Briefings

Our award-winning team of information researchers and business advisors produce briefings for IoD members offering clear practical guidance on subjects ranging from directors' duties and responsibilities to finance and IT. We also offer you briefings produced by our partners.

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  • The role of the Non-Executive Director

    Essentially the non-executive director's role is to provide a creative contribution to the board by providing objective criticism.

    10 May 2013

  • Differences between directors and managers

    There are many fundamental differences between being a director and a manager. It’s not simply a trivial matter of getting a new job title and a bigger office.

    30 April 2013 at 14:48

  • The role of the Company Secretary

    All public companies are obliged to have a Company Secretary. From April 2008, as a result of the Companies Act 2006, private companies are no longer required to have a Company Secretary, unless their articles of association explicitly require them to do so.

    30 April 2013

  • Controls over directors' powers

    The powers given to the board by a company are wide-ranging. This briefing outlines what controls are attached to these powers.

    30 April 2013

  • The role of the Managing Director

    The managing director/chief executive is the most senior full-time executive of the company (except when there is an executive chairman). The role of managing director and chief executive are virtually the same (the latter title originally comes from the US).

    30 April 2013

  • Directors' duties and responsibilities

    The board of directors of a company is primarily responsible for: determining the company’s strategic objectives and policies; monitoring progress towards achieving the objectives and policies; appointing senior management; accounting for the company’s activities to relevant parties, e.g. shareholders.

    29 April 2013

  • Director's Service Agreement

    An executive director has certain rights and obligations arising as an employee as well as a director of a company.

    29 April 2013

  • The role of the Chairman

    The chairman’s primary role is to ensure that the board is effective in its tasks of setting and implementing the company’s direction and strategy.

    29 April 2013

  • Arbitration multi-jurisdictional guide Arbitration multi-jurisdictional guide is locked

    This PLC Arbitration multi-jurisdictional guide provides practical information on topical cross-border issues, country-specific Q&A guides on arbitration law and practice, and details of recommended arbitration lawyers and law firms in jurisdictions around the world.

    18 April 2013

  • Data protection multi-jurisdictional guide Data protection multi-jurisdictional guide is locked

    This PLC Data Protection multi-jurisdictional guide brings together practical information on topical cross-border data protection issues, country-specific Q&As on data protection law and practice.

    18 April 2013