Pathways to membership

This membership is suitable for early career practitioners and members who are primarily interested in full access to practical benefits like membership discounts and resources.

Affiliated members are entitled to use the postnominals GIA(Affiliated) and receive access to all our membership benefits.

All certificates below provide a pathway to Affiliated membership.

Certificate in Governance Practice

Certificate in Governance and Risk Management

Certificate in Governance for Not-For-Profits

Certificate in Company Secretary Essentials

Effective Director Course

Completion of any 3 postgraduate subjects

Completion of any Governance Institute postgraduate certificate or diploma (if you’ve completed postgraduate study we would recommend apply for Associate or Fellow membership).

If you’ve completed tertiary or TAFE level qualifications in a related field (related could include, but is not limited to the list below):

Business

Law

Administration

Accounting and finance
Commerce, actuarial studies, and economics

Risk management

Corporate governance and risk management

MBA or Executive-MBA

You’re eligible to enter as an Affiliated member. If you have tertiary qualification and worked for 6+ years in governance or risk you may want to consider Associate or Fellow membership

The calendar year fees for 2024 are $505. Check the prorata fee rates here.

This membership is suitable for mid-career practitioners and consultants who would like to showcase governance or risk experience.

Associate members are entitled to use postnominals AGIA and receive access to all our membership benefits.

This membership is suitable for senior practitioners, CEOs and senior management, consultants and non-executive directors.

Fellow members are entitled to use the postnominals FGIA and receive access to all our membership benefits. In addition, Fellow members may receive invitations to roundtables, may be eligible to apply for board or committee positions with Governance Institute.

Completion of the postgraduate courses below will provide a pathway to Associate or Fellow membership:

New courses
Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance and Risk Management
Graduate Certificate of Applied Corporate Governance and Risk Management

Former courses
Graduate Certificate of Applied Risk Management
Graduate Diploma of Applied Risk Management for Corporate Management
Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance

Completing tertiary qualifications in fields related to governance or risk management provides a pathway to Associate or Fellow Membership:

Business
Law
Administration
Accounting and finance
Commerce, actuarial studies, and economics
Risk management
Corporate governance and risk management
MBA or Executive-MBA

You will need to demonstrate a minimum of six years experience in governance or risk management fields. This can include (but isn’t limited to):

non-executive directorships
audit and compliance experience
governance or risk framework development
company secretary experience
Fellow membership may be awarded:

for Governance Institute graduates if you have 8+ years of experience
for professional entry applicants if you have 10+ years of experience
Where the six year experience threshold isn’t met you will automatically be eligible for Affiliated membership instead and may advance to Associate membership once the requirement is met.

You may be eligible to become an Affiliated member of The Chartered Governance Institute if you have:

completed the Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance and Risk Management
OR
you have a minimum of two years’ experience in governance or risk management fields AND hold a professional or pre-professional qualification in a related discipline (e.g. tertiary qualification).
Members are entitled to use the postnominals CG(Affiliated) but are not entitled to use any chartered designation. For full information on Affiliated rights under The Chartered Governance Institute please read the Charter.

To become an Associate member of The Chartered Governance Institute, you need to complete the new Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance and Risk Management or the former Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance

You will need to demonstrate a minimum of three years’ experience in governance or risk management fields. This can include (but isn’t limited to):

non-executive directorships
audit and compliance experience
governance or risk framework development
company secretary experience
If you become a member, you will be entitled to use the postnominals ACG and use the Chartered designation as per their qualifying program:

Chartered Governance Professional
Chartered Secretary

To become a Fellow member of The Chartered Governance Institute, you will need to complete the new Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance and Risk Management or the former Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance provides a pathway to Fellow membership.

You will need to demonstrate a minimum of five years’ experience in governance or risk management fields. This can include (but isn’t limited to):

Non-executive directorships
audit and compliance experience
governance or risk framework development
company secretary experience
If you become a member, you will be entitled to use the postnominals FCG and are entitled to use Chartered designations as per their qualifying program:

Chartered Governance Professional
Chartered Secretary