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IoD’s Role of the Director and the Board Course

22/02/2024

Date: 8 and 9 April

Venue: Shanghai office of CBBC at Rooms 1501, Oriental Center, 699 West Nanjing Road, Jing’an District, Shanghai.

RSVP: To secure you place please contact Anna.zhou@cbbc.org

Course Introduction

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. It is the oldest business membership organization in the world, and we have about 20,000 members with 3,000 international members now. We are the only organisation awards the ‘Chartered Directors’ worldwide.

Whether you are a newly appointed director, aspiring to a position on the board, or looking to improve your performance with fresh insight, IoD’s Role of the Director and the Board course will equip you with the crucial knowledge and skill-set to fulfil your role successfully. This practical two-day course is one of the most popular modules that make up our Certificate in Company Direction.

By attending this course, you will gain the knowledge and skills 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 implications of the liabilities of directors in major jurisdictions including the UK and China

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, 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.

Course Leader

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 organizations 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, 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.

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RSVP: To secure you place please contact Anna.zhou@cbbc.org