“Board Committees: Directors Guide for Effectiveness” is a five chaptered book that highlights the importance of board committees; their duties, composition, structure, and powers.

The book with the foreword by the Board Chairman of One Financial Services, Egbert Imomoh, KSM, KSG, CON, introduces the notion of board committees and the effectiveness of directors and the board as a group. It is a guide to making boards in companies of different spheres of operation, understand their responsibilities, and carry them out efficiently, with more focus on the boards’ leadership and effectiveness.

The chapter one of the book deliberates on the composition, qualification, and structure, and as well examines the ethics and regulations guiding the general conduct and operations of board committees. The chapter two discusses the role of the Nigerian code of corporate governance (NCCG) 2018 in ensuring the effectiveness of board committees in comparison with peculiar codes in other jurisdictions. Chapter three highlights the role of the board of directors in guaranteeing the optimal functioning and effectiveness of board committees whilst examining the dangers posed by conflict of interests to this effectiveness. The fourth chapter discusses the role of board committees in ensuring organizational sustainability. And the fifth chapter then proposes solutions for advancing Board committees.