End of year Company Secretaries Briefing – VIC
End of year Company Secretaries Briefing - VIC
At the end of a momentous year for governance, we invite you to join us for a reflection on the year that has been and a look at what lies ahead for company secretaries as they prepare for 2025.
The role of the company secretary in orchestrating effective board agendas and functions have never been more critical as board responsibilities and the governance landscape continue to become more complex and crowded.
• What were the challenges in the past year?
• What were the implications for the has the company secretary’s task?
• What are some of the critical areas for focus that will be central to the 2025 agenda?
• What will be the anchor for effective board meetings?
What is in it for you?
In this end of year briefing our speakers will consider:
• 2024 a reflection on the year that was
• Putting in place a plan for 2025
• Engaging your board to discuss what is required of them - goals, upcoming changes and roadmap
• Developing the board annual calendar for consistent and impactful board function
• Crafting the board agenda - working with the c-suite and chair on the strategic and contextual governance matters for the agenda
• Sharpening the focus of board papers and minutes
• Upcoming changes for compliance and reporting requirements
• Risk, culture and stakeholder engagement and interests
• Mandatory climate-related financial reporting
Learning aims and objectives:
Hear from leading company secretaries and join your peers from across sectors to share a timely reflection on the challenges from last year that provide an opportunity for thoughtful planning and function for 2025. Because preparation is key.
Speakers highlights:
Julie Garland McLellan FGIA, CEO, The Director's Dilemma
As an experienced board director with current directorships, an international expert on corporate governance, and a corporate governance advisor to mid and small-cap boards, Julie champions the cause of directors required to shoulder enormous responsibility with limited resources.
Julie uses her real-life experience and deep knowledge of corporate governance to show boards with limited resources how to be more effective through practical governance innovation and know-how.
Julie has over 20 years’ experience presenting director education and has worked with leading institutions such as The Governance Institute of Australia.
Tom May FGIA, Company Secretary, UniSuper
Tom is an experienced Company Secretary with listed company and superannuation fund experience. He has also practiced corporate and financial services law for more than 30 years in Australia, the UK and Japan. He has come to 2 realisations Firstly, time flows very, very fast. Secondly, if you want good governance ask the question that you don’t want to ask now otherwise you will have to ask it later after it has caused you grief.
Who should attend?
Business leaders and managers cannot afford to miss this update, including:
• Directors
• C-Suite
• CoSecs, General Counsels, Heads of Secretariat and Governance
• CROs, Risk Managers and Head of Internal Audit
• Governance and risk consultants and advisors
The forum is relevant for all sectors including listed, non-listed, government and not-for-profit.
