Learning Series: Director Certification Program (DCP) 4th Batch

October 1, 2 and 3, 2019

23 director generals, board directors, senior executives and Corporate Governance practitioners from 16 companies and government agencies attended MIoD’s 3-day Director Certification Program 4th Batch on October 1st – 3rd, 2019.

The first day of the DCP started with a deep dive into the fundamentals of the corporate governance framework with the objectives of providing directors opportunities to understand how to ensure effective implementation of governance practices in their companies and examining the role, structure, and function of the board of directors and other pertinent topics such as the legal environment for governance and Corporate Governance landscape in Myanmar.

The second day of the DCP equipped Directors with insights into the finance essentials with the objective of providing Directors with the ability to ask management the right questions on behalf of their shareholders on the firm’s performance as well as accounting fraud, internal controls and enterprise risk management in order to fulfil their role as effective monitors of management on behalf of shareholders.

The third day focus on the various stakeholders that the Directors interact with and how they can create value by developing the skills and knowledge for effective ownership and board membership.

An expert team from MIoD, Dentons Myanmar Limited, World Bank, Willis Towers Watson, EV UTW Advisory Limited, AYA Bank and YSX delivered the workshop with expert facilitators.