Certified Governance Professional
Course Methodology
The course is built on presentations by the instructor and the participants and includes exercises and case studies to be discussed in the training.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Apply international standards for board governance and independence in public and private sectors
- Advise on assigning duties to the board and to the executive management
- Assist in forming efficient board committees and indicating their duties and competencies
- Establish the second and third lines of defense and distribute the duties to the different departments
- Assess the application of the principles of transparency and disclosure, and responsibility towards stakeholders
Target Audience
Board members, chief financial officers, senior management, directors, finance managers, financial controllers, accounting and finance personnel, legal counsel, corporate legal advisors, corporate secretaries, lawyers, external and internal auditors, HR managers, and department heads.
Target Competencies
- Board Governance Structure & Composition
- Board Committee Performance & Oversight
- Governance, Authority & Role Accountability
- Internal Control & Governance Assurance
- Strategic Stakeholders Engagement
- Stakeholder Rights & Governance Compliance
Course Outline
- Composition and Independence of the Board
- Appointment of the board members
- Provisions for the membership of the board
- Independence of board members
- Main functions of the board
- Oversight over executive management
- Fiduciary Duties of the Board and Management
- Competencies and duties of the chairperson of the board
- Tasks and duties of the board members
- Duties of the Independent director
- Board meetings
- Exercising the competencies of the board
- Executive management duties
- Efficient Board Committees
- Forming the committees
- Committees’ membership
- Audit Committee
- Nomination and remuneration committee
- Risk management and compliance committee
- Implementation of Internal Control System
- Three lines of defense
- Establishing an independent department
- Duties of the internal audit
- Duties of the external auditor
- Implementation of effective governance
- Ethics and Social Responsibility to Stakeholders
- Conflict of interest
- Disclosure of conflict of interest
- Professional conduct
- Social responsibility
- Disclosure and transparency
- Relationship with stakeholders
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