Course description
2022 Company Board Director Roles and Responsibilities - In-House (2 Day)
Chartered Management Institute Recognised Training Centre for Director Training Courses. This 2-day training course is a CMI Recognised Director Training Course. The course can be spread across two separate non-consecutive days.
This course is assessed as “Excellent” by its delegates. To ensure that the Company Directors attending this training course will continue to get the maximum possible benefit, the delegate numbers will be limited to a maximum of 15.
Company Board Director Roles and Responsibilities Training Course for both experienced and newly appointed Company Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, along with all other Executive and Non-Executive Directors, will benefit from this course.
This is a very practical course, with extensive discussions around case studies that will highlight common Boardroom dilemmas. It will enable you to make sound Board decisions, which comply with your statutory duties as a Director. Guidance will be provided on some of the factors that facilitate effective Boards.
Topics covered include the Companies Act 2006, Effective Boards, Board Director Roles and Responsibilities, UK Corporate Governance Code, Board Committees, the Memorandum & Articles of Association, Companies House requirements, the Insolvency Act, Liquidations, the Director Disqualification Act, Director Pay, Shadow Directors, De Facto Directors, NEDs, iNEDs, Director Statutory Duties, Strategic Financial Management, Risk Management, Dividends, Resolutions, Meetings, Voting requirements and many more.
This course will explain the personal and corporate insolvency issues surrounding directors. It will help you to avoid inadvertently assuming any personal liabilities through an imperfect knowledge of the insolvency laws.
Formal Certificates of Professional Development will be issued to participants who successfully complete this training course, in print for the 2-day training course and by email for the 1-day training course. These certificates will be accepted as evidence for CPD purposes by most professional institutes and associations, including the Law Society, the CIM, the CMI, the ICAEW, the Institute of Learning and the CIPD.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
This training course has been designed for both experienced and newly appointed Company Directors, as well as their specialist advisors and consultants, who want to ensure that they are complying with all of the relevant laws and regulations, as well applying the highest standards of Corporate Governance within their companies.
This training courses has been designed for both experienced and newly appointed Company Directors, as well as their specialist advisors and consultants, who want to ensure that they are complying with all of the relevant laws and regulations, as well applying the highest standards of Corporate Governance within their companies.
Through presentations, hands-on case studies and group discussions, the course tutor will impart exactly the knowledge and information that Company Directors need to become Excellent Board Directors, as well as to assess and maximise the effectiveness of their own Company Board. Every appointed Board Director, including both Executive and Non-Executive Directors, will benefit from this training course; from the most recently appointed Company Board Director to the Chairman of the Board.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors, along with all other Company Directors, both Executive and Non-Executive Directors, as well as current and prospective, will benefit from this training course.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors, along with all other Company Directors, both Executive and Non-Executive Directors, as well as current and prospective, will benefit from this training course.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Formal Certificates of Professional Development will be issued to participants who successfully complete this training course, in print for the 2-day training course and by email for the 1-day training course. These certificates will be accepted as evidence for CPD purposes by most professional institutes and associations, including the Law Society, the CIM, the CMI, the ICAEW, the Institute of Learning and the CIPD.
Training Course Content
DAY 1
- Legal Framework
- Trading Business Structures
- Applicable Laws & Regulatory Framework
- Constitution and Governance Framework
- New company law effective from 2021
- Companies Act 2006 Requirements
- Scope and Relevance
- Seven Statutory Director Duties
- Director Qualifications
- Director Liabilities
- Duty of Independent Judgement
- Non-Executive Directors
- Promote the Success of the Company
- Long Term versus Short to Medium Term
- Director Contracts
- Declarations of Interest
- Director Transactions
- Conflicts of Interest
- Resolution of Conflicts of Interest
- Relief for Breaches of Duties
- Common Mistakes
- Appointment and Removal of Directors
- Memorandum and Articles of Association
- Shareholder Relationships and Dealings
- Strategic Reporting Requirements
- People with Significant Control Reporting Requirements
- Director Insurances and Indemnities
- UK Corporate Governance Code 2018, Effective through 2021
- Scope and Relevance
- Comply or Explain
- 5 Main Sections of the Code
- The Role of the Board
- An Effective Board
- Board Evaluation
- Division of Responsibilities
- The Chairman
- The Chief Executive
- Non-Executive Directors
- Board Composition and Appointments
- Nomination Committees
- Director Commitment and Development
- Director Induction and Support
- Board Accountability
- Risk Management and Internal Control Duties
- Director Pay Principles
- Audit and Remuneration Committees
- Shareholder Relations and Meetings
- Insolvency Act 1986and theDirector Disqualification Act
- Director Risks
- Director Actions and Conduct before Insolvency
- Insolvency Process
- Insolvency Results
- “Pre-Packs”, Pre-Packaged Administrations
- What you can and cannot do to try to save the company
- Common Mistakes and their consequences
DAY 2
- UK Corporate Governance Reform Drivers
- Quoted Company Director Pay
- Unquoted Company Director Pay
- Shareholder Dissent
- Engagement with the Workforce
- Engagement with the other Stakeholders
- New legal requirements effective 2021
- Wates Corporate Governance Principles Context
- Audits, Current Status and Proposed Changes
- EU Corporate Governance
- Relevance to UK companies
- Context and relationship to the UK Corporate Governance Code 2018
- 9 Principles applicable to all companies
- 5 Principles applicable to large or complex companies
- Non-Executive Directors
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Major Corporate Governance Failures
- Indicators
- Causes
- Impact upon the brands and their finances
- Costs of failure versus the costs of prevention
- International Board Structures
- Dual or Two-Tier Board Structures
- Contrasts to the UK Unitary Board Structure
- German Board Structures
- French Board Structures
- Impact of the Differences upon employment, taxation and company ownership
- Effective Board Meetings
- Principal Duty of the Board
- Direction and Management
- Board Powers and Responsibilities
- Delegated Powers and Limits of Authority
- Board Agenda; Standards and Procedures
- “Any Other Business”
- Board Papers; Standards, Processes and Timings
- Board Minutes
- Meeting Effectiveness Reviews
- Risk Management
- Risk Management and Entrepreneurialism
- Top 5 Risks across all companies
- Emerging Risks
- Corporate Risk Culture
- Rewarding Risk Taking
- Internal Controls
- Risk Management Standard ISO 31000
- Bribery Act 2010
- Scope and Sting
- Six Key Management Principles
- Rolls Royce and Deferred Prosecution Agreements
- Staying out of trouble
- Criminal Finances Act 2017
- Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007
- Scope
- “Controlling Mind” no longer relevant
- Reputation and consequential losses
- Direct Penalties
- Data Protection Act 2018 & GDPR Board Level Traps & Errors
- EU defined safe areas
- Data Transfers across countries and companies within the same Group
- Board Level Data Protection Impact Assessments and Data Profiling
- Board Level Data Protection by Design
- Cloud Storage implications
- Corporate email addresses
- Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
- Scope and Relevance
- Duties to Employees and Others
- Penalties and Prohibition/Improvement Notices
- Minimum Practices and Evidence Based Management
- Strategic Financial Management
- Enterprise Valuations; EBITDA, Acquisitions, Disposals and Goodwill
- Impact of Acquisitions upon the finances and the market value of the organisation
- Strategic Budget Issues
- Board Level Recognition of Sales &
- Strategic Sales Management
- Strategic Balance Sheet Issues
Through presentations, hands-on case studies and group discussions, the course tutor will impart exactly the knowledge and information that Company Directors need to fulfil their director responsibilities and duties, as well as to assess and maximise the effectiveness of their own Company Board. Every appointed Board Director, including both Executive and Non-Executive Directors, will benefit from this training course; from the most recently appointed Company Board Director to the Chairman of the Board.
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