Dates for this course

09/08/10 - 13/08/10

29/11/10 - 03/12/10

Who should attend:

• Company Secretaries
• Legal Executives
• Company Executive Directors
• Company non-Executive Directors
• Shareholders in Public Companies
• Pension Fund Managers
• Investment Fund Managers
• Government Executive Managers in the area of Public Company Supervision

Course objectives:
• To familiarise participants with the global systems of Company Directors responsibility to their shareholders and employees.
• To study the UK Higgs rules and the implementation of the combined code.
• To define the structure of a Board, the Nomination, Remuneration and Audit Committees.

Course content:
• Examples of Company failures based on the traditional Company Board
• The UK Higgs Report and its recommendations
• The Combined Code
• Why non-Executive Directors should be in a majority on the Company Board – their recruitment
• A detailed study of the Board Structure of British Petroleum and the Directors’ details reporting systems
• A comparison of the US and European Board systems
• Recent changes in the methods of Corporate Governance
• Examining the impact of the Companies Act 2006 on Corporate Governance
• Statutory Duties of Directors Post C A 2006