GDI-EC02 · Stage 2 · Division I
Executive Certificate in Strategy & Capital Stewardship.
Then create value.
Govern strategic choice, capital and performance with independent judgement. Oversee scarce capital toward the most compelling risk-adjusted uses and hold management to a coherent theory of value.
8 weeks · 70–80 hours
Convened for
Who this is for.
- §Directors on strategy, investment or finance committees
- §Chairs stewarding long-cycle capital and portfolio choices
- §Investor-nominee directors and family-office principals
- §CFOs and strategy leaders moving into board roles
On completion
What you will be able to do.
- ·Test strategic choice against evidence and alternatives
- ·Govern capital allocation, dividend and reinvestment policy
- ·Interrogate scenarios, sensitivities and management assumptions
- ·Hold performance to disciplined, board-owned metrics
Curriculum
Course content and modules.
Each module follows the GDI learning rhythm — Prepare, Interrogate, Practise, Produce, Reflect — and closes with board-usable evidence.
01
Week 1
The Board's Theory of Value
How boards define, own and communicate a coherent theory of value.
02
Week 2
Strategic Choice & Portfolio
Where to play, how to win, and the board's role in choice, not authorship.
03
Week 3
Capital Allocation Discipline
The framework and cadence of capital allocation, dividend policy and reinvestment.
04
Week 4
Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
Board discipline in M&A: valuation, deal governance, integration risk.
05
Week 5
Performance & KPI Architecture
Beyond the P&L: leading indicators, non-financial performance and dashboards.
06
Week 6
Scenario & Stress Testing
Interrogating base, downside and shock scenarios; sensitivity and reverse stress tests.
07
Week 7
Strategy Court
Live simulation: challenging a management strategy pack in committee.
08
Week 8
Integrated Assessment
Strategic-choice paper, capital-allocation memorandum, scenario examination and integrated simulation.
Assessment Architecture
How you are assessed.
- Strategic-choice paperBoard memorandum — 25%
- Capital-allocation memoFramework and decision — 25%
- Scenario examinationWritten stress test — 20%
- Integrated simulationStrategy court — 30%
Board-Ready Evidence
What you take back to the board.
- ·Strategic-choice paper
- ·Capital-allocation memorandum
- ·Scenario examination
- ·Integrated strategy simulation
Apply for the next cohort.
Admissions are by application and interview. Cohorts are limited.