(Objectives / الأهداف)

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to :

- Explain how corporate governance principles, tools & techniques can help financial institutions in overcoming banking & financial market crises.

- Explain why corporate governance is needed; where conflict of interest comes from (Agency Problem)?

- Identify latest financial industry approaches & trends with respect to corporate governance (models of corporate governance).

- Verify the conceptual framework that relates corporate governance with risk management objectives.

- Develop their abilities to drill down core attributes of effective corporate governance.

- Test major elements of a firm's statement of corporate governance: Signals for corporate governance strengths/weaknesses.

- Explain valuation implications of corporate governance on a financial firm's equity prices, reputation & competitiveness.

(Contents / المحتويات)

- Introduction; why corporate governance is important?

- Term Definitions:

- Agency Problem.

- Conflict of interest.

- Shareholders-Stakeholders relationships.

- Objectives of corporate governance.

- Relationship between risk management & corporate governance.

- Major Business Forms: where conflict of interest emerges from?

- Models of corporate governance:

- Anglo-Saxon Models.

- Coordinated (multi-task) Models .

- Hybrid Models.

- Core Attributes of effective corporate governance; testing whether a firm's corporate governance has those attributes.

- Testing major elements of a firm's statement of corporate governance:

- Signals for corporate governance strengths .

- Signals for corporate governance weaknesses .

- Responsibilities in corporate governance:

- Board of Directors.

- Senior management.

- Regulators.

- Risk officers.

- Valuation implications of corporate governance.

(Participants / المشاركون)

- Risk Management Staff Members

- Internal Audit Officers

- Financial Control Officers

- Basel Implementation Officers