Events, Courses & Seminars

Directors Duties and Responsibilities

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Location: Live online

The webinar will introduce managers and newly appointed Directors to the dynamics and role of the company director who operates offshore. It explores what makes a director "fit and proper" by examining their duties, powers and liabilities by reference to the modern legal and regulatory framework.

Content
Influence of Corporate Governance

Directors Duties and the law (both Local and International)

Focus on "fiduciary duty"

Consequences of a breach of duty

Tips for managing directors' liabilities

Offshore tensions and the need to demonstrate "Economic Substance"

Effective board meetings and management information systems

The criticality of effective decision making and creating a robust audit trail

Potential cultural barriers to success

Hot Topics and Case Studies

Tutor
Jo French: Expert Trainer at the School of International Financial Services

Jo, through her company JETT Limited, specialises in developing contemporary bespoke, technical in-house CPD programmes covering a range of AML, compliance and governance issues. She has over 25 years' experience in delivering credible training to a wide range of financial service businesses both in the Crown Dependencies and internationally, as well as institutions that include the BBA, the ACSP in the Isle of Man, Guernsey Training Agency and the Jersey International Business School where her role also extended to delivering on Buckingham University's BSc (Hons) in International Financial Services degree as part of their faculty.

In addition, she has taught on the International Compliance Association's full range of AML and compliance qualifications since 2005, and as a Fellow of the Governance Institute (formally ICSA) written and delivered across both level 4&5 Certificate and Diploma, as well as the qualifying scheme, (subjects include Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Boardroom Dynamics, Company Law and Company Compliance and Administration.) Jo's ICSA students have won many international prizes, most recently in Trust and Company Administration in May 2021, and CORE in the November 2021 exams.

A committed educationalist, Jo has a First Class Law Degree (LLB) and Masters in Law (LLM) (Merit) from Queen Mary University of London specialising in financial services law. She is passionate about the delivery of accessible and innovative training courses.

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