Corporate Governance & Value Investors

Corporate value is often shaped by how organisations are governed and who holds influence.

In this program, you will explore how conflicts between shareholders, managers and other stakeholders affect decision making, accountability and market value.

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What to expect

This two-day program examines how conflicts between shareholders, managers, and other stakeholders can destroy or create corporate value. Focusing on governance, ownership structures, and shareholder activism, the course explores how market-based and regulatory responses reshape organisations and influence performance.

Participants develop insight into how governance arrangements, investor behaviour, and control structures affect valuation, decision making, and long-term value creation, with real-world case examples drawn from prominent Australian and international companies.

Is this course for you

This program is ideal for professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of governance and its role in creating corporate value.

This program is suited to individuals who:

are investors or market analysts seeking to identify governance-related value creation opportunities
are company directors or senior managers wanting deeper insight into shareholder behaviour
work in finance or strategy and are interested in governance, valuation, and control issues
are MBA participants completing the Creating Corporate Value sequence

What you will explore

During this program, you will explore contemporary corporate governance and capital markets issues that influence company performance, control and valuation. The program focuses on shareholder dynamics, ownership structures and governance challenges that arise across the lifecycle of public companies.

During this program, you will explore:

Opportunities and challenges created by taking a company public
Activism campaigns led by institutional shareholders
Retail shareholder intervention, including voting on executive compensation
Governance problems and valuation impacts of large controlling shareholders
Takeovers through creeping acquisitions and contested management succession

About the Facilitator

One of the most highly cited academics in corporate finance and corporate governance.

Professor David Yermack

Professor of Finance at the NYU Stern School of Business since 1994 and Adjunct Professor at the NYU School of Law.

Professor David Yermack is the Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation at NYU Stern School of Business, where he chaired the Finance Department for eight years. He directs the NYU Pollack Center for Law and Business and holds appointments at both NYU Stern and NYU School of Law.

His research on executive compensation, corporate governance and corporate finance has been cited more than 35,000 times. He has received several lifetime achievement awards for research, delivered more than 200 invited research seminars at universities and government agencies worldwide, and served as a visiting scholar at the US Federal Reserve.

His connection to Western Australia is long standing. He first came to UWA Business School in 2009 as the Stan and Jean Perron Visiting Fellow and has returned as a Visiting Professor across more than ten years since.

This program draws on his MBA elective at NYU Stern, one of the school's most popular courses for more than 30 years and taken by more than 6,000 students.

Where this course can take you

You will examine real-world governance challenges, investor activism and ownership structures, gaining practical insight into how governance mechanisms can either constrain or unlock value in organisations.

MBA participation and enrolment note

MBA students are required to attend both programs: Corporate Governance & Value Creation for Investors (2 days) and Creating Corporate Value Through Restructuring (3 days) - in order to receive full course credit for Creating Corporate Value.

A discounted enrolment rate applies for MBA participants who register for both programs as part of their degree requirements.

Please contact our Customer Engagement Team to apply this discount.