Governance in challenging times - creating an effective and talented Board

Increased uncertainty places a bigger premium on the quality of decision-making by the board of directors if sustainable business success is to be achieved.

The board should be a strategic asset of the business. This inter-active workshop examines how to achieve this. It focusses on the key components of an effective and talented board, such as establishing clear purpose, oversight and tone at the top, proactive succession planning and using organisational values to drive business decisions.

Key features include:

· corporate governance overview and board process model

· keeping a strategic mindset and using Board time most effectively

· risk governance

· creating a positive culture that enhances reputation

· promoting trust through clear vision, purpose and action based on values

· succession planning, skills matrices and Board development

· discussion of recent headline cases

Speaker:

Steve Giles (MA Oxon, ACA)

Steve Giles is a chartered accountant with over 30 years’ experience of advising business leaders on governance, risk and compliance. Whilst at Deloitte he gained experience in audit, forensics and risk management, running sensitive and high-profile assignments in the UK, continental Europe and the United States.

After leaving Deloitte in 1997, Steve set up and ran two companies, helping executives in various business sectors to achieve success. Now an independent consultant, he works with organisations of all sizes to improve their performance and governance, including board evaluations, mentoring and development.

He is an experienced non-executive director. He was Chair of a company in the voluntary sector for nine years and is currently an independent NED of a LATCo, where he is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee.

Steve is an international speaker on corporate governance, risk management and financial reporting. His engagements range from chairing and presenting at conferences to lecturing for bodies such as the ACCA and the London Stock Exchange. He has been a member of the tutor faculty of the Institute of Directors since 2016.

He is much in demand for running training courses and workshops because of his expertise and engaging delivery style. He runs in-house courses and seminars for a wide variety of enterprises both in the UK and internationally.

Steve holds an MA in Modern History from Christ Church, Oxford and is a Guest Lecturer at Royal Holloway University, London. He is the author of two books: “Managing Fraud Risk” and “The Business Ethics Twin-Track”, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2012 and 2015 respectively. Steve is also a regular contributor to the ACCA’s “About Business” magazine.

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