Description
Objectives
Understanding the importance of and main principles in the field of corporate governance in a financial services environment, including the major drivers, trends and challenges.
The course will discuss relationships between managers, boards of directors, shareholders, stakeholders and investors; as well as demonstrating the role of governance through examples.
Target Audience
- Board Members, Directors of Financial Institutions, Corporations
- Executive Managers
- Senior management of Internal Control functions such as Legal, Compliance, Operational Risk and Internal Audit.
Programme
1. Introduction
a. Defining Corporate Governance
b. A brief History of Corporate Governance
c. The Business Case for Corporate Governance
d. The Governance Structure of a Stock Company
e. The Governance Structure of a Bank
II. Definition of a Corporation
a. Purpose of a Corporation
b. Directing a Corporation
c. Corporations, Laws, Elections, Performance
d. The “Value” of a Corporation
e. Internal Regulations of a Company
f. Company Code of Corporate Governance
g. Company Code of Ethics
h. Stakeholder theory, reputation management and corporate responsibility
III. Shareholders / Owners
a. Definitions of ownership
b. Ownership, Monitoring, Control
c. Institutional Investors
d. Pension Funds, Hedge Funds
e. The Shareholder Register
f. The Meetings of Shareholders
- Preparing the AGM
- Conducting the AGM
- Extraordinary Meetings
IV. Directors
a. Board composition and appointment
- Director election and removal
- Board composition
- Board Evaluation, Education, Remuneration
b. Duties of the Board of Directors
c. Board and Directors’ Authority
d. Board Procedures and Policies
e. Relations between Directors and Management
f. CEO Succession Planning
g. Independent Directors
h. The Corporate Secretary
V. Control Functions and Procedures
a. The Supervisory Board
b. The Audit Committee
c. The Internal Control Functions
- Compliance function
- Risk function
- Internal audit function
d. The Independent External Auditor
VI. Oversight of, and interactions with, Management
a. Executive Bodies, Managers, CEO
- Qualifications, Authorities
- Composition of Executive Boards
- Working Procedures of Executive Bodies
b. Expectations, Remuneration of members of executive boards, CEOs
VII. EU Corporate Governance for Financial Institutions
a. European Banking Authority
b. Local regulators
VIII. International Corporate Governance for Financial Institutions
a. Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
b. The Global Corporate Governance Forum
c. Governance Metrics, World Bank, G7
IX. Corporations in Crisis
Remark
Please note that the online version of this course is delivered in 4 sessions of 4 hours, whilst the onsite version is 3 days.
Modalities
Course Material
Please note that for environmental reasons no paper version of the training material will be provided for your training. The course material can be downloaded free of charge via your portal before the start of the course (download the Client Portal User’s Guide here ). You will be able to view it on the screen of your mobile device or print it if necessary. If your registration has been made by a training manager of your company please contact him/her so that he/she can give you access to it or send it to you.
Exam
No exam is available for this course.
Contact
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