Comprehensive and Credible

"For directors by directors" - The leader in director
education in Australia

The Company Directors Course (CDC) is a comprehensive director program leading to a qualification recognised by the director community both in Australia and overseas.

More than 2000 participants undertake the program each year.

• Understand your duties and responsibilities as a director
• Improve your value to your board
• Increase your confidence in the boardroom
• Learn how a director needs to think
• Minimise your personal and company risk
• Discuss boardroom issues in confidence with your peers

2009 Company Directors Course (CDC) Brochure [PDF: 425kb]

The course is equivalent to 110 hours of study. The program:

• provides a comprehensive coverage of the roles and responsibilities of a director 
• challenges participants to go beyond compliance to improve their effectiveness in the boardroom
• is accompanied by essential reference materials and manuals for directors and officers 
• is developed and annually updated with input from experienced directors 
• provides opportunities to network with directors from across a range of industries 
• provides advanced standing towards an MBA through a number of universities across Australia 
• allows candidates who successfully complete both assessment tasks the right to use the GAICD post nominals if they are members of the AICD.

Participants can choose to undertake the CDC in a variety of ways:

• Nationally coordinated residential program
• Five full consecutive days
• One full day each week for 5 weeks
• One session each week for 10 weeks (morning or evening)
• Weekend program
• In-Boardroom
• Correspondence program