Lessons from the best (and worst) boards: a practical session for Financial Services Chairs
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Being a Chair isn’t just about keeping things in order—it’s about making sure your board and committees actually work. In today’s fast-moving financial services landscape, regulatory pressure is growing, risk is more complex, and expectations are higher than ever. So how do you make sure your board and committees aren’t just going through the motions, but adding real value?
This will be a practical conversation about what actually works, based on Independent Audit’s experience with leading financial services boards. You’ll hear real insights, share experiences with peers, and walk away with ideas you can use immediately. Expect honest discussion, real-life examples, and a focus on what really matters.
This session is designed for Chairs and Committee Chairs of regulated financial services firms who want to cut through the noise and get to what really makes boards and committees effective.
This five hour course, will include a sandwich lunch and cover the following areas:
- Sharper, more effective discussions
- What makes a good Chair
- Board papers that really support good discussion
- Enabling executives to think non-executive challenge is constructive
- Meeting regulatory expectations
- How to avoid the regulatory tail wagging the business dog
- The importance of a good Company Secretary
- The role of the Chair in the regulatory relationship
- Head office involvement with the regulator and consequent damage limitation
- Getting the best out of your committees
- Committee membership and attendance
- Committee reporting to the Board
- Operational risk management – spinning wheels or source of comfort?
- Effective oversight of Group Functions that are relied on.
The course will be fully interactive, using live examples of good
and bad practice.
This session will be delivered by experts at Independent Audit, specialists in Board effectiveness. The course will be led by Jonathan Hayward who has helped institutions improve their corporate governance for over 20 years.
The next session:
Date: TBC, 10am to 3pm – includes a sandwich lunch
Venue: 150 Minories, London EC3N 1LS
Cost: £475+VAT
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