Degree01
Executive MBA
Twenty months of case method, finance, strategy and leadership, built around a full-time job.
- Duration
- 20 months
- Days away
- 64
- Next intake
- 9 February 2027
- Fee (example)
- N14,500,000
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Board Effectiveness and Governance
The duties, habits and hard conversations of a board that actually governs. Thursday to Sunday, then two Wednesday evening clinics.
- Duration
- 3 weeks
- Days away
- 4
- Fee (example)
- N2,400,000
- Next intake
- 4 March 2027
Who it is for
Is this for you?
Board members, company secretaries and founders building boards. Typical seniority: director.
- You sit on a board, or will soon
- You are a founder building your first proper board
- You are a company secretary or general counsel
- You have 12 or more years of experience
What you will be able to do
By the end
- Know your legal and ethical duties as a director
- Run board meetings that decide things
- Oversee risk, audit and executive pay
- Handle conflict, family dynamics and succession on a board
No programme can promise a promotion or a salary. What we can promise is the work, the people and the faculty time.
Curriculum
How the programme unfolds
A board review of an organisation you know.
The board’s job
Duties, liability and the difference between governing and managing.
Information and meetings
Board papers, agendas and minutes that actually help decisions.
Risk and audit
Oversight of risk, internal control and the audit committee.
People
Appointing and appraising the chief executive, and board evaluation.
Evening clinics
Two Wednesday evenings to bring real board problems for discussion.
A teaching day
What a day looks like
Thursday to Sunday, then two Wednesday evening clinics, at Ikoyi campus. Times are examples, and every session starts on time, so plan around Lagos traffic.
| When | What happens |
|---|---|
| 8.30 am | Opening case |
| 10 am | A simulated board meeting |
| 12.30 pm | Lunch |
| 1.30 pm | Practitioner panel |
| 3.30 pm | Group review |
| 5 pm | Close |
The simulated board meeting was uncomfortable in the best possible way.
Faculty
Who teaches
Faculty for this programme, with practitioners and guest executives on most days. Example people.
Fees and dates
N2,400,000 (example)
Pay in full or 2 instalments. Includes materials, meals on teaching days and parking. You receive: certificate of completion. Up to 28 participants.
| Next intake | 4 March 2027 |
|---|---|
| Seats left | 9 (example) |
| Applications close | Three weeks before the intake |
| How to apply | Application and a short statement |
Questions
About the Board governance
Does it lead to a qualification?
A certificate of completion. Many participants use it towards professional development hours.
Is it suitable for family businesses?
Yes. One full session covers family boards and succession.
Can a whole board attend?
Yes, ask about a private programme on the companies page.
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For people who already run large parts of an organisation and are preparing to run all of it.
- Duration
- 4 months
- Days away
- 18
- Next intake
- 12 April 2027
- Fee (example)
- N7,800,000
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Read accounts, question a budget and talk confidently with your finance team, in five intense days.
- Duration
- 1 week
- Days away
- 5
- Next intake
- 18 January 2027
- Fee (example)
- N1,650,000
Not sure which programme is yours?
Put two or three programmes side by side in the comparer, check the entry requirements against your own experience, then talk to an admissions adviser.