Apply for the fast track route to the CGIUKI qualifying programme
To be eligible to apply for the fast track route to chartered membership, you will be a qualified professional from the recognised list below, with at least five years of relevant post-qualifying experience. If this is you, then it is possible to become a chartered governance professional with post-nominals ACG, within a year.
The fast-track professional route recognises your knowledge and experience and exempts you from a number of the core modules of the Qualifying Programme. It requires the completion of just two modules, Level 6 Corporate Governance and Level 7 Risk Management.
If you have studied Risk Management at a degree level or above, you will not be required to complete this module again and will study Level 7 Boardroom Dynamics as an alternative.
Entry criteria
To apply, you will need to provide evidence to support that:
- You are currently a member of your professional body and have maintained your professional membership for at least five years.
Evidence should be:
A certified copy of your Practicing/ Membership Certificate. You will need to provide scanned copies of documents from your professional body, which show this and provide contact details of your professional body so that we can verify your status. - You have at least five years of relevant post-qualifying experience (PQE) within three or more of the below areas:
- Company secretarial or company law
- Corporate governance
- Financial reporting or financial management
- Membership or support of committees or meetings
- Liaison with shareholders or other stakeholders
We can also consider other areas you have worked in, such as pensions, insurance or share registration.
Evidence should be:
- A copy of your CV/professional profile
We suggest you adapt your CV/professional profile to show examples of your relevant work, demonstrating your experience in the areas listed above (a) – (e).
- In addition, please include a contact from your employer who can verify that you have worked in this role.
To apply, follow the Qualifying programme application process and our membership team will be in touch to confirm that your evidence submitted entitles you to take the fast track route.
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List of recognised associations
Please note that this list is inclusive of practising lawyers outside of the UK with relevant five years post qualification experience:
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
- Certified Public Accountants Association (CPPA)
- CFA Institute
- Chartered Banker Institute (CBI)
- Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI)
- Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX)
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
- Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
- Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
- Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT)
- Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)
- Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) (FRM Certification)
- Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA)
- Institute of Bankers (IOB)
- Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA Ireland)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)
- Institute of Directors (IoD)
- Institute of Risk Management (IRM)
- Management Consultancy Association (MCA)
- The Bar Council
- The Law Society
- The London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF)