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March 27th - 28th, 2012
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Course Information
Date: 27 & 28 Mar 2012 (Tues & Wed)
Time: 9am to 5pm
Venue: : * Concorde Hotel Function Room (f.k.a Le Meridien Hotel) Orchard Road
Fee: S$2000.00 (Nett)
* subjected to changes of equivalent convenience
For more information;
please contact Jaslyn @
9228 7171 / 6278 9785 or
jaslyn@cbsgroup.com.sg
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2 Day Corporate Governance
This course provides participants with an overview of the regulation, frameworks and principles behind corporate governance policy and practice. The aim is to provide delegates with an understanding of core governance debates and issues, practical advice on compliance and familiarity with accepted best practice.
In the last decade corporate governance has become established as an area of increasing academic, political and commercial debate. It has now become essential for any middle or senior manager to have an understanding of the key aspects of effective corporate governance.
This course is aimed at educating employees on the laws, regulations and company policies that apply to their day-to-day job responsibilities. The course is intended to provide the participants with the ability to achieve the key compliance goals of:
- Avoiding and detecting violations by employees that could lead to legal liability for the organization;
- Creating a more hospitable and respectful workplace;
- Laying the groundwork for a partial or complete defense in the event that employee wrongdoing occurs.
The course is suitable for all staff in management & supervisory positions, irrespective of their specific job responsibilities.
Our aim is to help your firm achieve and maintain ongoing compliance – enabling you to concentrate on growing your business.
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Course Objectives
The aim of this program is to provide participants with:
- An overview of current thinking and developments in the field of corporate governance.
- The ability to administer effectively corporate affairs within an organization and to contribute to corporate performance at a senior level.
- To understand the interrelationship between management, finance, law and ethics in the field of corporate governance.
- An understanding of ethics and values in the business community and the relationship to corporate governance
This course will provide participants with a sound grounding in the key components of corporate governance which will in turn enhance their ability to operate at more senior levels of organizations.
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Main Topics Covered Include:
- Corporate Governance Standards and Mechanisms
- Corporate Governance in Emerging Countries
- Competencies of company directors
- Corporate Governance in Banks
- The Role and responsibilities of the independent director
- Corporate Social Responsibility and independent directors
- Financial Goals and Corporate Governance
- IT Governance
- Overview of corporate governance standards from around the world: UK and Europe, US, Gulf Countries, Asia
- Case Studies include: Siemens, China Aviation Oil, Corporate Governance Trends in the Gulf, Arab Bank, Philippines, Singapore and more.
The course is suitable for all staff in management & supervisory positions, irrespective of their specific job responsibilities.
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Course Outline
Day 1
Corporate Governance Primer
Definition, Separation of management and control, Agency theory and its problems, Manager and shareholder risk and its diversification, Governance mechanisms, CEO pay and performance, Managerial defence tactics.
Corporate Governance Standards
The UK Combined Code on Corporate Governance, OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, Core competencies of company directors. What all directors need to know, Checking the effectiveness of company boards, Directors and the global financial crisis.
Corporate Governance in Emerging Countries
"Negative" and "Positive" approaches. The family business, Relationships between the Family, Shareholders, Directors and Management, Cases study – a family based mining business.
Case Study: Corporate Governance Trends in the Gulf
We examine the position of Corporate Governance today in the Gulf States with a comparison to IIF Guidelines.
Corporate Governance in Banks
Residual Claimant Theory, the Bank Board, the Board’s role and responsibility, the Unique dimensions of bank governance, Bank boards, directors and governance.
Independent Directors
Who are independent directors, Choosing independent directors, the Role and responsibilities of the independent director, what the “average” independent director looks like, how different jurisdictions see independent directors – we examine the US (Sabanes Oxley and the NYSE rules) and the UK (Companies Act), Corporate Social Responsibility and independent directors.
Day 2
Case Study: Singapore
We examine the implementation and enforcement of corporate governance rules in Singapore and the case of China Aviation Oil.
Corporate Governance and Capital Markets
Lessons from the financial crisis, Strengthening capital markets through corporate governance.
Case Study: Arab Bank
How the Arab Bank developed an anti-corruption compliance program. Extensive use is made in this case study of the Siemens corruption scandal.
Financial Goals and Corporate Governance
The multinational enterprise, Global financial management, the Goal of management, Shareholder wealth maximization, Corporate wealth maximization, Failures in corporate governance, Regulation of corporate governance, Governance, rights and the future.
Case Study: Philippines
Managing Corporate Governance within its legal/regulatory environment and Corporate Governance Practices.
IT Governance
What IT governance is all about, Why target IT? IT Governance defined, standards & frameworks, Key issues (governance, risk, law, security, internal and external threats, physical security, the characteristic of IT governance.
Standards - ISO/IEC 38500:20085.
Concluding Case Study: Who killed the Chief Executive?
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Training Methodology
This is a highly interactive course comprised of presentations, case studies,
multidirectional discussions and comprehensive exercises.
Most importantly it will offer participants, opportunities to plan such work within
small working groups, providing practice in the application of the techniques and
tools generating active participation.
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Target Audience
Board members, senior managers, the managers responsible for:
- Corporate Governance Standards and Mechanisms
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Strategy
- Operational Risk Management
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Environmental Sustainability
- Public Relations, Human Resources, Marketing
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Testimonials
- Event planning exercise was very helpful. Tools that were shared during the course to understand the importance of orientation to face disruption where great.
- Excellent presentation, exercise and great experience.
- Very well organized, structured and presented.
- The role playing was excellent.
- Very good. It changed my mindset. It made me realize BOT scenarios are not low grade severity scenarios and I will report it back to my boss
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Trainer’s Profile
| Richard Barr |
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Richard holds a B.S. in International Business Administration from San Jose State University in California. His professional experience spans 19 years, 5 of which were spent with Wells Fargo Bank. Another 5 were spent honing his global banking skills, when Richard was involved with International Trade Finance, Real Time Gross Settlement and Cross Border Banking. The past 9 years have been in the private and high-tech sectors providing high-level consulting services, business analysis, project management and training to a wide range of banking clientele across the globe.
He has spent extensive time servicing a diversity of “financial institutional” clients, in South Africa, Poland, Sweden, Ireland, Netherlands, Greece, Bermuda, Malawi, United Kingdom and across North America. Clients include AIB Bank, Eurobank, ABSA Bank, CitiBank, Swedbank, INDEbank, IBM, Montran and Fundtech, as well as many others.
Richard has also filled the role of advisor to central banks on payment systems and technical payments issues. Furthermore, key staff from the Bank of England, South African Reserve Bank, Central Bank of Ireland and Bank of Portugal who have attended training sessions presented by Richard.
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