World’s first Digital Governance Professional Certification launched globally by BoardPAC

At the Digital Forum 2019 organised by BoardPAC and The Chartered Governance Institute, Sri Lanka branch, BoardPAC launched the world’s first and only Gold Standard Certification for Digital Governance. 

The digital forum was opened by Bentley Barsenbach, a Board Member of The Chartered Governance Institute in the UK and the President for the Chartered Governance Institute, Sri Lanka Branch, with his warm welcome speech. This was followed by the Keynote Speaker, Professor Rohan Samarajiva, the Chairman of ICTA (Information and Communication Technology Agency) on the Corporate Governance in the Digital Age. 

In this age of constant technology disruptions, the importance of ICT at organisational governance is now in the spotlight more than ever before. BoardPAC, yet again dominates the digital governance sphere with the first and only Gold Standard Certification for Digital Governance launched recently at a forum organised with The Chartered Governance Institute.  

This certification showcases the knowledge, creditability, skill, hireability, value and validation of digital governance. BoardPAC Certification is the Gold Standard for Board Governance Professionals. The certification offers individuals or governance personnel to demonstrate their proficiency at a governance level, enabled digitally. Essentially, this certification allows individuals to demonstrate and recognise themselves as certified professionals in the digital governance sphere.

The inaugural certifications were presented at this event to 

Nations Trust Bank PLC Group General Counsel/Group Company Secretary Theja Silva and Bank of Ceylon Secretary to the Board and Deputy General Manager Janaki Senanayake Siriwardane.

BoardPAC Co-founder and CEO Lakmini Wijesundera said: “We are pleased to setup this valued Digital Governance Certification to provide a formal path for governance professionals to enter deeper into the digital sphere. I would also like to invite professionals at a governance level to apply and be a part of this great step towards a digital era.” 

She added: “We are organising digital governance forums in many international regions and in Sri Lanka, to provide a platform for governance professionals to meet and discuss the digital governance roadmaps that align to that country’s specific nuances, as well as with regional and global trends. BoardPAC’s audience already covers more than 20 countries with active participation, and therefore collaboration between certified professionals across a multitude of countries will immediately emerge with valued global inputs to groups and forums.”

Corporate professional members who range from the legal profession, as well as other professions actively involved in the corporate board governance meeting processes, have digitalised board meetings and corporate governance processes, are eligible to participate in the program which is accessible for applying online at certified.boardpac.co.

BoardPAC is a globally commended multinational having garnered worldwide popularity as a brand that provides board meeting automation solutions to over 50,000 users across the globe; while earning the #1 market share position in Asia. 

Leading corporates such as Mercedes Benz (SA), EY, Maxis, Deloitte, XL Axiata, Prudential, Bumi Armada, RHB Banking Group, Hong Leong Banking Group, Bursa Malaysia (Stock Exchange of Malaysia), Affin Bank, Astro, Bombay Stock Exchange, Power Grid Corporation of India, Bank of Ceylon, Colombo Stock Exchange, Carson Cumberbatch PLC, John Keells Holdings, Sri Lanka Telecom, Hemas, MAS Holdings and Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) are just few of BoardPAC’s success stories across the globe. 

With a presence in over 20 nations including, United States, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Africa, India, Sri Lanka and many others, additionally, BoardPAC serves a host of fortune 500 companies worldwide; while being the preferred choice for board meeting automation.