Organisers of the Boardroom Governance Summit have reaffirmed their dedication to selling governance excellence, moral management, and nationwide development with a high-level courtesy name to the Chief of Employees, Julius Debrah, on the Jubilee Home forward of the 2025 version of the Summit
The strategic engagement, held underneath the auspices of the Chief of Employees, who may also be the visitor of honour on the Summit in October, marks the startning of this yr’s journey towards the much-anticipated Summit, which is anticipated to highlight the nationwide significance of efficient company governance.
The courtesy name was led by the Convenor, famend industrialist and world governance advocate Professor Douglas Boateng, in collaboration with the Institute of Administrators Ghana (IoD-Gh), Ghana Bar Association, Ghana Establishment of Engineering (GhIE), State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) and different companions.
Talking in the course of the interactment, Mr Debrah reiterated the federal government’s unwavering dedication to selling governance excellence throughout all spheres of nationwide life.
“As a nation, there are occasions after we grow to be accustomed to our traditional methods of doing issues, and we’d like somebody to immediate us, as a result of when you preserve doing the identical factor repeatedly, you are likely to grow to be complacent. That’s why we’re enthusiastic about this summit: it presents a platform to debate and strategise on how finest we will run our establishments and firms extra effectively,” he mentioned.
Mr Debrah additional emphasised that strong governance buildings had been foundational to efficient public sector delivery and personal sector development, notably within the face of as we speak’s complicated world challenges.
“Every now and then, we should pause and mirror: what are we doing proper, and what are we doing mistaken? President Mahama intends to reinvigorate our techniques of governance in areas the place we have now grow to be lax,” he added.
In his remarks, Professor Douglas Boateng highlighted the significance of nationwide proprietorship within the governance discourse, stating that “In the present day’s courtesy name on the federal government is a reaffirmation of our shared perception that board governance excellence, notably on the boardroom level, will not be a peripheral dialogue however a nationwide crucial.”
He added that the ideas guiding boardrooms ought to exhave a tendency past company areas to public decision-making our bodies.
He acknowledged, “It is very important keep in mind that boardrooms will not be solely in company towers. Cupboards and ministerial committees are additionally boardrooms the place selections shaping the future of the nation are made. Like company boards, they have to be guided by best-practice ideas of transparency, accountability, competence, and moral stewardship.”
This yr’s engagement builds on the momentum generated by the maiden version in 2024, which introduced collectively over 700 C-suite executives and governance professionals to discover the intricate relationship between boardroom governance, accountpotential, and sustainable development.
BY TIMES REPORTER
