Corporate Governance

**Develop the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to work as a company secretary. You’ll prepare for a dynamic career at the governance heart of an organisation.

This programme is accredited as meeting the Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme (CGQP).**

This course will enable you to expand your horizons across the corporate sector. You might have existing experience in law, finance or general business.

As part of this course, you’ll:

- Transform your outlook and cultivate a global perspective

- Develop the knowledge and skills you’ll need as a company secretary

- Prepare for a dynamic career potentially working across a range of different organisational structures

- Gain a strong understanding of governance and general management theory

- Be encouraged by your tutors to challenge current modes of thinking and to generate new ideas to improve your professional practice

- Work with your peers to share best practice and generate new ideas

- Gain a highly specialised set of board-level leadership skills that will enable you to recognise, analyse and influence the factors governing corporate affairs

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Make a positive impact

The company secretary is a strategic and influential position that sits at the heart of governance operations within an organisation. As a qualified company secretary, you could have great influence on the ethical and moral quality of boardroom decision-making and actions, giving you the opportunity to make a positive impact in the world.

The Chartered Governance Institute Competency Framework

See what it takes to be a high performing Company Secretary in the The Chartered Governance Institute competency framework.

Enhance your prospects

This course will provide an established route into a range of senior boardroom, governance and leadership careers, including the role of chartered secretary.

Why study Corporate Governance at Leeds Beckett University...
- Access to international networks

- Become a resilient and authentic leader

- Focus on your direct route to the boardroom

- Access to a world-class peer group

- Develop your ability to influence

- Gain insight through Leeds Business School guest lectures