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Strengthening Governance and Leadership for Central Bank Boards

  • December 3, 2:00pm - 6:00pm GMT, 9:00AM - 1:00pm EST

  • Virtual

About the course

Join the course to: 

  • Shape the future of central bank governance and leadership
  • Lead with strategic clarity on long-term visions and through complex challenges
  • Build resilience in a world of uncertainty and disruptive change
  • Elevate boardroom impact to foster productive board dynamics and stakeholder engagement

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Agenda

14:00 – 14:10

Welcome and context-setting

14:00 – 14:10

  • Welcoming all participants and setting course objectives

14:10 – 14:45

The evolving roles of central bank boards

14:10 – 14:45

  • Overview of the governance landscape
  • Navigating operational independence and accountability as mutual enablers

14:45 – 15:30

Strategic oversight and decision-making

14:45 – 15:30

  • Balancing operational oversight with long-term strategic vision
  • Legal powers and mandates
  • Board-level approaches to policy alignment and institutional priorities

15:30 – 15:40

Quick break

15:30 - 15:40

15:40 – 16:30

Risk governance and resilience in the boardroom

15:40 - 16:30

  • Understanding systemic, operational, and emerging risks
  • Oversight of cyber resilience, climate-related risks, and geopolitical threats
  • Integrating stress-testing and scenario planning into board discussions
  • Role of the board in crisis preparedness and response

16:30 – 17:30

Board oversight of innovation and technology

16:30 – 17:30

  • Latest development in fintech and payment systems innovation
  • Balancing innovation with safety and soundness
  • What board members need to know 

17:30 - 17:45

Central Banking Institute presents: Governance Benchmark 2025

17:30 - 17:45

17:45 – 18:00

Effective board dynamics and stakeholder engagement

17:45 - 18:00

  • Managing diverse perspectives and avoiding groupthink
  • Engagement with government, regulators, and international stakeholders

Learning objectives

  • How to balance independence and accountability within evolving central bank governance
  • Tools for making strategic, long-term board decisions aligned with institutional priorities
  • Ways to oversee and respond to systemic, operational and emerging risks
  • The board’s role in guiding innovation, technology adoption, and payment system modernisation
  • Techniques for fostering constructive boardroom debates and effective stakeholder management

Who should attend

  • Board members (executive & non-executive)
  • Governors
  • Deputy governors
  • Assistant governors
  • General counsel
  • Chief legal officers / Legal officers
  • Chief financial officers / Directors of finance
  • Heads of governance
  • Head of policy/ Policy implementation
  • Directors/Heads of supervision
  • Chief strategic officer/Strategic planning division
  • Heads of audit
  • Heads of internal audit
  • Senior advisors to the board
  • Committee chairs (Risk, Audit, Technology, Payments, Financial Policy, Monetary Policy, Supervision, Innovation)

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Accreditation

CPD

This course is CPD (Continued Professional Development) accredited. One credit is awarded for every hour of learning at the event.

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