Succeed as a modern board member
Board & Governance programs
Succeed as a modern board member
Gain the essential skills of a modern board member
With executive leadership overstretched, boards are, more than ever, essential to corporate success. As businesses navigate through unprecedented change and complexity, boards find themselves at the forefront, tasked with addressing emerging risks and complexities that demand advanced governance skills.
Our comprehensive board offering is designed to help you meet these challenges. Powered by the research and thought leadership of the IMD Global Board Center, our program portfolio, including two board diplomas and a board certificate, equips both aspiring and experienced board members with the insights and tools to drive lasting impact.
Are you ready to embark on your journey towards board excellence?
Structured pathways that certify your governance expertise, whether you are an experienced director looking to strengthen your board impact or preparing for your first mandate.
Two programs at the heart of our diploma pathways. One on campus for experienced directors looking to enhance their board effectiveness, one online for those preparing for their first mandate. Both can also be taken as standalone programs.
A series of 2-day on-campus programs covering the governance topics that matter most in today’s boardroom. Each can be taken independently or as part of a diploma pathway.
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Programs co-developed with carefully selected partners, each chosen for the complementary, highly specific expertise they bring to our core focus on board governance.
Map out your journey
Browse our 2026-2027 board program calendar, and start tailoring your learning journey today.
Experience IMD for yourself
Join a complementary masterclass of information session and dive into topics such as leadership, AI, strategy, and more. You’ll discover more about how we teach and explore our executive programs along the way. See all upcoming IMD events.
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 stories from board leaders who share their learning experience with IMD’s board programs and diplomas, and how it translates into real-world board impact.
“Governance has become the key driver of performance for many organizations.”
Learn more about governance at IMD, as Didier Cossin, Professor of Governance and Finance and Founder of the IMD Global Board Center, expands on how governance is a make or break in these times of transformations.
When learning translates into boardroom success
98% of our 2025 board program participants stated:
I gained fresh knowledge and insights.
I gained practical tools and ideas.
Using what I learned will improve my performance
I picked up ideas from other participants and/or enhanced my professional network
