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Content Type:
Director Q and A
31 Jan 2013
A board needs to have a broad mix of skills and experience to be effective. The key goal in selecting directors is to build a mix that can work as a well-rounded team in fulfilling its duties and responsibilities. A formal and transparent procedure for the selection, appointment and re-appointment o...
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Content Type:
Guide
30 Jun 2012
Suggestions to help design audit, nomination, remuneration and risk committee charters.
Suggestions to help you design an audit, remuneration, or nomination committee charter:
Audit committee charter (updated): Audit committees play an essential role in board governance. This...
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Content Type:
Media Release
08 Mar 2011
Abstract:
Legislated quotas are not the way forward in improving the representation of women on Australian boards.
New requirements introduced by the ASX Corporate Governance Council, and programs introduced by the Australian Institute of Company Directors and other business groups to encoura...
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Content Type:
Director Q and A
04 Jan 2011
The boards of larger organisations often establish committees of directors to deal with complex or specialised issues and to use directors’ time more efficiently. Committees make recommendations for action to the full board, which retains collective responsibility for decision making. This Q&A d...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2010
John Colvin
reports on how the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ efforts in the areas of gender diversity and corporate reporting reform are paying off.
Bearing some fruit
It is always satisfying when the hard work put into policy leadership and advocacy by the Australian In...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
Former BHP Billiton chairman Don Argus AC FAICD discussed director nominations at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors’ annual conference in Melbourne in May. Here is an edited extract of what he had to say.
On choosing directors
Ov...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
A new breed of boards is likely to emerge as part of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s plan to reform the nation’s healthcare system.
Domini Stuart
gains some insights into how they could be created.
Building healthy boards
Challenges of sitting on a hospital board may include
A complex ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
The
ASX 200 Chairmen’s Mentoring Program
kicked into action last month. We asked some mentees what they most hoped to achieve from it.
Getting on board
About the program
The Australian Institute of Company Directors’ ASX 200Chairmen’s Mentoring Program aims to have an immediate ...
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Content Type:
General
01 Jun 2010
Alexandra Moule
and
Timothy Stutt
provide three steps that could help boost diversity at board and senior executive levels.
Beyond the usual suspects
Three steps to boost board and senior executive diversity
Broaden your horizons: By considering the existing board mem...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2010
Towards making a difference
One of the important roles of the Australian Institute of Company Directors is its contribution to major public policy debates. While you may be familiar with our work on issues such as director liability and executive remuneration, we are also active in other areas.
One...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2010
John M Green
suggests a simple way to boost the numbers of directors contributing to the charity sector.
Cap in hand
According to the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ landmark study on the not-for-profit (NFP) sector, 60 per cent of directors sit on NFP boards. But 40 per c...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2010
ASX 200 boards trail on gender diversity
Female directors make up at least 20 per cent of most boards in Australia, but not the boards of the top 200 companies on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), where they account for just 8.7 per cent of directors.
That’s the finding of Women on Boards’ ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2010
Tony Featherstone
explains why more boards will renew and refresh their director line-up this year.
Towards boardroom renewal
The coming year could be one of great change for Australian boards. The convergence of key trends in 2010 will see more listed companies renew and refresh ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2010
Is a school board right for you?
Domini Stuart
investigates the ABCs of venturing back into the school yard.
Back to school
Joining a school board
The legal duties can be the same as other boards
Running schools can be extremely complex
Financials are always very tight
Due...
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Content Type:
Media Release
07 Dec 2009
New corporate governance guidelines aimed at encouraging greater diversity on boards and in senior management, announced today by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), were a welcome development, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).The proposed expansion of the ASX ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2009
AICD launches a new service to help directors find board positions.
Directorship opportunities
A new service to assist directors in finding their first board position or in expanding their portfolio of directorships has been launched by AICD.
Called Directorship Opport...
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Content Type:
Media Release
18 Nov 2009
A new service to assist directors find their first board position or to expand their portfolio of directorships has been launched this week by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Called Directorship Opportunities, the new service is open exclusively to around 25,000 individual AICD...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2009
Younger directors are our future.
Domini Stuart
reports on the pros and cons of having emerging directors on your board and provides some tips on how would-be directors can get started.
Tapping into the fountain of youth
Having emerging directors on your board
Younger directors:
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2009
The times they are a-changin’ and with them, so are the skills your CEO may need.
Giles Parkinson
examines the new phenomena at work in the CEO market.
Is your CEO right for the times?
Nobody in the corporate world needs to be reminded that these are challenging times. Economies ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2009
Are you embracing the 21st century ways of networking?
Anne Lampe
and
Zilla Efrat
found out how, and if, directors are expanding their contacts via the internet – and picked up some tips on getting the best out of online networking.
The pros and cons of network...