Good governance is essential as the pressure for organisations to be transparent, accountable and socially responsible is greater than at any time in history. It is becoming clear that trust is key to all customers, stakeholders and citizens.
Demonstrating good governance involves creating the right framework of rules, relationships, systems and processes, including mechanisms to hold an organisation’s people to account. We help design a contemporary and effective governance framework and implement suitable technologies to support you stay on course as you achieve your business purpose and goals.
Our services
PwC offers a wide range of services to holistically cater to our clients requirements. Services include the following:
Corporate governance gap assessments and maturity profiling
Industry best practices and regulatory mandates are utilised to perform current state assessments together with gap analysis, but more importantly offering actionable recommendations to enhance performance.
Corporate governance framework design
Whether designed from scratch or overhauled from an existing governance framework, specifically tailored solutions are crafted to meet or exceed regulatory and internal requirements.
Governance audits
We can conduct detailed governance audits for your organisation, providing you with a robust approach towards testing key governance controls and opportunities for improvement.
Subsidiary governance frameworks
For organisations with complex structures and multiple subsidiaries, we can help you design a robust subsidiary governance framework and operating model that enables parent company oversight and supervision, tailored to the needs of each class of subsidiary.
Board effectiveness
We can undertake an evaluation of the role and functioning of the board of directors and its committees to assess current performance against expected standards.
Governance training
Preparation and presentation of training programs for staff, management and directors aided by professional trainers at PwC Academy as necessary.
Family governance and Shareholder protocols
For family owned businesses, we are pioneers in the Middle East in designing and implementing family governance frameworks i.e. Shareholder Protocols, that set out the rules of engagement between the shareholders, board and management.
Organisational governance
Development of policies and procedures and authority matrices at a shareholder, board and management level.
Good governance is no longer discretionary. It is a central pillar upon which the future growth and sustainability of an organisation rests. It is a key ingredient for success with regulators and authorities demanding ever higher standards of governance, a headline engaging the media, and the main topic of discussion across investors and shareholders.
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