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Super funds cop governance grilling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... right thing" and protect the retirement savings of Australians. Preceding the hearings, Australian Institute of Company Directors managing director and chief executive Angus Armour says it was clear poor governance practices had existed within both retail ...

Super fund chair appointed to NSW Generations Fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... Morgan's chief economist for more than a decade. Most recently, he was a chief economist at Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). The NSW government's creation of a chief economist role comes at the heels of its May 14 creation of ...

NSW Treasury appoints productivity commissioner

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... the easiest place to do business." Achterstraat is also the current president of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (NSW Division) and was the NSW Auditor-General from 2006 to 2013. He has held numerous other senior positions in the public ...

WA Super names advice GM

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... contact centre, business development and product and marketing. He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a member of the Funds Executive Association. Last year, WA Super merged with Concept One to form a $3.2 billion super ...

"Collegiality" hinders appointments of female executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... non-executive directors who had an insight into the evolution of board succession practices. The Australian Institute of Company Directors' ASX 200 directors were also invited to participate in an online survey. An experienced board evaluation consultant ...

More female clients requires more female advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... to articulate clear targets and timeframes for achieving them. New research from the Australian Institute of Company Directors shows the percentage of women appointed to boards has spiked already this year, with women accounting for 47% of ASX200 board ...

New Year, new chair at industry fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... adviser Sonya Beyers. Beyers is a solicitor, member and accredited facilitator of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She also sits on the boards of Horizon Housing Company and The Forde Foundation trust fund. Beyers' wealth of corporate governance ...

Labor fights phoenix fraud

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... reforms bring Labor in line with continued calls from the Productivity Commission, the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Senate Economics References Committee, the Phoenix Research Team and the Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround ...

Gender diversity drives Australia's mid-market companies

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... ASX 300+ organisations need to ensure their boards represent greater diversity." The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) has called for all boards in the ASX 200 to ensure that 30% of their directors are female by 2018, a target which the ...

BT strategist joins growth fund board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... funds management and advice industries. He is a chartered accountant and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Freeman has been with BTFG for more than 27 years, holding senior ...