IoD to train directors on governance, others

The Institute of Directors (IoD) Nigeria said it will hold its annual conference to champion the principles of corporate governance and standards to improve the capacities of directors to across organisations.

The President and Chairman of Governing Council of the Institute, Chief Chris Okunowo, during a briefing yesterday said the conference will hold November 3 and 4 virtually due to the restrictions imposed by the government as an aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2020 edition of the Annual Directors Conference with the theme: “Business Ethics, Leadership & Sustainability as new frontiers of Corporate Governance,” presents another opportunity for deepening the discourse in good corporate governance, leadership and sustainability of organisations.

Chairman of the National Organising Committee for the Conference, Alhaji Lamis Dikko, said 1,000 participants are expected and that there will be top notch professionals and leading governance practitioners, who will lead discussions at the conference.

The Keynote Speaker is Prof. Marc Menestrel, a professor of Decision Sciences, Insead, Fontainebleau, France. Session speakers include Mrs. Ibukun Awosika, Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Plc; Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission; Prof. David Beatty, Rodman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada; and Dr. Chris Pierce, CEO of Corporate Governance Services Limited, UK.