Corporate Governance Workshop

Program Overview:

Good corporate governance is of increasing importance globally. Its purpose is to help build the trust, transparency and accountability necessary for fostering long-term investment, financial stability and business integrity, thereby supporting stronger growth and more inclusive societies. It brings a conducive corporate culture which proactively manages risks, fosters high performance and optimally achieves corporate compliance and control to enhance organizational value. This course will discuss the challenges of implementing best-practice corporate governance in emerging markets and will include the specific requirements of financial institutions.

For Whom:

Directors and Board Members, Audit Committee members, Company secretaries and governance professionals, corporate counsel, senior company management, Investors and fund managers, Analysts, Regulators, Securities exchange officials, Lawyers & legislators.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this two-day hands-on skills participants will be able to:

• define the nature, important components and requirements of corporate governance frameworks and integrate them harmoniously with other current initiatives;
• identify behavioural and procedural requirements of good governance with relevant roles, responsibilities and accountability within a conducive culture based on values;
• explain the importance of risk governance and how to achieve it; and
• design the Board’s informational and assurance needs to discharge its oversight effectively while ensuring appropriate stakeholder engagement.

Course outline:

Day 1: The framework, nature, importance, principles and practices of

good corporate governance

• Board effectiveness including direction, decision making, and

oversight and stakeholder engagement

• Board Committees: Roles and Functions, Directors induction

–           Training and Evaluation

Day 2: Achieving both organizational compliance and

effective performance

• Effective risk governance and risk management
• Meeting informational and audit/assurance needs

using the three lines of defense

Day 3: Corporate Social Responsibility

–           Role of board chairman in effective board

management

–           Role of external auditors and company secretary in

Corporate governance

Training Methodology: Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, audio-visual aids will be used to reinforce these teaching/learning methods.