Table of Contents

Core director's duties -- Hiring, remunerating and performance-managing the CEO -- Devising strategy and monitoring organisational performance -- Good board process (includes meetings, decision-making, chairing, committees, governance policies, chartered secretaries) -- How to do a governance audit and board evaluation -- What you need to know about insurance and indemnity -- How to manage risk -- Managing stakeholder and shareholder relations -- How to read financial statements -- What the Companies Office requires -- Sustainability and corporate social responsibility -- Serving on public boards -- Societies, Charities Commission, trusts and NFPs -- What audits do and don't provide -- Diversity and board profiling -- Little-known tax pitfalls.