The Board Agenda - What Directors Need to Know 2016

Topics

• Legal requirements
• Awareness of the governance fundamentals
• The qualities of an outstanding director (and why, sometimes, good managers do not make good directors)
• Knowledge of best practices – the key guidance frameworks
• Making board committees work well
• Creating an effective and talented board
• Implementing the key governance performance improvement drivers: risk management and financial control
• Establishing the tone at the top: corporate culture and values, business ethics and the protection of reputation