| Interviewer | Does an audit committee meeting take a long time to prepare? |
| D | It's very time-consuming for us! We have to summarize the summary report, because there are summaries for each business unit, each entity, each sector, and at central corporate level. There are three or four topics […]. We have to choose three or four slides per sector. That doesn’t take particularly long, but there are decisions to be made, and every word is important […] |
| I | How long does it take? |
| D | Once we've finished the meeting at management level, just the extra part? I think it takes me 40 hours, easily |
| I | Forty hours to prepare for the audit committee meeting! […] |
| D | You have to choose the themes, you're very involved. That's where the 40 hours come from. Because sooner or later you have to pick up your pen, and every word counts (External auditor, Interview 56, C12, F6) |
| Interviewer | Does an audit committee meeting take a long time to prepare? |
| D | It's very time-consuming for us! We have to summarize the summary report, because there are summaries for each business unit, each entity, each sector, and at central corporate level. There are three or four topics […]. We have to choose three or four slides per sector. That doesn’t take particularly long, but there are decisions to be made, and every word is important […] |
| I | How long does it take? |
| D | Once we've finished the meeting at management level, just the extra part? I think it takes me 40 hours, easily |
| I | Forty hours to prepare for the audit committee meeting! […] |
| D | You have to choose the themes, you're very involved. That's where the 40 hours come from. Because sooner or later you have to pick up your pen, and every word counts (External auditor, Interview 56, C12, F6) |
Source(s): Compernolle (2018, p. 913)
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