Course description
Company Board Director Roles and Responsibilities - In Person (2 Days)
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 12.
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.
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
The training course will cover:
- The new Laws and Regulations, Effective in 2021
- Legal Framework
- Applicable Laws & Regulatory Framework
- The role and responsibilities of the Company Secretary
- When is a Company Secretary required
- The appointment and removal of a Company Secretary
- Companies Act 2006 Requirements
- Director Definitions
- Executive and Non-executive Directors
- Differences between the Officers of the Company
- Appointment and Removal of Directors
- Seven Statutory Director Duties
- Director Liabilities, Insurances and Indemnities
- Declarations of Interest
- Director Pay
- Director Contracts
- Director Loans and Transactions
- Memorandum and Articles of Association
- Shareholder Communications, Relationships and Dealings
- Legal Reporting Requirements
- People with Significant Control
- Shadow Directors, Defacto Directors and Alternate Directors
- UK Corporate Governance Code 2018, effectivethrough 2021
- Overview of the Code
- Board Evaluations
- The role of the Chairman
- Independent Non-Executive Directors
- New Directors, Appointment & Induction
- Board Committees
- Shareholder Relations and Meetings
- Shareholder Dissent
- Insolvency Act 1986and theDirector Disqualification Act
- Director Liabilities
- Director Actions and Conduct before Insolvency
- Insolvency Process
- Creditors, Secured, Preferred and Unsecured
- “Pre-Packs”, Pre-Packaged Administrations
- Director Disqualifications and how to avoid accidentally giving rise to a disqualification
- What you can and cannot do to try to save a failing company
- Common Mistakes and their consequences
- Board Meetings and Committees
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