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EVOLVING CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES OVER A FIRM’S LIFE CYCLE

Mak Yuen Teen

Family-managed private company; family controlled professionally managed private company; family-controlled public company; jointly-controlled public company; and public company with dispersed ownership.

HOW TO DRIVE EFFECTIVE CHANGE IN YOUR ORGANISATION

Wissam Adib

Organizations are vehicles of change. And yet, there remains so little understanding on how to effectively drive change.

INTERVIEW WITH ABIR LEHETA

Eng. Abir Leheta

Our corporate values are integrity, innovation, learning and personal growth, and building partnerships, which I believe are all congruent in one way or another with the family’s original values.

INTERVIEW WITH PHIL ARMSTRONG

Teresa Barger

In this wide-ranging interview he talks to Peter Montagnon about why companies need to work on their relations with society from which they derive their licence to operate.

PASSAGES: GOVERNANCE IN CORPORATE TRANSITIONS

Teresa Barger

Cartica Management, LLC is a concentrated, “active owner” in small and mid-cap companies in the emerging markets, actively engaging with management teams, boards, and shareholders to drive long-term, value enhancing improvements in corporate governance, e

PREPARING FOR AN IPO

Ritva Kassis Interview by Frank Dangeard

Becoming publicly listed is a major event in the life of a company. An Initial Public Offering of shares (“IPO”) requires months and sometimes years of preparation and hard work on the part of the company’s management and key shareholders, surrounded by a

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES FOR NON LISTED COMPANIES IN GREECE

Stathis Potamitis

Shareholders of non-listed companies are typically restricted in making their shares available as they are not trading in organized markets.

PURPOSE-LED GOVERNANCE: PRINCIPLES FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES

James Wates CBE

Corporate governance codes and reporting are often seen as the province of the listed company. In the UK, the UK Corporate Governance Code, to which premium listed companies must adhere, is a well-known and respected standard.

Testimonials

“The topic discussed was forward-looking, enlightening and practical. The well-balanced panel considered the next area of governance reform from a broad perspective, with the session covering useful and thought-provoking concepts.”

Nalika Manjrekar -VP - Group Corporate Governance at First Abu Dhabi Bank
The breakfast meetings organised by Hawkamah provide attendees with a great opportunity to meet with peers from leading organisations and exchange ideas on current issues and challenges. A strong panel of industry experts discussing the challenges from different perspectives on ‘How to get the board more engaged’ was most insightful and engaging with enthusiastic audience participation especially in matters regarding diversity and quality of information that is presented to the board for effective decision making. I look forward to more such events that are organised by Hawkamah

Sunil Edwards- Group Head of Internal Audit - Bank of Sharjah
The power breakfast on board engagement organized by Hawkamah in collaboration with Diligent was a successful event, very insightful and informative and well organized

Mostafa Ibrahim Abdeltawab - Tax Agent & Consultant - Skylines Tax Consultancy
There is absolutely no doubt that Hawkamah – as always – has done unmatchable effort in producing its most recent valuable report in association with Diligent about Board Best Practices in the MENA. The discussions that took place in the “Power Breakfast” was so important and insightful; the influx of questions by the quality participants and the valuable answers of the quality panelists is a clear proof of Hawkamah continued success in such events.

Yasser Al Dabach – Board Secretary – Ghobash Trading & Investment Group
The technical knowledge, insights, case studies and learning provided by the ‘Director Development Program’ are very useful and effective in framing the strategic planning, implementation and delivery phases of growth plans in the difficult economic and geo-political times that we are operating in.

Hisham Dimashki – CEO - BAP LLC – (associated with GM Trading Companies - Washington DC)
The certified Board Secretaries Workshop provided by Hawkamah and Dubai Financial Market is an essential course for learning corporate governance, scope and responsibilities of the board secretary and understanding the governance and disclosure requirements of the Dubai Financial Market and the Securities and Commodities Authority. It is a practical course which combined recent best practices and key learning lessons. I would highly recommend it for people involved in corporate governance and in particular in a listed company.

Omran Al Zamani - Senior Legal Counsel - Dana Gas PJSC
Great program! Very well done and very useful information delivered in an excellent manner. The workshop was very inspirational, energizing, bringing lots of ideas, with both substantial and in-depth knowledge together with case studies. Well-balanced composition of participants, which contributed to interesting and focused discussions and exchanges. I would highly recommend it to anyone that is interested in improving their proficiency and core competencies.

Hassan Murad Agha - Group Head of Compliance & Internal Control - Gulf General Investment Co. (PSC)
All companies should promote their boards, executive managers or staffs who have board responsibilities for subsidiary companies to attend corporate governance training. Hawkamah provides the ability for people and companies in the GCC to upskill in the area of corporate governance and directorship through a comprehensive programme teaching international best practice which has been tailored to regional specific governance issues.

Alastair Mulligan - VP Asset Management - National Central Cooling Company PJSC (TABREED)
I am truly honored to attain this certification and I recommend the Compliance Heads of all DFM listed companies to participate and achieve this certification.

Nabeel Mirza - Senior Director & MLRO - Compliance - GFH Financial Group B.S.C.
The workshop has added a level of professionalism to my practice. It addressed and discussed the right concepts to promote better governance and effective support for business in line with rules and procedures.

Osama Issaq Al Haj - Head of Legal & Board Secretary - Dubai Islamic Bank

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