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Content Type:
Media Release
15 Feb 2011
Abstract:
Four leading organisations, among them some of Australia’s largest employers, are partnering with the Australian Institute of Company Directors in a new corporate leadership program, which aims to prepare senior executives for directorship roles and assist in building a diverse talent...
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Content Type:
Media Release
24 Nov 2010
There has been a significant increase in the number of women appointed to ASX 200 listed boards in 2010 – indicating that initiatives taken by the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the ASX Corporate Governance Council and other organisations are starting to have an effect.
A year ago,...
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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 Feb 2010
John Barrington
discusses how a “Breakthrough” board can be developed to create strategic advantage.
The Breakthrough board
Three Ts of the “Breakthrough” board
Tone from the top: The chairman promotes and lives the strategic perspective
Take the time: The board builds the agenda...
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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 Mar 2008
Letters to the Editor
I was startled to read the article No compromise on values in your February edition, which is an edited extract of a speech given by Fiona Harris.
It is hard to believe that in 2008 there is advocacy anywhere for the ‘Old Boys Club’. And worse, that it is suggested such inbree...
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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 Jun 2006
Lynn Ralph and Alan Cameron of Cameron Ralph Pty Ltd outline some of the strengths and weaknesses of boards formed by selecting representatives from an organisation’s constituencies.
The challenges of a representational board
One aspect of the recent Oil for Food events, which led to the Cole ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jan 2006
A fraction too much friction
A lot can be said for the productivity and results generated by healthy board bonding. So how do you create an environment of unity around the table – without eroding the independent views of directors? Helen McCombie writes.
There can be no greater example of boa...
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Content Type:
Media Release
27 Jul 2005
Sydney, 27 July 2005: Australia has a very low incidence of multiple directorships, according to a study conducted by Competitive Dynamics for the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), released today.The study, "Too many directorships?", reveals directors across ASX-listed companies hold...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2004
A board, like a house, needs solid foundations, but the evidence coming out of some of the recent boardroom problems such as the NAB suggest that some of these foundations are not well understood. Richard Leblanc* makes some suggestions on building a better board Building a better board
A board, li...
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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...
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Content Type:
Position Paper
28 Aug 2000
DATE: 28 August 2000
OPENING THE BOARDROOM DOORBy Ian Dunlop*Chief Executive OfficerAustralian Institute of Company Directors The Chief Scientist's discussion paper on our scientific capability, The Chance to Change, released last week is a long overdue reminder of the need for Australia to focus o...