Gov Buzz brings you the latest governance news and information direct from the Governance Institute of Australia. In each episode we talk with industry experts and inspired thinkers who will give you a greater understanding of good governance and how it affects the world we live in.
In this series, we’re bringing you some of the key highlights from our 2023 International Governance Leadership Conference.
In the first episode, we hear from Julian Birkinshaw, Vice-Dean at London Business School’s Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital. He explores the problem of executive misconduct and governance structures that are needed to build a culture of resilience.
Simon Berglund, Senior Vice President and General Manager at Diligent, chairs this session.
Exciting insights into the world of Nonprofits and Charities on our latest GovBuzz episode! In the first part, we tackle 'A Thorny Issue' as we sit down with a remarkable panel:
Justin Hogg, Managing Director of Common Ground Queensland | Cherylee Treloar, CEO of Footprints Community | Liz Kearins, Chair of Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia
They engage in a thought-provoking discussion about the composition and retention of boards in the NFP and charity sector, expertly guided by our session chair, Sean Rooney, Non-Executive Director of Mclean Care.
In the second part, we are privileged to hear from Helen Stephenson, CEO of the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Her closing address is a deep dive into the challenges that charities in the UK are facing and how their resilience is carrying them through tough times marked by lower donations and volunteerism. Join us in this enlightening conversation about the heart and soul of NFPs and charities.
In this podcast, Dr Genevieve Nelson - Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, of Kokoda Track Foundation, discusses the importance of having a risk management framework in a complex work environment.
In this special episode of GovBuzz, David Evans – Managing Partner, Watermark Search International; Mark Baxter – Co-founder, Australian Association of LGBTIQ+ Board and Executive Inclusion & Linda Scott – Councillor at City of Sydney Council and President of Australian Local Government Association, discuss the findings of the 2023 Board Diversity Index and how boards can do better when it comes to diversity and inclusion.
In this fireside chat, we hear from Darryl Newton, Non-executive Director of ING Bank (Australia), Leah Fricke, Non-executive Director at Colombus Capital and Forager Funds Management & Simon Berglund, Senior Vice President & General Manager (APAC) at Diligent, discuss the changing lens for contemporary boards with Gavin Robertson, founder of Governance Legal.
In this special episode of GovBuzz, David Evans – Managing Partner, Watermark Search International; Mark Baxter – Co-founder, Australian Association of LGBTIQ+ Board and Executive Inclusion & Linda Scott – Councillor at City of Sydney Council and President of Australian Local Government Association, discuss the findings of the 2023 Board Diversity Index and how boards can do better when it comes to diversity and inclusion.
In the third episode of our new podcast series, Robyn Parkin, Head of Sustainability at Ethical Partners Funds Management and Tracey Dodd, researcher at the University of Adelaide and founder and CEO of the advisory firm Sustainable Innovation, discuss building a strategy with full board and executive buy-in and how organisation-wide ownership drives its proper implementation.
In this episode we hear from Lee Sullivan, Chief Risk Officer at Minter Ellison, Phil Grindley, Head of Risk at Wesley Mission and Harry Godber, Non-executive Director at Fintech Australia, to discuss converging economic and geo-political pressures, population growth and the challenges of rising inequality. Kerry McGoldrick, Chair of Governance Institute’s NSW State Council, chairs this session.
This is the first episode of our new Governance Institute podcast series. In this first fireside chat on cybersecurity, Eden Winokur, head of cyber at Hall & Wilcox and Christoph Strizik, Chief Information Security Officer for Origin Energy discuss what they did next in terms of assessing the scale and scope of impact, creating frameworks to classify attacks, assessing risks and delivering a quick response.
In our inaugural episode we hear from Crikey’s Editor-In-Chief Peter Fray, Australian Ethical General Counsel Tom May, and Governance Institute CEO Megan Motto as they drill down into the key findings of Ethics Index 2022, discuss the reasons for this year’s tumble, and outline how organisations can lift levels of trust.
