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GOVERNANCE ACADEMY

A special program for board members of values-based institutions.

About Governance Academy

Boards of values-based organizations require skills, insights, and levels of determination that boards of other, non-values based, banks do. This program, created by the Institute for Principle Based Governance with the support of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values, is here to support and strengthen boards of values-based institutions because governance at the highest level is critical to ensuring values are truly integrated into all aspects of the business.

Program objectives

After the program, all participants should be able to answer the following questions

2. What is the role of the board of directors in a values-based bank? How should this function be performed in a singular financial institution like ours?

1. What do we understand by governance in a values-based bank? How and why should it be different from other institutions?

3. What are the professional and personal characteristics that a board member of a values-based bank should have and how should these be embodied in their role as directors?

What Sets us Apart

We are a school of thought, were leaders learn and build with us their own path through applying values-based criteria for strategic decisions for their institutions.

After the program, our participants are able to:

Understand how board members in Values-Based/Mission led institutions have a different role to play
Have the communication methods and tools to be able to express the unique perspectives of values-based institutions.
Host generative and compelling dialogue with stakeholders and operating board members
Understand the dilemmas that need to be reconciled when working across cultures, business approaches, and social conventions.

Learning journey

What should our participants expect

Pre-session

Values-based meaning

Module 4

Values-based governance

in action

Module 3

Module 2

The impact of people in

values-based boards

Values-based strategy creation

Module 1

Integrating values in boards

A mixed methodology

Governing Board leaders from around the world are invited to participate in a total of 35 hours, 23 hours of virtual sessions held over 4 months, and 1.5 days of in-person engagement designed around the Global Alliance for Banking on Values - GABV annual meeting. Modules 1-3 have 7 hours of online work in two sessions of 3,30 hours each.

Additionally, there will be a pre-session in module 1 for 2 hours. The experience will include:

Short lectures (15-30 min)
Facilitated online conversations with experts on cases and best practices. Fireside chats.
Pre-Reading / Pre-Viewing material
Personal development project with peer-to-peer review
The course best-practices booklet
Individual mentoring (4 hours in 2 sessions)

Program structure

The Governance Academy has four modules. Three of them are online and the last one in person. The themes and presenters for each module will respond to the goals of the Good Governance Academy and the objective of each module:

Pre-session: Values-based meaning

8 November - Online

Getting to know each other and program explanation
Cases of VB experiences

Module 2: The impact of people in values-based boards

13 December and 18 January - Online

Values and the board member

Personal Values in the Institution
Personal Values and Board Engagement

Transition and succession

Values in pivotal moments and transitions
Succession of leadership

Module 1: Integrating values in boards

15 and 29 November - Online

Emerging realities in relation to values-based governance

Foresight
Values-based banking and consequences for governance

Integrating VB into board management

Stakeholders' engagement and ownership models
•Reflecting values on your business model

Module 3: Values-based strategy creation

1 and 15 February - Online

Connection and dillemas

Connection: Mission & Strategy
Sustaining values & business strategy

Keeping a VB strategy in motion

Monitoring & adjusting a values-based Strategy – Integrated dashboard
Keeping the mission in moments of truth – case reflections.

Module 4: Values-based governance

in action

25 and 26 February - In person (Italy)

Beyond your institution – part of a movement
Open fiction case
Clinic cases
Closure- beyond your board

At Governance Academy, we take pride in our commitment to addressing the unique requirements of boards within values-based institutions. In addition to our academy, we create custom in-house projects designed specifically for your organization. Our experienced team excels at developing innovative solutions that align with your values and objectives. To learn more about how our in-house projects can benefit your board, feel free to contact us directly.

Our Performance in 2022

Our performance for 2022 is the best yet, as we're exceeding expectations. This year our commitment is to make this program even greater

“It is an exceptional course at all levels. The best that I have ever enrolled in: comprehensive and up- to date content, well known and experienced speakers, well selected participants who were fully engaged, excellent management, duration is just right, amazing mentors, very rich, inspiring and relevant discussions. Friendly environment that unleashed profound discussion between like minded people. “

“I enjoyed the course very well. Best that I have attended at content, speakers, organizers, and learning environment. Very useful with high relevance to bank’s needs fortified with up- to-date information and an analytic future look. I have recommended it to my board member colleagues and the CEO. It triggered a developmental action plan to enhance the performance of the bank .”

How relevant and helpful was the program

for your role as a board member?

75%

50%

25%

Not helpful at all

Not very helpful

Some helpful

Helpful

Very helpful

*Anonymous evaluation from the 2022 program

The People Behind Governance Academy

Peter Blom

CEO / Founder

Marcos Eguiguren

CFO / Co-Founder

Tom Cummings

COO/ Co-Founder

Lucia Urteaga

CMO

Special Faculty Guests & Thought leaders :

Our program includes special faculty guests for each session, according to the specialty and topic. Some of our faculty guests are:

Sanjay Khanna

Chief Futurist, SK Futures

Anita Braha

Board Chair, Vancity

Steve Round

Co-Founder, SaaScada

John Fullerton

President, Co-founder, Capital Institute

Paula Martin

Impact and Governance Advisor

Laurie Spengler

Non-executive Director, BII

Ugo Biggeri

Chair, Etica SGR

Karen Maas

Sustainable Finance Lab

Carla van der Weert

Executive Board and CRO Triodos Bank

Jaap Winter

Partner Phyleon leadership & governance

Lorna Davis

BLab Europe board and the Blab Global

Ken Laroe

Founder, Chairman and CEO of Climate First Bank

Participant Profile*

Members of the GABV

Non-executive directors (NED) and Chairs of GABV Banks and other financial institutions in the GABV ecosystem.

Other financial institutions

Non-executive directors and Chairs of other financial institutions: Fund management companies, insurance companies, private equity funds, holding companies, Fintechs, in which mission and values are key drivers.

Governance academy

Potential Directors of GABV

•Potential non-executive directors of GABV Banks and on boarding course for new non-executive directors of GABV Banks and other financial institutions and other executives.

Regulators

Very selectively, regulators that want to understand the distinctiveness of governance in a values-based financial institution.

* We understand that participants will be familiar with the concepts of values-based banking and with the fundamentals of good governance. Regardless of that, the pre-session and first module will partially revisit some concepts.

A production for the Global Alliance for Banking on Values

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