Track your development with DPD units

Members (MAICD), Graduates (GAICD) and Fellows (FAICD) are required to log 60 DPD units over a rolling 3-year cycle.

Affiliates (AAICD), Life Fellows (FAICDLife) and retired members are not required to log DPD units.

Formal activities from the AICD and other organisations of appropriate professional standing, plus informal learning—such as briefings, reading, practical application and reflection—are all awarded DPD units.

AICD activities are automatically added to your online account. Add any other activity via the member portal, including the activity type and provider, which Framework quadrant it relates to and how many DPD units it’s worth.

To ensure all members are fulfilling their DPD requirements, the AICD audits different members each month. For this purpose, make sure you retain any documentation (e.g. certificate of completion) you receive from any external activities.

Our calendar of flagship courses, short courses and programs covers various areas of governance and stages of directorship.

Live and/or recorded, our webinars are an efficient way to fuel your knowledge on current governance issues.

Events are a great way to earn DPD units while gaining unrivalled insights, making new connections and nurturing existing ones.

Fuel your knowledge by reading journals, magazines and books, or by joining discussions in the AICD’s LinkedIn member groups and sub-groups.

Earn DPD units for writing articles, delivering presentations, being interviewed for our magazine or podcasts, or being appointed to an AICD professional committee.

We allocate DPD units for experiences where you’ve intentionally sought the input, knowledge or guidance of other directors as a way of improving your boardroom decision-making and performance.

We recognise that self-reflection also counts as deeper learning, specifically one that considers the underlying values, assumptions, areas of potential bias, and concerns about a situation and identifies areas for improvement.