Online Masterclass | Corporate & Board Governance

Corporate & Board Governance | Online Masterclass

September 2020

Date: September 26, 2020
Time: 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME:
The masterclass will equip delegates with necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes to communicate governance procedures to outside stakeholders including shareholders, board and government communities. The workshop will also discuss the challenges of implementing best-practices in corporate governance in the emerging markets and will focus on specific requirements of regulatory bodies.

• How to structure board committees, institutional policies and procedures to conform to international requirements and expectations
• Framework to develop action plan for best board practices
• Know-how of best practice policies, CSR, board behaviour and evaluation, risk management evaluation, statutoryand fiduciary duties
• Implementing governance directives within the management of institutions
• Analysing the governance of other institutions
• Using governance as a competitive edge
• Identifying and maximising financial benefit from improved corporate governance and procedures

1. Handling Management & Ownership of the Board
2. Corporate Values
3. Transparency in Operations
4. Establishing Risk Appetite
5. Responsibility towards Stakeholders
6. Dilemmas on the Board
7. Decision Support Systems
8. Re-Assessing Stakeholders
9. Preserving Company Value and Reputation

1. Board Briefing
2. Non-Executive Meetings
3. Challenges in Conducting Board Meetings
4. Leadership and Procedures of Board Meetings
5. Best Practicesfor Board Meetings
6. Director’s Induction Package
7. Red Flags for Directors
8. Characteristics of Dysfunctional Board: How to deal with it
9. What Makes a Good Chairman
10. Relationship with CEO

1. Financial Stewardship and Governance of Oversight Issues
2. Oversight of Information Governance Policies, Systems and Procedures
3. Board’s Role in Corporate Reporting
4. Content of Governance Report and Best Practice Construction Processes

1. Basics of Compliance and Nature of Compliances as an Introduction
2. Compliance is an Inevitable Requirement
3. Liability for Non-Compliance
4. Pre-COVID Regulatory Sentiment, which Tended in Favour of Decriminalization of Offences, ie Towards a Civil Penalty for Non-Compliance
5. Key Aspects of the CLC Report of November 2019
6. Key Aspects of the Companies (Amendment) Bill 2020 of 6 March 2020

• Mr Sharad Abhyankar (Partner, Corporate & Commercial, Corporate Governance – Khaitan & Co.)
• Mr P.H. Ravikumar (Chairman, NSE Data and Analytics International Ltd)
• Mr Rammohan Bhave (Independent Director, LIC MF Trustee Co Ltd)