Format
Online
Duration
6 months
Fees
$4,995
Commitment
11 modules
Course overview
Master good governance to make it in the boardroom
Good governance depends on having robust governance frameworks in place. It requires having people around the boardroom table who know how to question decisions. It relies on board members to understand the importance to the business of promoting transparency.
With this corporate governance training, you’ll learn:
Less than 1% of board directors have a formal corporate governance qualification. Stand out with this university credit-rated Diploma in Corporate Governance.
Less than 1% of board directors have a formal corporate governance qualification. Stand out with this university credit-rated Diploma in Corporate Governance.
Learning options
Self-paced
24/7 flexible, online access to suit your schedule.
Part-time
Live, online, faculty-led classes one evening a week, 18:30-21:30 (GMT) for 11 weeks.
Full-time
Live, online, faculty-led classes Monday to Friday, 09:00-17:00 (GMT) for 1 week.
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What our alumni say
John D.
Board director
“Completing the Diploma in Corporate Governance was a pivotal moment in my career. It equipped me with a robust understanding of corporate governance, enabling me to secure a board director position at a Fortune 500 company. I highly recommend it to anyone aiming for the boardroom."
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Maria S.
Chief Financial Officer
“As a CFO, I found the Diploma in Corporate Governance immensely valuable. The course not only deepened my understanding of governance principles but also helped me bring a fresh perspective to strategic discussions in the boardroom. The self-paced learning option was perfect for my busy schedule."
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Laura T.
Aspiring Board Director
"The Diploma in Corporate Governance course is comprehensive and relevant. It provided me with practical insights into the workings of a board, and how to make meaningful contributions as a director. The interactive sessions with seasoned professionals were enlightening. Highly recommended!"
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Our Diploma in Corporate Governance is not only university credit-rated by a leading UK university but also widely endorsed and recommended by our alumni.
What you’ll learn with this qualification
Who the programme is for?
Programme content
Drive performance and deliver a successful strategy
Expertly designed, practical corporate governance training that focuses on what you need to succeed in today’s boardroom. No peer approval needed to start learning. No need to be part of an exclusive club. Just a desire to make good governance a force for good and growth in the world.
- Build a solid understanding of what corporate governance is and why it’s important.
- Identify the fundamental principles of good governance.
- Explore the global trends influencing corporate governance.
- Examine the important role it plays in business today.
- Learn why the governance structure of every organisation is unique and why that matters.
- Understand how to develop appropriate governance structures for your organisation.
- Identify and start using the right frameworks for successful good governance.
- Discover the purpose of the governance handbook and what it needs to include to make governance function effectively daily.
- Explore the essential policies that make up a good governance handbook.
- Elevate your knowledge of why reliable and accurate performance reporting is critical for directors.
- Get familiar with what best-in-class and user-friendly financial reporting looks like.
- Understand the link between informed, evidence-based decisions and effective reporting.
- Turn the spotlight on the duties and responsibilities of a director to fully understand what’s involved in making a real impact.
- Develop the mindset of a director with a clear perspective of what’s involved and required of you as a board member.
- Discover how the culture of the organisation is shaped by the board along with the executive team.
- Learn about the power of aligning the culture of the board with the organisation and its strategy.
- Identify ways to influence the company culture so that it adheres to relatable values and ethics.
- Clearly understand how to use various strategic tools.
- Explore the different stages of developing an effective strategy.
- Learn how to implement a strategy that is realistic and achievable.
- Be confident in challenging the strategy where it’s needed.
- Be competent in interpreting financial statements presented to the board.
- Examine how to ask the right questions so that your critique of the financial statements is thorough.
- Learn the fundamentals of risk and the role of the board in mitigating potential risk.
- Determine what is an appropriate risk response for the board and what is an appropriate risk appetite for the board to have.
- Be able to provide proper oversight of risk by knowing how to identify emerging trends.
- Discover why good practices are needed around the ongoing evaluation of the board’s performance, individual directors, and the CEO.
- Learn how to initiate and implement an evaluation of the board internally and how to set up external evaluation.
- Identify tools for performance diagnostics.
- Learn how to carefully plan your career move to becoming a NED.
- Identify ways to promote your personal brand through networking and becoming more visible within your peer network.
- Discover how to prepare for interviews and how to carry out detailed research of organizations you may consider working with.
- You need to complete three online assessments to achieve your Diploma in Corporate Governance qualification.
- Each assessment is 90 minutes long.
- Assessment 1 takes place after module 5 and includes 75 multiple-choice style questions.
- Assessment 2 takes place after module 11 and includes 75 multiple-choice style questions.
- Assessment 3 assesses the knowledge of the whole programme and includes 27 multiple-choice style questions based on four to five case studies.
- You can complete each assessment at a time that suits you.
There are 11 online modules in the Diploma in Corporate Governance. Each module is broken into chapters that are taught by board directors and governance professionals from our faculty.
- Get real-world insights from actual corporate governance case studies.
- Learn practical frameworks for good governance.
- Be supported and guided at every step by our friendly Learning Support Team.
- Get access to tools, templates and guides to help with assessments and use immediately in the boardroom.
- Quiz your knowledge before and after each module.
- Network through workshops and debate with fellow leaders.
- Complete your corporate governance qualification with three online assessments.
- Start applying your corporate governance training in the boardroom.
Your learning experience can be tailored to the way you’d like to complete your university credit-rated corporate governance programme.
- nline self-paced: You’ve total flexibility to learn at a time and pace that suits you. The programme is available 24/7 through our online learning platform.
- 1 week, full time: You’ll learn how to be an impactful in one-week by attending live, online classes from 09:00 - 17:00 (GMT), Monday to Friday.
- 11 weeks, part time: You’ll learn how to be an impactful over 11 weeks by attending live, online classes two evenings a week from 18:00 - 21:00 (GMT).
Video content
Case Study
Audio Snippets
Course material
Interactive quizzes
Scenario challenges
Identify how boards function and recall the format of effective board meetings.
Recall how the various committees operate and illustrate how they enhance the effectiveness of a board.
Demonstrate the skills and expertise you need to be an effective board director.
Use the tools, templates and confidence you need to make an impact in the boardroom.
Apply the different reporting tools that will be useful to you as a director.
Demonstrate knowledge of the ongoing and changing ethical issues and apply them to a modern board.
Identify and summarise the nature and effect of culture on an organisation and how you can influence and shape it.
Evaluate and judge any risks facing an organisation and how to mitigate these risks.
Produce a board evaluation to help you determine whether you are joining the right board for you.
Be part of our global alumni community
Our alumni come from companies located across the globe, demonstrating the Diploma in Corporate Governance’s universal and accessible appeal. It’s a qualification recognised and respected in multiple regions.
Programme support
Meet our expert faculty
You’ll be taught by world-class business and corporate governance experts who have one sole purpose: to educate a new generation of corporate leaders to be a force for good and growth in the world.
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Caitríona spent ten years as the CEO of the Irish subsidiary of Cunningham Lindsey Group and was a member of the executive global leadership team. A chartered director and fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, she holds several independent director positions within the financial services sector.
Diarmaid is a former executive board director and company secretary. He is a certified technical corporate governance assessor with the National Standards Authority of Ireland’s Swift 3000 code of practice for corporate governance assessment.
Sharon Constançon is an experienced executive and non-executive director. She is CEO of Genius Boards and Genius Methods which offers tailored, behaviour and leadership focused board evaluations, training and mentoring services. Sharon is a Chartered Director, Chartered Secretary and has an MBA.
Seán is a Chartered Accountant having trained and qualified in PwC. Seán has extensive experience lecturing executive education and is a lecturer on the FAE programme for Chartered Accountants Ireland. Seán recently completed his PhD specialising in Entrepreneurial & Green Finance. He has extensive experience as a company founder, director, non-executive director and consultant, including international projects.
Bob has more than 40 years’ business experience working as an accountant, auditor and management consultant. For 36 years, he worked in PricewaterhouseCoopers where, most recently, he was partner responsible for governance and risk management services. He now works as a director and as an independent consultant – specialising in governance, risk management and board effectiveness reviews. Bob is a science graduate, a Chartered Accountant, a Chartered Director and a Certified Psychometric Evaluator.
Tony has 25 years of experience in the financial services industry and served ten years on the board of directors of LBBW Bank with executive responsibility for finance, operations, risk and IT. He has become an independent professional director and sits on the boards of eleven companies. He is also a fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland.
Ruth’s experience is in UK and International corporate governance practices. Her experiences range from large multinationals to large UK-based organisations in catering, energy, oil and gas, private equity and financial services, with some of the organisations being constituents in the FTSE 100 and AIM index. She is a trustee of a local charity and has a Degree and Masters in law.
Katie leads the Product Development, Operations and Talent Development teams at CGI. Before this, Katie was a senior manager at the Centre for Effective Services where she played a lead role in scaling the organisation, building the team and developing partnerships. Katie also worked in strategy and management consulting in Ireland and France with financial services, healthcare, public sector and non-profit clients. Katie is an experienced NED/board member of national and international organisations and author of many guides on implementation, used in policy and services in Ireland and internationally.
Eoghan’s experience includes helping organisations to improve their approach to the identification, assessment and management of cybersecurity risks. His experience includes working with organisations in Mining, Education, Pensions, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Government, and Not-for-Profit sectors. He is a board member of the Royal Society of Public Health’s Food Special Interest Group.
Global spend on Digital Transformation will exceed $2.3T in 2023 yet 70% of transformation projects fail to achieve their goals according to the Harvard Business Review. Robert is on a mission to improve this by developing the next generation of leaders. He is a lecturer, trainer and speaker specializing in Digital Transformation. Robert has delivered training to audiences including Google, HubSpot, Citibank, DocuSign, Amplexor and many more. He holds a postgraduate diploma in digital transformation, a masters in strategic management and several digital marketing certifications.
David is an experienced board member, governance consultant and a leading author on corporate governance. Widely considered an innovator in governance research and engagement, he is an authority on global, board-related matters.
Gerry is an experienced chairman, company director and company secretary with over 30 years of experience in a commercial state company where he held several senior executive roles and led significant transformation programmes. He currently serves on the boards of Carmichael and Dóchas.
Paul is a founding member of Ireland’s largest indigenous ICT company DCC Technology. He has held board and senior executive roles for DCC Plc in France, the UK, and Ireland. He is a founding member of the Corporate Governance Association of Ireland (CGAI) and is currently the chair of the Children’s Medical Research Foundation Crumlin.
Jenny Pattwell is a Partner with EY’s EMEIA Financial Services Consulting practice in Ireland with over 20 years of experience in the FS industry. She is known for bringing practical insights and fresh perspectives to each assignment, where she focuses on large scale FS transformations, Risk Management, Regulatory Advisory and Data & Analytics.
Mairéad has spent most of her career in financial services in Dublin and Sydney, working in risk, compliance and communications roles. She is a Director of Ireland’s National Maternity Hospital and An Cosán, a charity focused on education as a pathway out of poverty.
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Fees & upcoming start dates
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We believe corporate governance training should be accessible and affordable. That’s why we offer flexible payment options tailored to meet your financial needs. Choose between a one time payment or convenient monthly instalments.
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Upcoming programme start dates
2nd August 2023
Self-paced
Access: 6 months
|Delivery: Online
3 places remaining*
27th September 2023
Part-time
Duration: 11 weeks
|Delivery: Live online via Zoom
7 places remaining*
2nd October 2023
Full-time
Access: 1 week
|Delivery: Live online via Zoom
5 places remaining*
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