The Role of the Chair in ensuring an Effective Board

This workshop will focus on the governance role, the board cycle of business, preparation and conduct before, during and after meetings. Creating an environment of informed decision making, clarification of responsibilities and monitoring the implementation of decisions.

Programme Leader

The workshop programme will be led by Brendan Mullan. Brendan is a Chartered Director and Fellow of the Institute of Directors. He is a winner of the Northern Ireland Non-Executive Director of the Year Award and was also recognised at the UK Director of the Year Awards for Excellence in Corporate Governance.

Previous Programme Participants’ Comments

“An excellent programme. All subjects were covered in sufficient depth and the opportunity for discussion was particularly valuable. Handouts a real source of information for future reference.”

“The training was very well planned and led. Within the past couple of years I have become a Trustee on a couple of boards and it was good to meet others from such a range of organisations, and to hear that we all have similar issues.”

“Really well presented in interesting and understandable way. Excellent support materials. Good mixture of didactic and discussion. Useful network of other Chairs and learning from their experience.”

“As a new Chair I am so grateful for the support and encouragement this course has given me. I really feel equipped to deal with the issues faced by a small charity. Thank you so much.”