Full/Directors’ Circle members: £120 ~ Digital Members £200
Get board-ready with our Boardroom Essentials course – covering the basics that all non-executives need to know across 5 one-hour lessons.
Non-executives need to engage with the full range of issues facing their organisation – whether you have a background in that discipline or not.
Our Boardroom Essentials series enables non-specialists to engage effectively with core boardroom discussions. Combined with your strategic outlook and specialist knowledge from your professional discipline, these one-hour lessons will give you a framework to add-value across a range of business-critical areas.
Our Boardroom Essentials course consists of 5 one-hour lessons which cover:
- Governance Essential
- Finance Essentials
- Risk and Risk Management Essentials
- ESG Essentials
- Tech Essentials
They are all created and presented by experts in their field with significant board experience – combining theoretical rigour with the practical approach that will enable you to boost your impact as a NED straight away. The series covers the under-lying approach on each topic, which is applicable across organisations of all sectors and sizes, giving you the framework to understand the specific context in which your board operates.
Enrol in this full Boardroom Essentials course today and get one lesson free (compared to separately purchasing each lesson).
About our presenters
Åse Bergstedt (ESG Essentials)
Åse is a Sustainable Finance and Environmental expert. She is Global Head of Sustainability and Sustainable Finance at the Foresight Group and a Board member at Financial Inclusion Forum UK. She has worked for several global and listed companies in senior ESG leadership roles.
Carolyn Clarke (Finance Essentials)
Carolyn is a leading expert in the fields of risk, assurance, control, compliance and conduct, who is a founding partner of ‘Brave Consultancy’. She sits as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit Committee at Elcogyn and Agilyx, as well as Council member of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors.
Karina McTeague (Risk Essentials)
Karina is a non-executive director and Risk Committee Chair for the Department of Business & Trade and the True Potential Group Ltd. Until 2022, she was Chief Risk Officer at Visa, and held senior roles at the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) and Lloyds Banking Group.
Shefaly Yogendra PhD (Tech Essentials & Governance Essentials)
Shefaly sits as a Non-Executive Director of JP Morgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust and of Temple Bar Investment Trust, and has served as an independent Governor of London Metropolitan University. Earlier she was the COO and an executive director of Ditto AI.
Vanessa Sharp (Governance Essentials)
Vanessa is a portfolio non-executive director, with multiple roles across private and public sector. She has a background in the regulated professional and financial services industries and was General Counsel and Partner of KPMG.