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Accountancy body to offer mandatory training programme for new board directors

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Navene Elangovan

Published Thu, Feb 1, 2024 · 01:55 PM
    • Teo Ser Luck, the president of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, says that the new programme will teach new directors how to corporatise their companies.
    • Teo Ser Luck, the president of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, says that the new programme will teach new directors how to corporatise their companies. PHOTO: BT FILE

    ASPIRING and new board directors of Singapore-listed companies can soon fulfil their mandatory training requirements through a new programme.

    From April this year, the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (Isca) will offer a new Board of Directors Masterclass Programme.

    The initiative will involve a mandatory learning course which is jointly developed with investment banking firm SAC Capital. It will also include an optional mentoring scheme as well as a board-appointment service.

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