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Advising the Board

Bespoke training on the commercial risk issues that are important to you

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Unmatched strength, unrivalled results.

Advising the Board is a flexible, director‑focused programme that gives Boards and their core advisors clear, commercially grounded insight on the risks and responsibilities that matter most. 

Built from a broad menu of topics, it delivers tailored, up to date content that supports regulatory compliance, sharpens risk awareness, and strengthens governance. The programme blends practical guidance with focused discussion to support growth, drive results, and build Board resilience that cascades down into the wider business. Delivered in the format that suits you, it provides high impact learning with clarity.

Advising the Board is ...

Flexible

Use our menu of topics to create a bespoke risk training programme for your Board. We can deliver training in whatever format works best for you.

Relevant

We tailor our insights to meet your directors’ needs, addressing key risk issues in a practical commercial context. We focus on the points that really matter.

Up to date

As well as covering well known risks, we deal with what’s coming over the horizon. We regularly refresh our programme, creating new content and new materials.

Thank you so much for such a great session. It was so instructive to talk through the various issues with you.

General Counsel, an investment bank

Advising the Board covers what you ...

Need to do

Where there are regulatory requirements for a Board to receive training, we can deliver this and provide all the necessary supporting documentation.

Ought to do

It’s in the best interests of the business for the Board to be up to speed on an ever-growing list of topics – ranging from pensions and remuneration to climate change and online threats.

Want to do

You understand the real risks to your business and we are here to help deepen your understanding of them.

The presentations were absolutely brilliant. Everyone enjoyed them and quite rightly gave excellent feedback.

Compliance Director, a large wealth management firm

Advising the Board will ...

Guide

With our help, your Board can avoid the snares and traps into which directors sometimes fall. Avoiding hazards such as unanticipated personal liability or inadvertent regulatory infractions will save your Board both time and money.

Empower

Knowledge is power. Armed with the right information and insights, your Board can not only mitigate key risks but also identify opportunities to boost your business or improve your working practices and processes.

Stimulate

Our presentations on hot topics will provoke discussion and new ideas. We will help your Board understand the bigger picture, and think about what that means for your business.

Many thanks for the excellent presentation yesterday – feedback has been very good, and I know that the board did find the talk very useful indeed.

Company Secretary, a large insurance brokerage group

Advising the Board is always ...

Clear

We know how important it is to pitch a presentation at the right level. We won’t baffle you with unexplained jargon, or references to things you’ve never heard of.

Commercial

We'll tell your directors what they need to know, with no nonsense and no fuss. We look at legal issues in a real-world commercial context.

Concise

If you only have 20 minutes, we’ll only take 20 minutes. We’ll tailor our material to make sure you still get all the essential information.

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