Directors Duties and Corporate Governance

Course Summary:

This full day course provides a practical, hands-on workshop for directors (both Executive and in particular non-Executive) and senior management of Irish regulated credit, financial, insurance and reinsurance services firms, including investment funds.

The course is led by an experienced accountant with specialist experience in financial services, directors’ duties and corporate governance. The creator and presenter of this course is: (i) a non-executive director of Irish financial firms; (ii) in the first group to undertake in Ireland the ‘Chartered Director’ academic qualifications (the international benchmark for directors); (iii) present extensively on the topic of directors’ duties at Irish financial firms. With our experience and qualifications we will provide insightful and practical guidance on the role of directors of financial and insurance entities.

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Details:

Date	Time	Venue
Tuesday 12th June 2012	9.00 am - 5.00 pm	Camden Court Hotel, Camden Street, Dublin 2
Thursday 18th October 2012	9.00 am - 5.00 pm	Camden Court Hotel, Camden Street, Dublin 2

Cost:

€620 for 1st attendee
€550 for 2nd attendee from same firm attending same day
(All training fees are VAT exempt)

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What Others Say: Testimonials

Course Details:

“The role of director is one that we have identified as an absolutely critical element …, responsibility for the proper management and control of a financial service provider and the integrity of its systems now rests squarely with its board of directors and senior management”

(Patrick Neary, former CEO Financial Regulator)

“… our reliance on the boards and management of credit institutions, as part of our principles based regulation, to meet their corporate governance and risk management responsibilities was misplaced”

(Jim Farrell, Chairman Financial Regulator)

"Stronger remedies are needed here to shake up prevailing corporate governance practices by injecting some fresh blood and setting more exacting standards. This will improve the reputation of Ireland as an international financial centre by knocking on the head concerns about too cosy corporate governance practices".

(Matthew Elderfield, Head of Financial Regulation, Central Bank of Ireland)

Benefits:

The course will look at the broad topics of:

The role of Directors and Non-Executive Directors;
The Role of Boards;
Selection of NEDs;
Accounting Responsibilities;
Audit Committees and other Committees;
Risk Assessment and Planning Strategy;
Enhancing Performance

The course will examine how the functions above are impacted by specific directors’ obligations, including:

Companies Acts
Market Abuse Regulations
Recent litigation and ODCE actions
Transparency Regulations
Insurance Regulations
Solvency II
Prospectus Directive
MiFID Regulations
UCITS Regulations
Compliance Statements
Central Bank issued codes, notices and guidance
ODCE Guidance
Data Protection
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism
Specific requirements of directors following introduction of new Bank Guarantee/NAMA laws

Who Should Attend:

Directors (Executive and Non-Executive)
Compliance Officers
MLROs
Customer Relationship staff & managers
Heads of Risk
Heads of Internal Audit
Private Practice Solicitors
Accountants

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