The Chartered Governance Institute has welcomed today’s release by the Education & Skills Funding Agency of its ‘Academies financial handbook 2020’, in which the role of the clerk is recognised for the important advisory support that it brings to academy trusts.

Wednesday 21 October 2020 - The Chartered Governance Institute held its annual Governance Guernsey Conference.

As 2023 draws to a close, it is a fitting time to reflect on what The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland has achieved for our members this year.

Ruairí Cosgrove FCG has been elected President of CGIUKI, effective 1 August 2025. He succeeds Charles Brown FCG, whose term ends on 31 July. The Institute also welcomes Kerry Round FCG to the Board.

In this article we sat down with Adv. Selebalo Ntepe, Deputy Chairman of the Institute of Directors Lesotho, to discuss governance across the African diaspora.

Mehzabeen Utim is the Director of Corporate Affairs at Teybridge Capital. In this comment article, she reflects on how her career evolved from accounting to governance and explains why now is the ideal moment to pursue governance roles in a rapidly modernising nation.

In this comment piece, Kako Mavalla, Founder of the Black Excellence in Governance Awards (BEGA), explores why recent legislative changes and emerging data mark a positive step towards reducing the ethnicity pay gap, while emphasising that this is only part of the solution. He also highlights the critical role governance professionals play in driving meaningful, lasting progress.

The new football regulator should be welcomed, but even with governance improvements English football will remain a challenging industry in which to make a profit

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) recently reviewed the first mandatory Climate-related Financial Disclosures (CFD) prepared by AIM-listed and large private companies.