FRC Podcasts

FRC Draft Plan and Budget 2026/27

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For this "In Conversation" podcast episode on the FRC's Draft Plan and Budget for 2026/27, Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corpor...

In Conversation: Consulting to update the Audit Enforcement Procedure

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For the latest episode of the Financial Reporting Council's 'In Conversation' podcast series, Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Co...

In Conversation: Applying the Wates Principles Effectively

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For this "In Conversation" podcast episode, Kate O’Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs at the FRC, is joined by Lauren T...

In Conversation: Supporting growth through proportionate regulation

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, Dhruve Shah, Deputy Director of Professional Bodies Supervision, and Laur...

In Conversation: Clarifying Guidance to the UK Corporate Governance Code

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest episode of the FRC’s In Conversation podcast series, host Kate O’Neill sits down with Jessica Dahlstrom, Head of Corporate Governanc...

In Conversation: Preparing for the UK Stewardship Code 2026

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this In-Conversation podcast episode, Andrea Tweedie, Head of Stewardship, sits down with Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs,...

Updating the FRC's Audit Enforcement Procedure

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Richard Moriarty, CEO, joins Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, to discuss the FRC's proposals t...

Launching the FRC's Innovation and Improvement Hub

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Kate O'Neill, our Director of Stakeholder of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs sits down with our CEO, Richard Moriarty and...

Building Capacity for Smaller Firms

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, speaks with Andrew Meek, Director of Audit Firm Supervision, ...

UK Stewardship Code 2026: What you need to know

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For this In Conversation podcast episode, Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, discusses the key changes in the rec...

In Conversation with Pauline Wallace: Five years as UKEB Chair

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, sits down with Pauline Wallace, Chair of the UK Endorsement Board, as she prep...

Findings and remedies from the FRC's SME audit market study

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this In Conversation podcast episode, Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, discusses the FRC's emerging findings...

In Conversation: Remuneration - UK Corporate Governance Code 2024

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode of the FRC's podcast series on the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024, Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corpor...

In Conversation: Board leadership in relation to cyber risk - UK Corporate Governance Code 2024

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For the third episode of the FRC's podcast series exploring the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024, Kate O’Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement ...

A consultation on the Future of Audit Supervision

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs and Sarah Rapson, Executive Director of Supervision, as they discuss the F...

In Conversation: Applying Principles - UK Corporate Governance Code 2024

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For the second episode of the FRC's podcast series exploring the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024, Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement a...

In Conversation: What’s the difference between statutory audit and assurance?

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Following on from the FRC's recent podcast episode on exploring 'What is an Audit', Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Aff...

In Conversation: Exploring Culture - UK Corporate Governance Code 2024

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this first instalment of the FRC's new podcast series on the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024, Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement an...

Building the FRC's Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this In Conversation podcast episode, Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, is joined by Tara Trousdale, Finance ...

In Conversation with Richard Moriarty, CEO

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Moriarty, CEO, joins Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, to discuss what the FRC has accomplished so far t...

In Conversation: Annual Enforcement Review

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest In Conversation podcast, Kate O’Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, is joined by Elizabeth Barrett, Execu...

TAS 300: Revising the Technical Actuarial Standard for Pensions

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Financial Reporting Council has revised Technical Actuarial Standard (TAS) 300 to bring greater clarity to practitioners and to ensure it continue...

FRC publishes annual audit firm inspection results

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast episode, Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Sarah Rapson, Executive Director of Supervision discuss the 2025 Annual ...

What is an Audit?

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast episode, Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, and Project Directors, Ramana McConnon and Peter Kits...

Transforming access to company data

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this FRC ‘In Conversation’ podcast episode, Adam Mohamed, Head of Communications, discusses the recently launched digital reporting ‘Viewer’...

Discussing the FRC's end-to-end enforcement process review

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this ‘In Conversation’ podcast, Kate O’Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement & Corporate Affairs, Sarah Rapson, Executive Director of Sup...

SME Audit Market Study: What we've been hearing

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, Mark Babington, Executive Director of Regulatory Standards, and Dhruve Sh...

Understanding audit standards

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As part of the FRC's campaign to support SMEs to engage with and access audit, Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs,...

In Conversation: Future of Audit Supervision Strategy

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, and Sarah Rapson, Executive Director of Supervision, as they discuss the ...

Updating the FRC's Going Concern Guidance

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, and Jenny Carter, Director of Accounting and Reporting Policy, as they di...

Supporting UK SMEs to grow and scale

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, is joined by Richard Moriarty, CEO, Mark Babington, Executive Director of Regu...

Mutual Recognition Agreements

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this In Conversation podcast episode, Daniel Ellis, Senior Public Affairs Manager, is joined by Alison Stiles, Project Manager in the Professional ...

Audit committee minimum standards: UK Corporate Governance Code 2024

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this focused In Conversation podcast episode, Adam Mohamed, Head of Communications at the FRC, discusses the new minimum standards for audit commit...

Understanding comply or explain: UK Corporate Governance Code 2024

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this In Conversation podcast episode, Adam Mohamed, Head of Communications, interviews Jessica Dahlstrom, Head of Corporate Governance, exploring t...

Navigating diversity in corporate governance: UK Corporate Governance Code 2024

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this In Conversation podcast episode, Emily Duncan, Head of Stakeholder Engagement, and Kelvin Ernest, Senior Policy Associate in the Corporate Gov...

Strategies and reporting insights of embedding corporate culture: UK Corporate Governance Code 2024

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this In Conversation podcast episode, Adam Mohamed, Head of Communications, explores corporate culture with Rafal Budzinski, Senior Policy Associat...

Navigating outcomes-based corporate governance reporting: UK Corporate Governance Code 2024

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this In Conversation podcast episode, Ian Stephens, Senior Corporate Affairs Manager, sits down with Maureen Beresford, Acting Director of Corporat...

In Conversation: Local audit backlog measures and audit opinions

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest In Conversation podcast, Kate O’Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, is joined by Mark Babington, Executiv...

Launch of UK Stewardship Code Consultation

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this FRC In-Conversation, our Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs Kate O'Neill, sits down with Executive Director of Regulator...

One year on: In Conversation with FRC CEO, Richard Moriarty

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Moriarty reflects on his first year leading the FRC in this In Conversation podcast episode, hosted by Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder E...

Understanding the Escalated Reporting Framework in Local Audit

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this latest 'In Conversation' podcast episode, Daniel Ellis, Senior Public Affairs Manager is joined by Ellen Millington, Senior Project Manager in...

Global Ethics Day 2024

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this latest episode, Kate O’Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs and Mark Babington, Executive Director of Regulatory ...

Big Four audit firms conclude transition period of operational separation

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to this 'In Conversation' podcast episode on the importance and implementation of operational separation in the Big Four audit firms, featuring...

In Conversation: An update on Local Audit

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this In Conversation podcast episode, Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, and Sarah Rapson, Executive Director ...

In Conversation: Annual Review of Corporate Reporting

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kate O’Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, and Geoff LeGouais, Corporate Reporting Review Case Director, discuss the ke...

Revisions to Technical Actuarial Standard (TAS) 200

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest in-conversation, David Young, the FRC's Stakeholder Engagement Manager is joined by Vanessa Leung, Head of Actuarial Regulation, and Ali...

In Conversation: Looking ahead to the first reporting cycle of the 2024 UK Corporate Governance Code

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest in-conversation podcast, Kate O’Neill, the FRC’s Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs is joined by Maureen Beres...

Large private companies continue to favour Wates Principles

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to the FRC’s latest In Conversation podcast episode featuring Sir James Wates CBE, Kate O’Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Cor...

Discussing the FRC's consultation on Going Concern Guidance

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest In Conversation podcast, Kate O'Neill, the FRC’s Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, discusses the consultation ...

FRC Publishes Annual Tier 1 Audit Firm Inspections Results

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, as she sits down with Sarah Rapson, Executive Director of Supervision, to...

The FRC’s year in Enforcement

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Elizabeth Barrett, Executive Director of the FRC's Enforcement Division joins Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Co...

FRC discuss the recent updates to the Stewardship Code review

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs and Richard Moriarty, the FRC's Chief Executive Officer discus...

FRC restructure introduces two new functions

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, Laura Warren, incoming Director of the Market Intelligence & ...

Key Revisions to UK and Ireland Accounting Standards

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest In Conversation podcast, Kate O’Neill, the FRC’s Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, speaks to Jenny Carter, t...

FRC welcomes non-financial reporting review

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The government has committed to bringing forward legislation following its review of non-financial reporting requirements for UK companies, which aims...

FRC launches market study on sustainability assurance market

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

FRC Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, Kate O’Neill sits down with the Director of Competition Policy at the FRC, Laura Warre...

In conversation with Sir Keith Skeoch, Chair of the Pre-Emption Group

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On behalf of the Pre-Emption Group Following the publication of the Pre-Emption Groups’ first report, Stephanie Blenko, senior policy associate in ...

Reviewing the UK Stewardship Code

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As we begin the review of the UK Stewardship Code Kate O’Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs sits down with Richard Mori...

Reflecting on the Revised UK Corporate Governance Code 2024

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

FRC Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs Kate O’Neill sits down with the Acting Director of Corporate Governance and Stewardship...

Addressing the backlog in local audit

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this In-Conversation, FRC Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs Kate O’Neill sits down with Executive Director of Supervision,...

In-conversation with FRC CEO, Richard Moriarty

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this In-Conversation, the FRC's new CEO, Richard Moriarty, reflects on his first three months leading the organisations, talks about his view on wh...

The FRC’s enhanced approach to Professional Bodies Supervision

01 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kate O’Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate affairs, Dawn Dickson, Director of Professional Bodies Supervision and Dhruve Shah, D...

2023 Annual review of Corporate Governance Reporting

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

FRC Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs Kate O’Neill sits down with Head of Corporate Governance Maureen Beresford to discuss t...

Adopting a materiality mindset

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest in-conversation, Philip Fitzgerald, Director of the FRC Lab and Michelle Cardwell, a project Manager in the FRC Lab to talk about their ...

Finding exceptional NEDs

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, Kate O’Neill, sits down with FRC Chair, Sir Jan du Plessis to find out the qualities he’...

Reflecting on the 2023 UK Corporate Governance Code Consultation

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As our four-month consultation on the UK Corporate Governance Code comes to an end, Kate O’Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate A...

In Conversation with the UKEB Chair: Reflections and Priorities

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The UK Endorsement Board (UKEB) Chair, Pauline Wallace, was recently a guest on an FRC ‘In Conversation’ podcast. As the UKEB enters its third yea...

Reflecting on this year’s Annual Enforcement Review (2023)

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Learn about the key findings of this year’s Annual Enforcement Review in the latest In Conversation episode with Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakehold...

Early feedback on the UK Corporate Governance Code Consultation

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this latest In Conversation episode, Kate O'Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs speaks to Maureen Beresford, Head of Co...

ESG Data Distribution and Consumption

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this In Conversation, Adam Mohamed, Senior Communications Manager, talks to Marie Claire Tabone and Ruth Nash from the FRC Lab about the findings o...

Tier 1 audit quality inspections results 2023

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this "in conversation", our Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, Kate O'Neill, speaks with Sarah Rapson the FRC's Deputy Chief...

Sustainability Disclosures Technical Advisory Committee

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this #podcast, Mark Babington, Executive Director of Regulatory Standards, Kate O’Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs...

Thematic on Fair Value Measurement

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest in conversation, Senior Communications Manager, Adam Mohamed sits down with Anna Krasnodemska, a case officer in the FRC's Corporate Rep...

Influence of proxy advisors and ESG rating agencies on companies and investors

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest in-conversation, our Director of Regulatory Standards, Mark Babington sits down with our Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporat...

Professional Bodies Supervision

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The FRC has announced the restructure of the Professional Oversight Team to the Professional Bodies Supervision, building on the existing successful F...

Non-Financial Reporting Review

30 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Non-Financial Reporting Review, which will look at the framework behind Non-Financial reporting, and the wider legal landscape in which sustainabi...

Supervising Audit Quality

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

FRC Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director of Supervision, Sarah Rapson, discusses how we approach audit supervision, our role as an improvemen...

Corporate Governance Code Consultation

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Corporate Governance Code Consultation by Financial Reporting Council

TAS 300

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest In Conversation we speak with Andrew Bennett, Senior Project Director in the FRC's Actuarial Policy Team, about the recently published c...

Revised TAS 100

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, Kate O’Neill, and our Director Actuarial Policy, Vanessa Leung, delve into the FRC’s...

FRC launches its Digital & Technology group

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, Kate O'Neill, speaks with Jason Bradley and Christian Paterson from the FRC's new Digita...

The FRC and Local Audit

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kate O'Neill sits down with our Deputy CEO and Executive Director of Supervision, Sarah Rapson and our Director of Local Audit, Neil Harris to discuss...

New signatories added to the UK Stewardship Code

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Following our latest update to the list of signatories to the UK Stewardship Code, Kate O’Neill sat down with our Acting Head of Stewardship Andrea ...

In conversation: the FRC Sandbox

03 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to our first in conversation podcast of 2023 where Kate O’Neill speaks with our Direct of Audit and Assurance Policy, James Ferris, about the...

FRS 102

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, Kate O'Neill, sits down to talk about our latest consultation on FRS 102 with our Director o...

Creating Positive Culture: Mental Health

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The last episode in this culture and diversity series focusses on why companies should be concerned about mental health of their workers – another k...

Competition Policy Paper

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FRC Director of Stakeholder Relations and Corporate Affairs, Kate O'Neill speaks with our Head of COmpetition Policy on our recently published Competi...

Creating Positive Culture: Neurodiversity

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this second episode, the series host - Tracey Groves, discuses with Kirsty Rogers, the Global Head of ESG, Office Managing Partner and employment p...

Stewardship Reporting Review 2022

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Andrea Tweedie, Senior Manager of Stewardship at the FRC, tells us about the encouraging findings of the 2022 Review of Stewardship R...

Public interest principles

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FRC Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Public Affairs, Kate O'Neill talks with Phil Fitz-Gerald, Director of the FRC Lab, about the recently publi...

Audit Committee Minimum Standard

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast Laura Warren, Director of Competition Policy, and Susan Currie, Chief of Staff in Regulatory Standards, explore the background and det...

2022 Review of Corporate Governance Reporting

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We sat down with David Styles, Director of Corporate Governance & Stewardship, and Maureen Beresford, Head of Corporate Governance, to discuss the fin...

The FRC 'In Conversation' with The UKEB

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this year the UKEB celebrated its first birthday. Kate O’Neill sat down with Pauline Wallace to discuss some of the challenges and achieveme...

Creating Positive Culture: Disability

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this first episode of the second edition of the Creating Positive Culture podcast series, Tracey Groves, the FRC’s Advisor, CEO of Intelligent Et...

Net Zero Disclosures

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kate O'Neill sits down Phil Fitzgerald, Director of the FRC Lab, to discuss the Lab's latest report on disclosing net zero commitments. They delve int...

The FRC releases their revised AS TM1 for pension projections

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Kate O'Neill speaks to James Holland (Senior Policy Advisor at the Department for Work and Pensions) and Andrew Bennett (FRC Senior Pr...

FRC Position Paper: Sir Jon & Kate O'Neill discuss the future of the audit profession

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode concludes the series of podcasts that explored both the Government Response and FRC's Position Paper. In this episode, Sir Jon Thompson (...

Improving ESG data production

26 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FRC Communications Director, Kate O'Neill sits down with Financial Reporting Lab Director Phil Fitz-Gerald to discuss the Lab's recent report on impro...

FRC Position Paper: Rachel Atkinson & Laura Warren discuss what's next for competition

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast forms part of a series of podcasts over the next month following on from the Government Response and FRC Position Paper. In this episode,...

Kate O'Neill In Conversation with Mark Babington on the ISSB's latest consultation

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Kate O'Neill (Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs) and Mark Babington (Executing Director of Regulatory Standards...