The Corporate Directors Program is offered by IFC along with a selection of institutes of directors across the MENA region. The first of its kind, the program is designed to provide participants with tools to tackle improvement of corporate governance practices, which impact the long-term planning and procedures of the board.

This program aims to examine the responsibilities and purposes of the Board Secretary’s office and for the veteran secretary seeking a brush-up and update. The program covers a wide range of topics

Gender-diverse is a key competitive advantage for companies. Corporations with a more gender-diverse workforce financially outperform their less diverse competitors. As a result, Gender Diversity is one of the most important topics for the corporate world today, which is often a priority for top management.

This program is designed for the existing and potential board Audit committee members, internal auditors, internal controllers and risk managers of listed and non-listed companies from public and private sectors, family owned business and banks.

Internal controls are designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of operational objectives, such as the effectiveness and efficiency of operations, accurate and reliable financial reports, and compliance with internal regulations, policies and the external applicable laws and instructions.

This one-day program aims to provide board members, corporate governance committee members, head of compliance, corporate secretary and any other senior management members involved in corporate governance report preparation and disclosure.

Corporate governance is the system by which companies are directed and controlled. Well-governed companies are associated with lower risk and higher returns for shareholders. Well-governed companies are also thought to operate more effectively and efficiently.

The purpose of this program is to equip SME owners and senior management with diagnostic tools based on the four SME growth stages that help improve management and increase effectiveness, address internal controls management, structure the governance processes and procedures, improve performance, facilitate access to finance with lower costs, increase the value of the business and foster sustained growth.

A gender-diverse workforce is a key competitive advantage for companies. Corporations with more gender-diverse workforce financially outperform their less diverse competitors. As a result, Gender Diversity Management is one of the most important topics for the corporate world today, which is often a priority for top management.

This program is designed for board members, board chairs, corporate directors, senior executive officers, and top management of companies who want to ensure the sustainability of their business and take their enterprises to new frontiers of business growth, all the while dealing professionally with the challenges associated with improving performance, business expansions, succession and access to capital by learning and applying the Corporate Governance framework and best practices developed by IFC.

This program is designed for the existing and potential Board Secretaries “Board of Directors Secretary”, CG officers of listed and non-listed companies from public and private sector, family-owned business and banks.