Your trusted partner in shaping high-performing boards for a changing world
Board programs
Your trusted partner in shaping high-performing boards for a changing world
IMD board programs: Research-based excellence
The IMD Board Center works with boards around the world to understand what truly drives effective governance. Through research, advisory work, and close collaboration with leaders like you, we’ve seen the realities of today’s boardrooms – complex decisions, competing stakeholders, and a fast-changing governance landscape.
This isn’t textbook theory. It’s practical expertise, shaped by real challenges and delivered in formats that fit your needs:
- A wide portfolio of open programs addressing tomorrow’s boardroom challenges
- Two board diploma pathways offering flexible routes to recognized excellence: the IMD Board Readiness Diploma, designed for aspiring board members, and the IMD Board Director Diploma, tailored for seasoned and experienced directors.
- A Certificate in Board Governance (CAS) supporting board-ready leaders in Switzerland and Europe with an accredited qualification.
- Custom solutions designed for your specific context
Vice-Chair Board of Directors, Vontobel Swiss Financial Advisers AG, Switzerland
IMD’s board education is a strong credential to evidence good board governance skills that drive impact. It honed my governance experience and skill set and broadened my perspective. I now have a better awareness of blind spots and the actions I can take to work on them.
Executive Chairman, Thejo Engineering Limited, India
The different programs have empowered me to make real use of the learnings around board processes, team dynamics and managing politics. With global participants and targeted learning, IMD shows you what is truly achievable for your board.
Global Chief Human Resources Officer, Louis Dreyfus Company, Singapore
As a board member you need to stay on your toes and keep learning. With IMD, I grew as a board member in terms of professional knowledge, with a new way of looking at things and the capacity to ask the right questions around a business plan.
Founder & Deputy CEO, Arctica Finance, Iceland
IMD enlightened me on how exemplary boards function and helped me find my role and balance on boards in order to make a real contribution.
Head of HR, A.P. Møller Holding
Board Member at Maersk Tankers and ZeroNorth, Denmark
Being challenged in a safe place really shifts how we see things. Gathering best practices and having that IMD quality assurance is of immense value I’ve become aware of models and ways of looking at problems that I simply did not know before.
Discover how past participants from our board programs and diplomas have translated their learning into new board appointments, and measurable boardroom impact.
