Built from mandates.
Each programme is built on a named method GSV uses in live board work, so participants leave with an artefact they can table at their next meeting.
GSV Governance Academy
Board development built from live board work.
Thirty-eight programmes and eight assessed pathways for directors, chairs, governance professionals, executives and family principals. Designed on Governance 4.0™ and taught by the principal.
Why GSV
Built from mandates. Taught by the principal.
Taught by the principal.
Lola Emetulu: Solicitor (England and Wales), Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute, more than 25 years across Magic Circle practice, FTSE-listed boards and sovereign entity governance.
Calibrated to jurisdiction.
Every programme runs an evergreen core with a jurisdiction module. The UAE module is built first, covering the Abu Dhabi and Dubai ecosystems and ADGM and DIFC where they apply. Statutory references are verified at each delivery.
Assessed.
Programmes carry a knowledge check and a participant-completed artefact. Pathways close with a capstone assessment; all eight capstones were approved by GSV on 27 October 2026.
The pathways
Eight assessed pathways.
Three pathways form a ladder: P6 for the executive floor below the board line, P1 for the director's seat, then P8 for the chair's.
P1
The Effective Director Pathway
Board directors and emerging directors.
View pathway P2The AI-Ready Board Pathway
Board directors and C-suite executives.
View pathway P3The Governance Professional Pathway
Company secretaries, heads of governance and secretariat leads.
View pathway P4The Advisory Board Chair Pathway
Family-business principals, owners, directors, executives and advisers chairing or joining family-business advisory boards.
View pathway P5The Family Enterprise Continuity Pathway
Family principals and owners.
View pathway P6The Executive Leadership Pathway
Senior executives and managers below the board line.
View pathway P7The Listing and Transaction Readiness Pathway
Directors, CFOs, corporate development leads, general counsel and sponsors in a listing or deal cycle.
View pathway P8The Chair and Board Effectiveness Pathway
Sitting, incoming and prospective chairs.
View pathwayAll programmes
Thirty-eight programmes.
Every programme can be commissioned on its own or as part of a pathway.
Showing all 38 programmes.
- A01 Governance 4.0™ FoundationsThe Future-Ready Board
- A02 The AI-Capable BoardClosing the Capability Gap Before Investors Do
- A03 AI Oversight ArchitectureDecision Rights, Model Governance, Information Architecture
- A04 AI Literacy for DirectorsThe Interrogation Toolkit
- A05 Clarity, Not ComplianceDiagnosing the Real Board Problem
- A06 Engineering the Delegation of AuthorityThe Quiet Value Lever
- A07 Pre-IPO Governance ReadinessDesigning the Board Before the Listing
- A08 Board Information ArchitectureFrom 300 Pages to Signal
- A09 Risk Oversight for BoardsAppetite, Heat Maps, Escalation
- A10 Conflicts of Interest and Related PartiesThe Four-Step Protocol
- A11 Owners, Board, ManagementRoles, Accountability and the Three Lines
- A12 The Effective ChairRunning the Board as an Instrument
- A13 The Strategic Company SecretaryFrom Minute-Taker to CGO
- A14 The Defensible RecordMinutes, Resolutions and the Decision Trail
- A15 Committee ArchitectureDesign, Charters and Terms of Reference
- A17 Governance Under StressInvestigations Oversight and Board Assurance
- A18 Ethical Conduct and the Speak-Up Boardroom
- A19 ESG RecalibratedSustainability Governance for Sovereign and Family Contexts
- A20 The New DirectorInduction and the First Hundred Days
- A21 Foresight and the Standard of CareScenario Planning at Board Level
- A22 Governance for the Scaling EnterpriseFrom Founder Instinct to Institutional Architecture
- A23 Decision IntegrityLeadership Judgment for Senior Executives
- A24 Managing with AuthorityGovernance-Grade Management Skills
- A25 Boardroom Fluency for Emerging Leaders
- A26 The Quality of ChallengeBoardroom Dynamics Under Observation
- A27 Reading the NumbersFinancial Oversight for the Non-Financial Director
- A28 Governing Transformation and M&AOversight When the Business is Changing Shape
- A29 Two Registers, One BoardGoverning Across the GCC and UK
- B01 Advisory Boards from First PrinciplesWhat They Are, When They Work
- B02 The Advisory Board MandateScope, Charter and Boundaries
- B03 Chairing the Advisory BoardThe Independent Chair's Discipline
- B04 The Effective Advisory Board MemberThe Discipline of the Seat
- B05 Advisory Board EffectivenessMeasuring What the Board is For
- B06 The Family Business Advisory BoardThe Trust and Decision Layer
- B07 Beyond the Second GenerationSuccession, Trust and the Cousin Consortium
- B10 Running the Advisory BoardCadence, Agenda and the Record
- B11 Composing the Advisory BoardRecruiting for Counsel, Not Ornament
- B13 The Family Charter and the Advisory BoardUAE Federal Decree-Law No. 37 of 2022
Prices are per seat for open enrolment. Fees exclude VAT, charged at the standard rate on UAE supplies.
Formats
In the room, open or private.
Open enrolment
In person in Abu Dhabi or Dubai. Venue and date are confirmed once the cohort is confirmed. Cohorts of up to 20; the two boardroom simulations cap at 12. Seats from AED 2,750 (USD 749).
Fees exclude VAT, charged at the standard rate on UAE supplies.
In-house
Any programme or pathway delivered to your board or team alone, on your jurisdiction module. Price on request.
GSV Board & Governance Advisory is a member of The CPD Certification Service. Where a programme is CPD certified, its page carries the CPD Certified mark and the certified hours.
Three ways to start
Start where you are.
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Bring a programme to your board
Tell us about your board or team and we will propose a programme or pathway.
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Register interest
Name a programme and we will tell you when an open cohort is scheduled.
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