Richard Steinberg
Biography
Founder and principal of Steinberg Governance Advisors, Inc., Rick Steinberg is a nationally recognized expert on corporate governance. He advises boards of directors of major multinationals—as well as large and middle market companies—on board responsibilities and governance best practices. He previously was a senior partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he served as the firm's corporate governance practice leader.
Steinberg also advises senior managements on governance, risk management, control and compliance. A founder of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ risk management and control consulting practice, he served as its global leader, overseeing development of client service capabilities around the world and leading major client engagements.
Steinberg served as the lead project partner in developing the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) Internal Control -- Integrated Framework, now recognized as a landmark representing the standard of internal control. And he led development of COSO’s recently issued report, Enterprise Risk Management – Integrated Framework.
He has authored numerous highly acclaimed reports, including Corporate Governance and the Board—What Works Best and its companion, Audit Committee Effectiveness—What Works Best. He is frequently quoted in the financial press – including Business Week, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Institutional Investor, Investors Business Daily, and the Financial Times – is a monthly columnist for Compliance Week, and is an active and sought-after speaker by business, professional, and academic organizations.
Steinberg has served as a member of the Conference Board's Global Corporate Governance Research Center Advisory Board, he is a member of the Open Compliance and Ethics Group Executive Advisory Panel, and is chair or a member of several corporate advisory boards. He is also co-founder of the Directors’ College, presented by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the University of Delaware Center for Corporate Governance, and served as co-chair of Corporate Board Member’s Academic Council.
Mr. Steinberg a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, and holds an MBA from New York University's Graduate School of Business.