IoD Webinar: Governance Challenges for Boards - Looking Back to Look Forward

As part of our ongoing work to share exclusive content and insights with members, we are delighted to invite you to join our upcoming webinar entitled, 'Governance Challenges for Boards - Looking Back to Look Forward' with Dr Margaret Cullen, Founder and Principal of Think Governance Ltd.

In this webinar, Dr Margaret Cullen will discuss the following key elements:

• Governance challenges of operating in a virtual world and what positives boards can take from this as we move forward.
• The range of behavioural, operational, processual and strategic governance related issues.
• The importance and relevance of boards looking back to look forward, as they endeavour to maintain and improve their standards of governance, and to ensure sustainable businesses. 

Please note, there will be a live Q&A facility for this webinar.

Dr Margaret Cullen is Founder and Principal of Think Governance Ltd. Margaret is a specialist in the areas of corporate and investment fund governance. She is a published behavioural researcher with particular interest in board effectiveness, processes, dynamics and decision-making, board and corporate culture, stewardship and corporate social responsibility. Prior to completing her doctoral research, Margaret worked for 12 years in the financial services industry. 
 
Following completion of her doctoral research, Margaret joined the Institute of Banking (IoB) as Director of Executive Education. She designed, ran and taught on the IoB’s Certified Bank Director (CBD) and Certified Investment Fund Director (CIFD) Programmes from 2012 to 2020. Margaret is currently Academic Director of the CBD Programme on an associate basis and lectures governance on the programme. 
 
Margaret has been an assistant professor at the UCD Smurfit Business School for 13 years lecturing on the Professional Diploma in Corporate Governance in the subject areas of executive remuneration and behavioural aspects of boards. Margaret serves as a non-executive director on the boards of several financial services organisations. She is also a Board Assessor with the IoD Ireland Board Evaluation team.

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Queries

• For any queries in regards to this webinar, please contact Sharon Kirwan, Senior Events and Membership Executive, IoD Ireland.

How to view this webinar

•  To view this webinar, please register to attend via the below 'Book Now' button.
•  All registered attendees will receive a joining instructions email on Wednesday, 16th December, with a link to where you can access the webinar.
• This webinar will take place via the online platform Zoom. Please download Zoom to your system before the webinar to ensure you can view the webinar.
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