Corporate governance overview

An update on the latest developments

New for 2012 - half day course

Executive and non-executive board members plus those who serve and advise boards - whether as company secretaries, senior executives or internal and external auditors. This course provides an opportunity to catch up with the most important new developments in corporate governance that have emerged since the global financial crisis broke. Suitable for all sectors, and for with-profit, not-for-profit and public sector organisations, this half-day course can be attended on its own, or in combination with Corporate governance issues

With particular focus on new developments:

• appreciate the scope and importance of corporate governance
• consider how high standards of corporate governance are achieved
• appreciate the alternative approaches to corporate governance
• understand the responsibilities of shareholders, boards, individuals and management teams
• consider the roles and responsibilities of board committees
• discover how to ensure that boards obtain the assurance they need.

Eur Ing Professor Andrew D Chambers, BA, CEng, FCCA, FCA, FIIA, FBCS, CITP, FRSA

Described by The Times as 'a worldwide authority on corporate governance', Andrew runs Management Audit LLP which specialises in advising on audit and corporate governance. Author of over 15 books on auditng and corporate governance, he sat on the UK FRC's Auditing Practices Board (2006-9) and is currently a member of the Federation des Experts Comptables Europeens' (FEEs') Corporate Governance and Company Law Working Partners.

• Corporate governance principles: direction; accountability; transparency; oversight; integrity; independence; board balance.
• Contemporary developments including: corporate governance in the UK 2006 Companies Act; the FRC's 2010 stewardship code; the FRC's 2010 UK corporate governance code; the 2009 Walker review of corporate governance in financial institutions; latest UK reviews on internal control (Turnbull) and audit committees (Smith); latest EC corporate governance developments; corporate governance guidance for governmental bodies.
• Effective boards and effective board members: board oversight of risk: board assurance; the key role of the chair of the board; board evaluation.
• Board committees and making them effective.

The course starts at 9.30am and ends at 12.45pm. Refreshments are provided.

3 CPD hours (where applicable)

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