It is of critical importance that directors (and officers) of all types of organisations have a reasonable understanding of a company’s financial statements to effectively undertake their respective roles and meet their statutory and common law duties.
It is of critical importance that directors (and officers) of all types of organisations have a reasonable understanding of a company’s financial statements to effectively undertake their respective roles and meet their statutory and common law duties.
The decision of the Federal Court of Australia in ASIC v Healey [2011] FCA 717 (the Centro case) reinforced the courts’ view that directors of listed companies have a statutory duty to maintain a reasonable level of financial literacy, in order to understand and present the true financial position of the company or group.
The aim of this course is to show how to analyse the performance of a company using its three financial statements.
The course objectives are to:
Who Should Attend?
A national membership association, Governance Institute of Australia advocates for a community of 43,000 governance and risk management professionals, equipping our members with the tools to drive better governance within their organisation.
We tailor our resources for members in the listed, unlisted and not-for-profit sectors, and ensure our member's voice is heard loudly.
As the only Australian provider of chartered governance accreditation, we offer a range of short courses, certificates and postgraduate study to help further the knowledge and education of the fast-growing governance and risk management profession.
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Our members know that governance is at the core of every organisation — and in these tumultuous times, that good governance is more important than ever before.
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