Thank you very much for your comment, and I am glad the compliance convergence maturity model will serve a useful function in your enterprise’s compliance transformation.

Thank you for your insightful comments. I agree with your characterization of the perception of Chief Compliance Officers and that is core to the argument that the compliance mandate has changed. It simply isn’t enough to comply any more — the compliance function must think beyond risk mitigation and focus on supporting opportunities for enterprise-wide cost reduction and broader business value creation to remain relevant and supported by the board and CEO.

As to your question “Are the CEOs reading this post?” my answer is, “Not enough of them are , but more will.” This article dealt largely with the “what” and “why” of compliance convergence. The “how”, which is what I bring to clients and what may form the basis for future articles or publications, focuses in part on how to craft a compelling business case for compliance convergence that the CEO can get behind and creating a basis for increased rewards to the CCO who makes that case a reality.

In fact, that is part of the reason this concept seems to be getting such a strong response from the CCO community — compliance convergence creates an opportunity to lead an enterprise transformation the same way that CIOs did in the late eighties and early nineties, and continue to do today.

Thank you again for your very thoughtful comments, and I am very glad you enjoyed the article.