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Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... environmental, social and governance considerations are high on the board's agenda. Darroch told a recent Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees thought leadership event that corporate culture is a persistent theme in these conversations. ...

Philanthropic foundation names new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... of the Future2 Foundation to play her part in advancing its vision," he said. Churcher is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the FPA. She was general manager of ipac South Australia until July 2017. More than $1 million has ...

Super funds cop governance grilling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... trusted to do the 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 ...

Super fund chair appointed to NSW Generations Fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... was J.P. 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 ...

NSW Treasury appoints productivity commissioner

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... red tape and make NSW 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 ...

WA Super names advice GM

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... education, the client 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 ...

"Collegiality" hinders appointments of female executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... chairs and 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 ...

More female clients requires more female advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... urging all companies 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 ...

New Year, new chair at industry fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... corporate governance 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' ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Wage Price Index' report for the June quarter confirmed what we, Australians all, already know...wages growth remains sluggish. Even market consensus got it on point. Growth in total wages stood still at a ...