This event was recorded on 06 October 2026
Overview
This session explores the foundations and real-world impact of corporate governance, examining how organisations are directed, controlled, and held accountable.
From governance structures and regulatory frameworks to financial reporting, risk, compliance, and emerging ESG pressures, participants will gain practical insight into the governance challenges facing modern businesses.
Through high-profile case studies including Enron and Carillion, the session also asks a critical question: does corporate governance genuinely work in practice, or has it become a box-ticking exercise? Ideal for accountants and finance professionals looking to understand governance beyond theory and recognise its role in everyday decision-making.
Key freautres:
- Foundations of Corporate Governance
- Governance Structures and Participants
- Regulatory Frameworks & Codes
- Governance and Financial Reporting
- Risk, Compliance & Accountability
- Emerging topics: ESG, DEI rollbacks, and modern compliance pressures
- Case studies: Failures of governance (e.g., Enron, Carillion)
- Governance in Practice for Accountants - Governance touchpoints in everyday accounting
Does Governance actually work?
Jo French
Jo, specialises in developing contemporary bespoke, technical in-house CPD programmes covering a range of AML, compliance and governance issues. She has over 25 years’ experience in delivering credible training to a wide range of financial service businesses both in the Crown Dependencies and internationally, as well as institutions that include the BBA, the ACSP in the Isle of Man, Guernsey Training Agency and the Jersey International Business School where her role also extended to delivering on Buckingham University’s BSc (Hons) in International Financial Services degree as part of their faculty.
In addition, she has taught on the International Compliance Association’s full range of AML and compliance qualifications since 2005, delivered Business Law units for both ACCA and ICAEW and as a Fellow of the Governance Institute (formally ICSA) written and delivered across both level 4&5 Certificate and Diploma, as well as the qualifying scheme, (subjects include Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Boardroom Dynamics, Company Law and Company Compliance and Administration.) Jo’s ICSA students have won many international prizes, most recently in Trust and Company Administration in May 2021, and CORE in the November 2021 exams.
A committed educationalist, Jo has a First Class Law Degree (LLB) and Masters in Law (LLM) (Merit) from Queen Mary University of London specialising in financial services law. She is passionate about the delivery of accessible and innovative training courses.