Benchmarking Your Corporate Governance Practices Course Agenda

9:00 Welcome

• Introduction and session objectives
• Recap of latest changes to Governance policy and other impending developments

Governance and how it drives value

• What is effective governance and why is it important?
• How effective governance drives value for your stakeholders

Governance and its implications, perceptions and trends  

• Leadership – looks at how to establish clear "tone from the top", articulate values, strategy and performance in an integrated way.
• Effectiveness – looks at how challenge is delivered within an organisation
• Accountability – look at how operations and governance structures assign accountability
• Remuneration – looks at recent trends and weighting • Relations with Shareholders – looks into how transparent insight is provided into communication channels

An investor’s view of governance

• Reliance on the annual report disclosures
• What are the key areas of focus
• What do companies struggle to explain well
• Which companies disclose well in terms of governance reporting

Workshop/case study

• Sector case studies and comparisons
• What type of leader are you as a firm
• Benchmarking your governance efforts

17:00 Close

 Further Workshop (optional)