Ydf-Iod Nigeria

The IoD Nigeria’s Young Directors Forum (YDF) is primarily an assemblage of directors who are young in age and in experience on the board. This could cut across the SMEs, quoted companies and unlisted private companies. The forum will capture directors that are young across companies in all sectors. Under YDF, these young directors are brought together for capacity development and mentorship, with the aim of giving them the right tutelage to grow their leadership experience, exposure and corporate governance skills, culture, practices, as well as standards. Speakers and discussant at the Forum, carefully selected, are a mix of successful and experienced directors of small and big companies. Also, the speakers’ age reflect a generational mix of old and young corporates board members as well as successful entrepreneurs. Being a Forum for young directors, the proportion of speakers are deliberately skewed in favour of successful young directors who have excelled in their professional fields and in the boardroom. The Young Directors Forum (YDF) therefore is a network of young, talented and up-coming board leaders who serve as executive or non-executive directors in small and big firms across sectors of the Nigerian economy. These young directors are keen knowledge seekers who are interested in taking advantage of the IoD Nigeria platform to build capacities in corporate governance skills, practices, as well as taking advantage of access to free mentorship services, while creating strong peer networks that add value in the course of discharging their roles and responsibilities as directors. Ultimately, they are groomed to become IoD Chartered Directors who give back to the society by mentoring others and supporting the growth of IoD Nigeria.