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  • General Duties of Directors

    Content Type: Director Q and A

    31 Jan 2013

    Directors govern companies on behalf of the shareholder who elect them. All directors must comply with basic legal requirements under the Corporations Act 2001 which specifies four main duties for directors with a number of other areas of key responsibility. This Q&A runs through the role of dir...

  • Role of Non Executive Directors

    Content Type: Director Q and A

    31 Jan 2013

    A non-executive director is a one who is not employed by the organisation in an executive capacity. All directors, whether executive or non-executive, must comply with basic legal requirements under the Corporations Act 2001. This Q&A describes the role of the non executive director and how they...

  • Checks and balances for NEDs

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2012

    Two prominent overseas chairmen talk to Zilla Efrat about how they vet information from management and foster better debate around the boardroom table. Two highly experienced foreign company chairmen recently visited Australia to participate in the Australian Institute of Company Director...

  • Questions for uncertain times

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2012

    Shaun Fraser and Jamie Irving identify some questions boards should be asking to assess whether they have an effective framework in place to tackle the current volatile and risky business environment. Australian Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) operate in an increasingly difficult and risk...

  • Overcoming the "expectation gap" critical to improving corporate performance and accountability

    Content Type: Media Release

    23 Feb 2012

    The "expectation gap" – the difference between what the community expects from non-executive directors and how directors realistically perform their roles - is impeding corporate performance and impacting our national economic competitiveness. These are the findings of a new White Paper, 'Mind the E...

  • In the cross-hairs

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2012

    John M Green provides a reality check to remind you of some of the hurdles directors face. Visualise a bunny. Not just any bunny, but one in the cross-hairs of a rifle that’s already cocked. That bunny is you, by the way: a non-executive director (NED). So when people tell me they wan...

  • Mind the expectation gap

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2012

    Steven Cole is the author of a white paper, Mind the Expectation Gap, which canvasses the reasons why an “expectation gap” has arisen between what directors do and what the public and law expect from them. Non-executive directors (NEDs) play a vital role in the prudential governance of cor...