
New Webinar for Private Equity Professionals Announced: "Crash Course: How To Be A Great Private Company Board Director"
New Webinar for Private Equity Professionals Announced: "Crash Course: How To Be A Great Private Company Board Director"
By Private Equity Professional & Private Equity Career News
Chicago, Illinois
Press Release Date 03-06-2025Are you a Private Equity Professional looking to learn how to be a great Board Director from the masters of the craft? Or an experienced director looking to learn new tips and hacks?
Join us for a virtual crash course on how to be a great director on a private company board, Thursday, March 27, from 11 AM to 1 PM. It's produced jointly by the leaders in private equity education, PE Professional, and Private Equity Career News:
This short but exhaustive course is conducted by Jonathan Friedland, a principal at Chicago-based law firm Much Shelist PC with more than two decades of experience counseling boards of PE-backed companies, and Allan Grafman, the CEO of All Media Ventures who has served on more than 12 fiduciary boards, including those of four PE-backed companies. Together they will discuss the following:
- Board functions, and how serving on a PE-backed portfolio company board differs from serving on other kinds of company boards;
- The ins and outs of fiduciary duties: practical takeaways based on what the law says;
- How to reconcile one's fiduciary duties to the loyalty owed to the fund;
- How to run an effective board meeting and executive session;
- How to navigate the line between the board and the C-Suite;
- Ways to manage and mitigate enterprise risk;
- What to accomplish between meetings in committees;
- How to handle special situations, such as insolvency or bankruptcy filings;
- Protect thyself: an introduction to indemnification and D&O insurance.
Special Bonus: All registrants will receive a complimentary copy of a video workshop on soft skills needed to be an effective director––leadership, communication & trust