10.00 - 11.30

The company's interaction with investors. Development and implementation of the strategy of business financing

Iryna Starodubova, Associate Partner of Capital Times

• The strategy of business financing: factors, components, development, implementation
• The structure of the capital and cost of capital investment  in practice
• Debt financing
• Raising capital for private equity investment funds: the terms of the transaction, valuation, experience

11.30 - 11.45

Coffee break

11.45 – 13.15

The company's interaction with investors. Development and implementation of the strategy of business financing (continued)

Sergey Goncharevich, Founder and Managing Partner at Capital Times

• The advantages and disadvantages of publicity: insights from experience of Ukrainian companies
• Preparing for the initial placement of shares: market selection, a sequence of actions, costs, typical mistakes
• Investor relations and information policy

13.15 – 14.15

Break for lunch

14.15 – 15.45

The role and tasks of the Board concerning the assessment of the results of the company's activity. The activities of the Audit Committee of the Board

Olena Volska, Managing Partner and Director, EBS Consulting Company

• The Board's role in investor relations
• What information should provide the top management to the Board?
• What useful information can be obtained from the financial statements?
• How to identify potential problems and risks?
• What indicators could evaluate the effectiveness of the company's management?

15.45 – 16.00

Coffee break

16.00 – 17.30

The role and tasks of the Board concerning the assessment of the results of the company's activity. The activities of the Audit Committee of the Board (continued)

Olena Volska, Managing Partner and Director, EBS Consulting Company

10.00 - 11.30

Approaches to the Board's decision making on the problem of determining the remuneration system of senior management of the company. Activities of the Remuneration Committee of the Board

Olena Volska, Managing Partner and Director, EBS Consulting Company

• The international experience of coordination of interests of shareholders and management: what is the payment of top-managers in the world?
• The advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to the payment of top-management
• Questions regarding the remuneration system of top-management must supply the Board

11.30 - 11.45

Coffee break

11.45 – 13.15

Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Board. The activities of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board

Oleksandr Okuniev, Head of the CGPA Management Board

• The formal procedures of performance assessment of the Board as a whole and its individual members
• Key issues addressed in the evaluation
• Practical advice regarding assessment procedures
• The remuneration of the members of the Board: trends, examples, recommendations

13.15 – 14.15

Break for lunch

14.15 – 15.45

The solution to the problem of succession in company management (succession planning), as tasks of the Council. The activities of the Nominating Committee

Oleksandr Okuniev, Head of the CGPA Management Board

• Key succession plans, which usually are developed
• Recommendations regarding the plan preparation process
• Components of the succession plan of the management for emergency situations
• Termination of powers of Director (examination of the case "HP")

15.45 – 16.00

Coffee break

16.00 – 17.00

Providing company corporate security as a Board task

Sergiy Pogrebnoy, Partner of Sayenko Kharenko Law Firm

17.00 – 18.00

The National Registry of Corporate Directors of the CGPA – the role and tasks; the criteria of inclusion; opportunities for Directors

Meeting with the members of the Board of the National Registry of Corporate Directors

Questions and answers, General discussion; summing up of the programme; awarding of certificates; discussion of further cooperation.