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Middle East and North Africa

Welcome to The Chartered Governance Institute, MENA Network. We provide support to the Institute's members and students in the Middle East and North Africa.

About Us

The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI) maintains a presence in the MENA region through its local members and its MoU with Hawkamah. We strive to enhance the presence of the Institute within the Middle East and North Africa to support members and students throughout their careers and study programmes, as qualified or aspiring governance professionals. The MENA region has a number of CGI tuition partners providing professional tuition support for the Foundation, CGI qualifying scheme and Fast Track professionals route towards getting the coveted chartered status. Get in touch for details of our regional tuition partners for CGI tuition support for our exams.

CGI MENA offers face to face and virtual continuing professional development training and briefing sessions for governance professionals, company secretaries and those interested in regional regulatory and governance changes. CGIUKI and Hawkamah work together to raise awareness of the need for professional and qualified chartered governance professionals and company secretaries through CGI MENA.

CGI MENA welcomes and supports CGI affiliate members too.

Upcoming events

The South East of England branch offers a variety of events to support your professional development at every stage of your career. Whether you to want brush up on your knowledge and skills, network with peers or add to your CPD, we run sessions on a variety of topics and in a variety of formats, with contributions from experts and guest speakers across the governance community.
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Conference

2025 CGIUKI Annual Conference

Be sure to pencil 1st and 2nd July in your diary, to join us, hundreds of governance professionals and expert speakers in London for two days of insight, discussions on best practice and debate. The CGI Annual Conference – Governance 2025 is the ideal environment to network governance professionals from across the UK and beyond. Prices will start from £300 with discounted rates available for CGI Members and Students.
Conference
In Person
CPD
London
Networking
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Workshop Series

Enhancing Trustworthiness

Trust is an essential social glue, crucial to the everyday functioning of society and the flourishing of businesses. We will be running 3 workshops to explore trustworthiness more fully.
Workshop
CPD
Virtual
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Awards 2025

CGIUKI Annual Awards 2025

The CGIUKI Annual Awards will be hosted at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London W2 2TY on Tuesday 4 November 2025 - we look forward to seeing you there.
Awards
In Person
London

Latest Blogs

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Blog

The Institute's Response to the UK Stewardship Code Consultation

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has finished consulting on its proposed changes to the Code. The UK Stewardship Code sets a standard for how investors manage their responsibilities and aims to ensure that investment decisions drive long-term value and create positive societal outcomes.
4 March 2025
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Consultation
Reporting
Corporate
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Blog

The Paradox of Risk

Risk is now a mainstream topic of conversation. In the past, risk was associated primarily with fast-moving innovative businesses (and with particular events such as product launches); but the UK’s risk landscape has changed radically in the last decade.
4 March 2025
Blog
Audit and risk
Risk Management
Blog

Updated approach from the CRO on changing a financial year end date

Changing a company’s year end and the filing of the B83 sometimes leads to confusion among presenters
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Cross sector

Meet the team

The Chartered Governance Institute maintains a presence in the MENA Network through its local committee. The local network strives to enhance the presence of the Institute within the Middle East and North Africa to support members and students throughout their careers and study programmes, as qualified or aspiring governance professionals. If you are interested in joining the committee, please contact us.
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Branch Chair

Rob Ford FCG

Rob is the Executive Director of Strategy and Governance at Governance Gurus FZE, the premier Tuition Partner of CGIUKI in the MENA region. He is a global leader in corporate governance and business excellence and assists organizations in enhancing their performance by incorporating strategic governance and ESG principles. He also has extensive experience in developing and improving governance frameworks, policies, and systems to ensure that organisations are compliant, efficient, and profitable. In addition, he has a strong background in HRM and training, and delivers excellent masterclasses and seminars on topics such as advanced leadership, ESG strategy, and diversity together with corporate culture transformation projects. Governance Gurus FZE is the leading provider of corporate governance education and consultancy in the MENA region. They offer a range of courses and qualifications from CGIUKI, the gold standard professional body for corporate governance, as well as customized solutions to meet the specific needs of their clients. They collaborate with a network of experts and practitioners to guarantee that their services are of the highest quality and relevance to regional organisations. Rob is passionate about corporate governance and how it can create a sustainable and successful business environment. He is a Fellow of CGIUKI, a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, and the Chairman of CGI MENA. He also serve as an Engagement Committee Member and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, a prestigious City of London Livery company that promotes the profession of governance. Rob has a master's degree in Leading Innovation and Change and level 7 advanced postgraduate diploma in HRM and Training. LinkedIn [email protected]

For membership and study enquiries please contact the student and membership team:

For branch support and event queries please contact the branch support team