Blow The Whistle - RSA

How To Blow The Whistle

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RSA House, London

  • Institutional reform

Former CEO of Olympus Michael Woodford reveals how he uncovered a multi-billion dollar accounting fraud at the firm and became the first President ever to blow the whistle.

 

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Where were the whistleblowers when brokers were selling risky sub-prime mortgages? When MPs were claiming for duck houses and bankers were manipulating the Libor rate? What makes a person sacrifice a huge salary and stand up to the giants?

In an exclusive event at the RSA, Michael Woodford, ex- chief executive of Olympus, explains how he discovered a multi-billion dollar accounting fraud at the firm and became the first President ever to blow the whistle.

Speaker: Michael Woodford, former President and CEO of Olympus.

Chair: Vikki Heywood CBE, RSA Chair

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