The Chartered Governance Institute

We are the global qualifying body for Chartered Secretaries and Chartered Governance Professionals, whose broad skill set includes law, finance, governance, strategy development, risk management and compliance We’re truly global with nine local institutes in our international network, supporting over 29,000 members living and working in over 80 countries. With 125 years of history we are educators. Mentors. Influencers. Advocators. Promoters. Practitioners. Leaders of good governance around the world. We represent and support those individuals within organisations – company secretaries, governance professionals, risk and compliance managers, non-executive directors... anyone who takes on governance responsibilities in increasingly regulated and risk conscious societies.