Frederick D. Lipman is an internationally known authority on corporate governance, risk management, and business topics, and is a senior partner at the international law firm of Blank Rome LLP. He has authored 19 books, including 4 books on corporate governance, namely, Audit Committees (Bloomberg / BNA 2017), Whistleblowers, Incentives, Disincentives and Protection Strategies (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2012), Executive Compensation Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2008), and Corporate Governance Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2006), as well as other books on initial public offerings, valuing and selling businesses and employee incentives. Mr. Lipman’s Executive Compensation Best Practices book was cited by the SEC in its decision to change the compensation chart for all public companies. His Corporate Governance Best Practices book is used as either required or supplemental reading in a number of universities around the world. He has appeared on CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business, and Chinese television and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, Forbes, and other publications. Mr. Lipman has lectured on corporate governance topics at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, and in China, Thailand and India. Mr. Lipman has held faculty positions in the MBA program at the Wharton School of Business and at the University of Pennsylvania Law School for a combined total of 13 years and at the Temple University of Law School for 5 years. He was an expert witness on corporate governance issues in a lawsuit involving the U.S. Olympic swimming team. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he has more than 50 years of experience in corporate governance (including special committee and controlling shareholder representation), and business law. Mr. Lipman also serves as president of the Association of Audit Committee Members, Inc., a not-for-profit organization dedicated to developing best practices for audit committees, which has over 500 members.