·        Senior, Mid-level and Junior Managers

·        Supervisory Staff

·        Project Managers

·        Team Leaders

·        Staff needing to hone their corporate governance skills

This offering of the course is contextualized for the oil and gas sector and offers a number of exemplars and case studies for that industry.

The course allows delegates to update their knowledge and learn new or improved techniques for building effective corporate governance systems.

On completing the course, delegates will be able to –

·        Shareholder Communications

·        Shareholder Mapping Matrices

·        Institutional Investor Characteristics

·        Pension and Hedge-Fund Investor Issues

·        Board Leadership; Responsibilities and Duties of the Board

·        Board Agendas; Boardroom Dynamics

·        Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) impact on Board and Director Duties

·        Board Election Issues; Board Diversity

·        Succession Issues for Board Members and CEOs

·        Stewardship Models

·        Economic Models of Corporate Governance

·        Alternative Board Structures

·        Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Issues

·        Enlightened Shareholder Value (ESV)

·        OECD Principles for Corporate Governance

·        Sub-Committees for – Audit, Risk, Remuneration, Ethics and Diversity

·        SOX and Code of Ethics Issues; Conflict of Interest Scenarios

·        Anti-Corruption Initiatives

·        Capital Flight and Tax Avoidance Issues

·        Governance Reform Issues

·        Sector-Specific Regulatory Regimes

·        National ‘Tone at the Top’ Considerations

·        International Governance Frameworks – ICGN, GCCF and GMI

·        Executive Compensation

·        Stock Options, Bonuses and Other Executive Rewards Schemes

·        Golden “Hellos”