International Governance Foundations: Law, Regulation and IFC Landscapes

Description

This webinar provides directors with a clear grounding in the legal and regulatory principles that shape governance across major International Financial Centres (IFCs). It explores how global frameworks, local statutory requirements, and cross-border supervisory expectations interact, and what this means for decision-making at board level. Attendees will gain a practical understanding of core governance concepts, jurisdictional distinctions, and the evolving global standards influencing organisational oversight and director responsibilities.

This webinar provides one-hour of CPD and forms part of the Directors Foundation Programme, delivered by Chris Usher.

Delegates places are interchangeable with colleagues from the same organisation.

 

Content

  • Key legal and regulatory foundations underpinning international governance

  • Comparing IFC frameworks: similarities, differences and practical implications

  • Global standards shaping board expectations (OECD, FATF, IOSCO, etc.)

  • How jurisdictional risk and regulatory maturity influence governance models

  • Practical challenges of operating across multiple legal systems

 

Presenter

Jo French

Expert Trainer at the School of International Financial Services

Jo French 

Jo, through her company JETT Limited, specialises in developing contemporary bespoke, technical in-house CPD programmes covering a range of AML, compliance and governance issues. She has over 25 years’ experience in delivering credible training to a wide range of financial service businesses both in the Crown Dependencies and internationally, as well as institutions that include the BBA, the ACSP in the Isle of Man, Guernsey Training Agency and the Jersey International Business School where her role also extended to delivering on Buckingham University’s BSc (Hons) in International Financial Services degree as part of their faculty. 

In addition, she has taught on the International Compliance Association’s full range of AML and compliance qualifications since 2005, and as a Fellow of the Governance Institute (formally ICSA) written and delivered across both level 4&5 Certificate and Diploma, as well as the qualifying scheme, (subjects include Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Boardroom Dynamics, Company Law and Company Compliance and Administration.) Jo’s ICSA students have won many international prizes, most recently in Trust and Company Administration in May 2021, and CORE in the  November 2021 exams. 

A committed educationalist, Jo has a First Class Law Degree (LLB) and Masters in Law (LLM) (Merit) from Queen Mary University of London specialising in financial services law. She is passionate about the delivery of accessible and innovative training courses.

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