Koenraad van Hasselt on Financial Communications…

For Communication Director: 'In the wake of the by now reknown accounting scandals of the past few years, financial communications at publicly quoted companies has become leading for all communications disciplines, both in timing and content. The rules and regulations brought forward by Sarbanes Oxley remind us of the ISO Certification process management approach, only now it is risk management that is at stake, not quality management. At the same time, corporate stakeholders and in particular the investment community require more and more information and transparancy on the company's performance and its governance. This provides, more than ever, a challenge for the cooperation and alignment between corporate communications and investor relations, in particular in media relations and internal communications.'   

Koenraad van Hasselt
Director Corporate Communications
KPN Royal Dutch Telecom