Founder and CEO of Steinberg Governance Advisors, Inc., Rick Steinberg is a nationally recognized expert on governance, risk management, and compliance.  He advises boards of directors of major multinational, large, and middle market companies on board responsibilities and governance best practices, and senior managements on governance, risk management, control, and compliance.  Previously he was a senior partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers and the leader of its corporate governance advisory practice.  He also was a founder of PwC's risk management and control consulting practice, and served as its global leader.   And he was a founder and leader of PwC’s U.S. Strategic Risk Services practice developing and implementing clients’ risk management processes.

As an expert in internal control and risk management, Steinberg led development of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) two landmark reports, Internal Control -- Integrated Framework, and Enterprise Risk Management – Integrated Framework, recognized as standards for effective internal control and risk management.  

Steinberg has authored numerous other highly acclaimed reports, including Corporate Governance and the Board—What Works Best and its companion, Audit Committee Effectiveness—What Works Best.  He is quoted in the financial press – including Business Week, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones MarketWatch, CNN Money, 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 major companies and business and professional organizations.  He has been featured on CNBC TV’s Morning Call and Bloomberg TV’s On the Markets and The Bloomberg Report, and has guest lectured at such leading business schools as Auburn, Columbia, Delaware, Duke, MIT, NYU, and UCLA.

Steinberg is a member of the Open Compliance and Ethics Group Executive Advisory Panel, co-founder of the Directors’ College presented by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the University of Delaware Center for Corporate Governance, and served as a member of the Conference Board’s Global Corporate Governance Research Center Advisory Board, and as co-chair of Corporate Board Member’s Academic Council.

Mr. Steinberg is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and holds an MBA from New York University’s Graduate School of Business.