Join leading practitioner and author on corporate governance, David W Duffy, for a specialised training session about what it means to be an effective Company Director in Ireland.

The morning session is designed for both experienced and newly appointed Company Directors who wish to know more about the individual and the collective Board responsibilities outlining the five steps you can take to make a real impact around the Boardroom table.

Step 1- Understand the role of Corporate Governance: What is it and why it is important?

Step 2 - How the Board works - Role, responsibilities, oversight, committees, holding the executive to account and the line in the sand between the role of the Board and that of the Executive.

Step 3 - Know your legal responsibilities and potential liabilities - Directors duties under the 2014 Act, financial, risk, benefits of Board rotation, solvency, and implications of reckless trading.

Step 4 - Ensure you have absolute clarity on how you can contribute to a fully functioning board - Directors values and ethos, governance, strategy, policies, setting future direction, and holding the executive to account.

Step 5 - What makes for an effective Board and effective Board meetings - Annual Workplan, agenda setting, information requirements, and rotation.

David is Ireland's leading author on corporate governance and is a regular advisor to organisations both nationally and internationally. His latest book "A Practical Guide for Company Directors" was published by Chartered Accountants Ireland.

He is a graduate in Business from Trinity College Dublin and holds an MBA from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is also a Chartered Accountant.