Masterclass – International Role of the Director and the Board

8 Apr 2024 09:00 - 9 Apr 2024 17:00

Two-day course provided by Institute of Directors (IoD)

Due to force majors, we regret to inform you that this event no longer exists. For inquiries, please email Tina.Wang@iod.com

BritCham Shanghai cordially invited you to attend the two-day ‘International Role of the Director and the Board‘ course, delivered by the Institute of Directors (IoD) on 8 and 9 April in the Shanghai office of the China-Britain Business Council.

We offer a limited-time 10% OFF on Tuition Fee from now on. The current price is GBP 2,970.

The Institute of Directors (IoD) was founded in 1903 in London and within three years we were awarded a Royal Charter to support, represent and set standards for business leaders nationwide. We are the oldest business membership organisation in the world, and we have about 20,000 members, including over 3,000 international members. We are also the only organisation that awards ‘Chartered Directors’ across the world.

We would like to share with you some details on our International Role of the Director and the Board course which is one of the most popular modules that make up our Certificate in Company Direction.

Delivering an essential understanding of the board’s role in corporate governance and risk management, this introduction to the duties and legal responsibilities of a director will enable you to tackle the challenges of the boardroom with fresh confidence and progress your career to the next level.

By attending this course, you will have the confidence to:

Recognise the key duties, roles and legal responsibilities of a modern director
Understand the essential differences between direction, management and ownership
Examine the board’s role in corporate governance and learn how to improve board effectiveness
Understand the legal status of a company and other organisations and the implications of the liabilities of directors in major jurisdictions including the UK and China

Paul Munden CDir

Business experience

Paul is an experienced commercial law barrister and Chartered

Director. Over the last ten years, Paul has served as general counsel of the Business Link operation in London. During this time Paul has advised on a wide range of complex and politically sensitive

commercial law issues, working with senior leaders in government and the civil service. Throughout his career, Paul has championed the improvement of corporate governance standards in businesses and governmental organisations across London. Paul also served as non-executive chair of a Bafta award-winning educational software house.

Paul recently served on the Legal Services Board (Consumer

Panel), the body responsible for ensuring ongoing reform in legal services in the UK and is chair of the National Youth Music Theatre, a leading national charity for the arts. In previous assignments, Paul has served on the Board of Mid Essex Primary Care Trust and represented the trust on the North Essex Cluster Primary Care Trust board responsible for commissioning £1.5bn of healthcare services annually and has acted as special adviser to the board of the General Teaching Council for England.

Professional credentials and training experience

Paul is currently a governance course leader at the Institute of

Directors and has contributed to the development of courses in its Chartered Director Programme. Paul has led chartered director courses within the UK, throughout the Middle East and many other jurisdictions across the world. In his role at the Institute of

Directors, Paul has worked with the boards of some of the UK’s leading companies, among others, directors at Royal Dutch Shell, Fed Ex UK, BMT Group and John Laing. In the public sector, Paul has worked with officers at the highest levels of the Ministry of Defence, the National Health Service, the Police and the Department of International Development.

Internationally Paul has led courses for, among others, directors at the Islamic Development Bank, First Atlantic Bank Ghana, CRDB Bank Tanzania, Capital G Bank Bermuda, ACWA Power Saudi

Arabia, The National Lottery Authority Ghana and Samruk-Kazyna.

For attendees who want to join the course, please register your interest with BritCham Shanghai by clicking here or the ‘Register your interest’ buttons on the top and bottom of the webpage.

The Chamber staff will check your details and connect you with a dedicated IoD staff, who will then guide you through the enrollment and complete your payment.

The standard tuition fee for course training is GBP 3,300.

We offer a limited-time 10% OFF from now on.

Current price is GBP 2,970.

For BritCham Shanghai Members, upon successful sign-up, you can enjoy 2 years of IoD overseas/international membership for FREE

For non-members, upon successful sign-up, you can enjoy 1 year of IoD overseas/international membership for FREE

We were immensely proud to deliver our ‘International Role of the Director and the Board’ course twice in China in both June and November 2023. We had the privilege of hosting distinguished delegates from renowned international corporations and institutions (logos as listed below), representing diverse cultures such as those from Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Taipei and the United Kingdom. The dynamic mix of cultures and perspectives ignited robust discussions, leading to highly positive feedback and satisfaction from all attendees.

China-Britain Business Council Shanghai Office

1501, Oriental Center, 699 West Nanjing Road, Jing’an District, Shanghai

英中贸易协会上海办公室，

上海市静安区南京西路699号东方众鑫大厦1501室

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