International Directors & Corporate Responsibilities

if you don’t live in the UK but are a Director of a UK company, your liabilities can be substantial and this course will give you an insight on how to overcome these problems

You may not live in the UK, but if you are a Director of a UK registered company, your liabilities are substantial, with not a chance of being able to hide behind your residency status.

Jo Haigh is the Business Woman of the Year and the Institute of Directors Advisor of the Year.  She is Head of Corporate Finance at the ATF Group and a partner in the fds Group.  She is a Vistage Top Speaker, and winner of several speaking awards including Star Speaker and Highest Scored Speaker.

She is also a best selling author on Best Practice in Business (The Business Rules, Buying & Selling a Business – An Entrepreneurs Guide, and Tales from the Glass Ceiling – A Survival Guide for Women in Business).

Course Content:    Open programmes or tailored for your directors and run in-house the course will cover the following:

-The Company and the law in the UK
-The Company, the Shareholders and Director: What is the legal difference and l-iabilities
-The officers of the Board and their functions
-Statutory books – ‘Memos & Arts’
-AGM’s and Board Meetings
-Annual returns
-Corporate variety
-The legal role of the Director and compliance
-Skill and care
-Fiduciary duties
-Basic statutory and criminal liabilities
-Health and Safety and the Director
-Directors and Officers liability insurance
-Basic employment law and good practice
-Employee benefit schemes
-Compliance requirements for corporations
-Tax status requirements