The CEO of Global Governance Services, Dr Chris Pierce, gave a keynote presentation at a conference organised by Instituto de Consejeros-Administradores (IC-A), the Spanish Institute of Directors, in Madrid on 25 September 2017. After a welcome and introduction by Mr Juan Alvarez-Vijande, IC-A´s CEO, Dr Pierce made the presentation on “Corporate governance practices in the world – the real experience lived”. The presentation was followed by a discussion. The event was attended by about 100 participants.