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Top bankers get together for pro bono venture

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... children in poverty in the developing world. Big names that joined the initiative include businessman and philanthropist David Gonski, former AMP chairman and UBS senior advisor Peter Mason and UBS Australia chief executive Matthew Grounds. Other participants ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... scheduled to speak at Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch in Sydney. In major equities news, ANZ chairman David Gonski and other business leaders are slated to give addresses at a Governance Institute of Australia lunch, also in Sydney. While ...

No clear case for independent trustee quota: Towers Watson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... question the composition of the board." The paper explored definitions of independence, and looked at the views of David Gonski and Roger Urwin, both of whom argued that, while independence was a desirable feature, a mandating a quota was too blunt a ...

Gonski questions concept of board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
Former Future Fund chair David Gonski has questioned whether there is really such a thing as an 'independent' director, arguing that independence is a "state of mind". Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' (AIST) Conference ...

Costello named Future Fund chair

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... Costello, who has been a member of the Future Fund Board since 2009, has been the acting chairman since the departure of David Gonski last month. Before that he was also Australia's longest serving federal Treasurer from 1996 to 2007 and established ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... and Housing Industry Association's performance of construction index for August is released. Future Fund chairman David Gonski is also scheduled to speak about Australia's missed opportunities in Asia at a CEDA event in Melbourne. The market on Thursday ...

Future Fund MD Burgess to step down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... being to facilitate a smooth transition to the new leadership of the Agency. Future Fund Board of Guardians chairman David Gonski thanked him for his role in guiding the Agency and the support he provided to the board during his time with the Fund. "Mark ...

Gonski urges Australia to look long-term

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... focused on short-term results and must find ways to focus on and promote long-term success for investors, according to David Gonski. The chair of the Future Fund board of guardians said the investment community, and Australian business more generally ...

Give super fund directors more time: Gonski

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
Future Fund chairman David Gonski is diametrically opposed to frequent re-election of superannuation fund directors. Instead he says that board members' tenures should be structured as three terms of three years or two terms of five years. "Annual re-elections ...

Gonski calls for NFP director liability review

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... profit organisations should be of prime concern for the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), David Gonski told an industry event yesterday. Speaking at Philanthropy Australia's annual conference yesterday, Gonski described the ...