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Governance Director of the Year Award
Honouring governance directors excelling in governance
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About this category
This category recognises governance directors driving governance, accountability and board effectiveness. Judges will look for a strong leadership journey supported by clear evidence of achievement, influence, and lasting value.
Eligibility
- Open to directors and senior leaders in relevant leadership
- Management
- Professional
- Specialist roles who can demonstrate responsibility
- Achievement
- Influence
- Measurable impact
Judging criteria
- Leadership and judgement
- Protection of the organisation
- Standards and culture
- Measurable improvements
- Stakeholder trust
- Integrity
Qualitative criteria
- Clarity of leadership story
- Authenticity and values
- Originality of approach
- Strength of examples
- Influence on people
- Organisation
- Sector
- Community
- Sustainability of impact
Metrics
- Evidence such as audit and regulatory outcomes
- Incidents reduced
- Risk exposure lowered
- Policies and controls introduced
- Training completion
- Stakeholder assurance
Additional criteria
- Nomination should include clear examples
- Supporting evidence
- Dates/timeframes where possible
- Testimonials
- Case studies
- Data
- Media links
- References where available
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