On the side of advisory projects, the Yemeni Institute of Directors implemented the governance project of Bilquis Drug Stores. on October 19-21, 2023, after the company submitted a request to the Institute to implement one of the advisory services, which is diagnosing governance practices, through which the company will be able to know where it is now? And where is the position you want to reach? In essence, they are two questions: “Where are we?” And “Where do we want to be? As it enables it to measure best practices in various key dimensions of governance and to develop a plan to improve the performance of the company’s governance internally, the project went through several stages as follows:
• The Institute’s advisory team obtained several basic files on the company.
• Coordination to attend two workshops that included specialists from the company on the Board of Directors in addition to a number of the company’s employees, during which a diagnostic session was carried out in the presence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a member of the Board of Directors (General Manager), a member of the Board of Directors (Director of Sales and Branches), a member of the Board of Directors ( Non-executive), two executive members participating in the Council, representing the executive management (Financial and Administrative Director – Accounts Manager – Human Resources Officer – Aden Branch Manager and Factory Supervisor – Assistant Director of the Care Sector – Director of the Arab Sector – Director of the European Sector – Director of the Health Care Sector – Director of the Nutrition Sector)
• Unpacking and analyzing the data of the diagnostic tool for governance practices within the company.
• Read and interpret information to conclude.
• Preparing a report on the results of the diagnosis that includes recommendations for improvement, which will form an action plan for governance applications in the coming stages.