Crash Course: How to Be a Great Private Company Board Director

Are you a private equity professional looking to learn how to be a great board director from the masters of the craft? Or an experienced director looking to learn new strategies and best practices?

Join us for a virtual crash course on how to be a great director on a private company board, happening on Tuesday, March 19, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST.

This webinar is produced jointly by the leaders in private equity education, Private Equity Professional and Private Equity Career News.

This short but exhaustive course is conducted by Jonathan Friedland, a principal at Chicago-based law firm Much Shelist PC with more than two decades of experience counseling boards of PE-backed companies, and Allan Grafman, the CEO of All Media Ventures, former president of Archie Comics Group, and a frequent board member of PE-backed companies.

Featured Speakers

Together, Jonathan and Allan will discuss the following:

• Board functions, and how serving on a PE-backed portfolio company board differs from serving on other kinds of company boards;
• The ins and outs of fiduciary duties: practical takeaways based on what the law says;
• How to reconcile one's fiduciary duties to the loyalty owed to the fund;
• How to run an effective board meeting and executive session;
• How to navigate the line between the board and the C-Suite;
• Ways to manage and mitigate enterprise risk;
• What to accomplish between meetings in committees;
• How to handle special situations, such as insolvency or bankruptcy filings; and
• Protect thyself: an introduction to indemnification and D&O insurance.

Please note that our webinar license allows for a limited number

of webinar attendees so don't delay.

BONUS MATERIALS

All registrants will receive a complimentary copy of a video workshop on soft skills needed to be an effective director - leadership, communication and trust.

PEP Webinars are a series of online events hosted and supported by Private Equity Professional and Private Equity Career News.

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