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Excellence in Corporate Governance Programme 2025
6 November 2025

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コースについて About the Course

This 4-part course builds an awareness of how institutional investors with globally diversified portfolios, analyses corporate governance practices and a company’s approach to generating long-term value. This incorporates a new module, created in response to regulatory proposals in Japan surrounding Remuneration and Nominations committees. The curriculum focuses on best practice in corporate governance and provides a commentary on the Japan Corporate Governance Code and standards, in a rapidly changing environment.

この 4 部構成のコースでは、グローバルに多様なポートフォリオを持つ機関投資家が、コーポレートガバナンスの実態と長期的な価値を生み出すための企業のアプローチを分析する方法について認識を深めます。カリキュラムは、コーポレートガバナンスのベストプラクティスに焦点を当て、急激に変化する環境での日本のコーポレートガバナンス・コードと基準に関する解説を提供します。

This event has multiple dates:
Session One: Expand for details
SessionThursday 6th November 2025
17:00 - 18:30 Session One: Board Role and Responsibilities

  • What makes an effective board member?
  • Board role in setting strategy - Short term vs long term strategy and planning
  • Board role in risk / opportunities– setting risk appetite, oversight of internal controls and external auditor
  • Board role in setting corporate purpose and culture – incentives, ethics, whistleblowing
  • Board role in capital allocation oversight
  • Shareholder dialogue: AGMs, voting, other shareholder rights
Session Two: Expand for details
SessionThursday 13th November 2025
17:00 - 18:30 Session Two: Board Effectiveness

  • Leadership - Chair, CEO, Lead Independent Director
  • Composition – size, skills, independence, diversity, dynamics
  • Board appointment, refreshment and retirement, including role of the Nomination Committee
  • Succession planning – Chair, CEO and Board Directors
  • Board and CEO evaluation
  • Operation – board support, access to information
Session Three: Expand for details
SessionThursday 20th November 2025
17:00 - 18:30 Session 3: Nominations and Remuneration

  • Introducing the 'Action Program for Accelerating Corporate Governance Reforms'
  • Nomination committee: typical structure and members
  • Remuneration Committees: typical structure and members
  • Benefits of Committees to the organisation - case study examples from around the world and from Japan
  • Moving from form to substance: Practical examples
  • Interface with other committees
Session Four: Expand for details
SessionThursday 27th November 2025
08:00 - 09:30 Session 4: Corporate Strategy and Efficiency

  • Board role in capital allocation oversight (rights issues, dividends, buybacks, incentives)
  • Developing a capital allocation policy
  • Cost of capital
  • Cash flow and company resilience
  • Cross-shareholdings
  • Conflicts of interest
Fiona Ellard
Financial Reporting Council
United Kingdom
Ronnie Lim
Robeco
Hong Kong
Makiko Miyaji
J-Eurus
Japan
Anne Molyneux
CS International
Swizerland
Emi Onozuka
Eminent Group Ltd.
Japan
Hiroki Sampei
Astonering Advisor LLC
Japan
Megumi Terayama
ICGN
Japan
Sakon Uda
Independent Director: Dream Incubator Inc, Hokkoku Financial Holdings Inc, Pacific Consultants Co, LTD., Ichigo Corporation Executive Advisor: Change Wave Group
Japan
Chris Vilburn
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Japan

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