| 8.50 |
Registration and Coffee
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| 9.15 |
Chairman’s Welcome
Joanne Hindle (Board Member, Investment and Life Assurance Group (ILAG))
• Setting the scene
• Recent corporate governance initiatives
• Outline programme for the day |
| 9.30 |
Keynote Address and Q&A
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| 9.30 |
An update of the FSA’s expectations of NEDs
Sheila Nicoll (Director, Financial Services Authority)
• Specific requirements of FS NEDs – the Approved Person role
• The role of the Board on an Arrow visit
• Good and bad practice as identified by FSA
• What has led to fines or other enforcement action – and what has the Board been doing in such cases |
| 10.00 |
The Effective Director
Dr Neville Bain (Chairman, Institute of Directors)
• Expectations of directors generally
• What help is available
• What works across Boards in general
• How to work with the executive team |
| 10.25 |
The role of the Serious Fraud Office and its impact on Boards
Bob Evans (Head of Resources and Planning, Serious Fraud Office)
• Recent cases – lessons for Boards
• Early signs – how to spot problems developing
• Handling an SFO investigation |
| 10.50 |
Refreshments
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| 11.10 |
Real Experiences of 3 NEDs
• What works well in practice, their experiences
• Advice on due diligence before joining a Board
• How best to work with other Directors both NED and ED
• How to develop an understanding of the company
• How to instigate change |
| 11.10 |
Laurie Edmans (Non-Executive Chairman, SHIP & Deputy Chair, MGM Assurance) |
| 11.30 |
Wallace Dobbin (Non-Executive Director, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) |
| 11.50 |
Veronica France (Non-Executive Director, Family Assurance) |
| 12.10 |
Panel discussion and Q&A Session
All speakers from previous session |
| 12.40 |
Lunch
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| 13.40 |
FISNEDA
Joanne Hindle (Board Member, Investment and Life Assurance Group (ILAG))
• Financial Services Non-Executive Directors Association |
| 13.55 |
The Legality of being an NED
Richard Lewis (Partner, Lovells)
• The legal framework in practice
• Directors duties under the recent Companies Act
• A sound governance structure
• Governance – good and bad examples |
| 14.20 |
Good governance arrangements
TBC
• Relationship of the board and audit committee, who is responsible for what
• The role of other board committees – what structure is good practice
• As an NED how to get what you need from the financial statements |
| 14.45 |
Treating Customers Fairly (TCF)
Dominic Lindley (Personal Finance Campaigner, Which?) |
| 15.10 |
Q&A with Sir Richard Greenbury
Sir Richard Greenbury (Former Chief executive and Chairman, Marks & Spencer) |
| 15.40 |
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