Annual General Meeting and Board Meeting Management

By the end of this seminar, you will be able to:

• Preparation of annual and board meeting management
• Develop and practice skills in active listening and note-taking
• Develop and practice writing minutes in different styles – formal, informal and action
• Use reported speech correctly
• Prepare an agenda
• Recognize the importance of working closely with the Chair

CONTENT:

• Key factors in the regulatory environment.
• Board meetings, workings and processes.
• Legislation affecting all companies.
• Taking Notes at the Meeting
• Director duties and responsibilities.
• Expectations of a director: disclosure, financial, tax and audit.
• Role and responsibilities of the Minute Taker
• Strategy for directors.
• The conventions of minutes and notes of meetings
• Being a director.
• The importance of preparing for the meeting
• Due diligence and considerations in accepting a directorship.
• Liabilities for breaching the duties imposed on directors..
• Agenda
• Directors’ and officers’ liability (D&O) insurance.
• An effective board.
• The key components of an effective board.
• Understanding key relationships: the board, the auditor, the company secretary, shareholders/owners, and management.
• Producing Minutes
• Distribution of the minutes

FOR WHOM:

Legal Officers and others who perform related functions

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.

DATE:

1ST BATCH               21st – 25th June, 2021          

2ND BATCH              13th – 17th Dec, 2021