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Content Type:
Media Release
06 Oct 2010
The 2010 Australian Census of Women in Leadership by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) highlights the need for further action to lift the number of women in line management, executive management and board positions.
While substantial work is needed, up-to-date fig...
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Content Type:
Media Release
01 Sep 2010
Women now make up 10 per cent of the directors of Australia’s top listed companies, the latest figures released by the Australian Institute of Company Directors reveal.
The appointment today of Sam Mostyn to the board of Virgin Blue Limited pushed the percentage of women on ASX 200 boards into...
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Content Type:
Media Release
10 Aug 2010
The number of women being appointed to ASX 200 boards continues to grow, with the proportion of female directors of Australia's top listed companies now close to 10 per cent, the latest figures released by the Australian Institute of Company Directors show.
So far in 2010, 31 women have been ...
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Content Type:
Media Release
29 Jul 2010
The Australian Institute of Company Directors today announced a new scholarship program aimed at helping to lift the representation of women on Australian boards.
Assisted by $200,000 in funding from the Australian Government, the program is intended to be a practical way to help achieve grea...
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Content Type:
Media Release
25 Jun 2010
The number of women being appointed to ASX 200 boards has increased significantly, lifting significantly the proportion of female board members in Australia’s top listed companies, new figures released by the Australian Institute of Company Directors show.
They show that so far in 2010, 24 pe...
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Content Type:
Media Release
22 Apr 2010
Some of Australia’s most senior company chairmen and directors will be involved in a new program aimed at helping to increase the numbers of women on ASX 200 boards, launched today by the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
The ASX 200 Chairmen’s Mentoring Program will involve 56 chairm...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2009
Five directors predict how the role of non-executive directors will change in the next decade.
NEDs of 2020
Catherine Harris AO PSM FAICD
Chairman of Harris Farm Markets. Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Australian Japan Foundation, National Gallery of Australia and the Australian S...
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Content Type:
Media Release
24 Nov 2009
The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) advocates diversity on boards and believes companies should adopt an open approach that aims to select the best possible directors from a diverse range of candidates.Directors should be chosen from a broadly-based candidate pool, possessing approp...
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Content Type:
Media Release
08 May 2008
Reforms in Aboriginal welfare systems were initiated thanks to the involvement of the business sector, Mr Noel Pearson, director of the Cape York Institute told the Australian Institute of Company Director’s Company Directors Conference on the Sunshine Coast today.Mr Pearson said that moves in Cape ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2007
Several experienced and emerging women directors discuss their views on why women are under-represented on Australian company boards with Helen McCombie.
Women on boards: are attitudes changing?
The results of the 2006 Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) Australian Censu...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2006
St James Ethics Centre is currently undertaking a review of the performance of its board. One of the aims is to get an outsider’s opinion on both past board performance and the risks facing the organisation in the future. Kevin Forde outlines how this will happen.
Evaluating a not-for-profi...
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Content Type:
Media Release
13 Nov 2003
Secret to good corporate governance revealed
The secret to good corporate governance revealed
The secret to good corporate governance is a healthy boardroom culture promoting open discussion, the opportunity to challenge, and full disclosure of relevant info...