Aspiring Public Company Director Program

Corporate Governance: Public board governance requirements; Board and committee structures, functions, and responsibilities; Ethics and compliance programs; Setting the tone at the top; Strategy and the role of the board.

Legal: Fiduciary duties and regulatory responsibilities of a public company board director; basic regulations (FD, insider trading, etc.); What is D&O insurance and why directors need it. 

Finance: Questions that every board director should be asking.  

Shareholder Relations: ISS/Glass Lewis; activists; and other trending topics. Hear from an investor relations expert plus a director experienced with activists. This will be a presentation followed by an interactive discussion.  

THE ART OF GETTING ON A PUBLIC BOARD  

Getting on a public board: View from a search firm.  

Toolkit & Blueprint: What you need and how to use it. 

Board Elevator Pitch (table exercise) 

Director Compensation 

HOT TOPICS IN THE BOARDROOM

Cyber update: What does a board need to know and what are the questions they need to ask?

Hear from the Experienced Directors:  Lessons Learned from the Boardroom. Conversation will be focused on the directors’ public company board experience.  Q&A session about public company board service. 

NACD CERTIFICATION 

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