Having a healthy dynamic with your board is paramount for effective governance. It ensures strategies are implemented, your organisation has direction and can tackle any challenge that may arise.
We invite you to join us for a webinar discussing the relationship between the board and the executive team. How do you get it right?
We will unpack the complex relationship between chair, CEO and company secretary – how do you get it right? How do you get the board and executive team working together seamlessly? And how does this ensure that your board is informed, fit for purpose and able to deliver value to the organisation?
What is in it for you:
This webinar will explore
- What are the emerging trends and landscape that boards will navigate in 2025
- Board composition, purpose and role
- Leadership, dynamics and governance process
- Right priorities and adding value
Learning aims and objectives:
- Understand how having the right people in the board positions will set up an organisation for success
- What are the big issues for the 2025 board landscape
- How to ensure a board is fit for purpose
- Discover strategies to upskill and prepare the board for the year ahead
Speaker Highlights:
Nicholas Barnett, Executive Chair, Board Benchmarking
Nicholas (Nick) founded Board Benchmarking and has over 35 years of experience as a governance expert, director, business leader, and consultant. He is the Executive Chair of Board Benchmarking and Insync. He is also Chair of Pro Purpose and was previously Chair of Ansvar Insurance, First Samuel, and Ambit Group. He has served as a director of Mission Australia and Stillwell Motor Group. Previously a partner at KPMG Australia, he is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD).
Nick has conducted more than 200 board reviews, spanning a diverse range of organisations from Dexus, GrainCorp and HESTA to Snowy Hydro, World Vision and Red Hill Football Netball Club. He is an accomplished author, speaker, and media commentator on governance, organisational culture, and gender diversity. He has authored numerous articles and three books on leadership, culture, engagement, and transformational change. He was also recently the primary author of Benchmarking board performance: 500 board reviews later and Golf Club Governance in Australia: 4 steps to better outcomes.
Here are the names of some other public sector boards – City Renewal Authority (ACT), Dental Health Services Victoria, Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Homes Victoria, Judicial Commission of Victoria, Royal Children’s Hospital, Suburban Land Agency (ACT), Zoos Victoria and numerous universities, hospitals and health networks.
Cheryl Hayman, FAICD, Non Executive Director
Cheryl Hayman is a broad business leader with proven boardroom capability having been a listed company non-executive director in a career spanning multiple sectors, geographies and industries, for more than 15 years.
Cheryl portfolio currently includes non-executive director on listed Boards, Silk Logistics Holdings Ltd (ASX:SLH) and Ai Media Technologies Ltd (ASX:AIM). She also serves on the private company board of HJ Langdon & Co. and the board of Guide Dogs NSW/ACT.
Cheryl is the Remuneration and Nomination Committee Chair on all of her Boards, and a member of the Finance, Audit and Risk Committees.
Passionate about sustainability, and now experienced in technology and keen on AI, Cheryl is focussed on ensuring her knowledge continues to grow and she continues to contribute effectively on her boards.
Prior to entering the Boardroom, Cheryl was a C-Suite marketing director who led large teams locally and overseas to achieve significant growth and develop innovative new products with global food and consumer retail companies, George Weston Foods, Yum! Restaurants and Unilever.
Outside of the boardroom Cheryl is a Member CEW (including Policy and Engagement Committee) and Women on Boards. She is a committed and passionate mentor and currently contributes as a mentor for Mentor Walks, Women on Boards, Minerva Network and The Marketing Academy.
She is passionate about lifelong learning and the need for all directors to remain contemporary and future fit in their service to their companies.
Who should attend:
Essential for all personas and job titles to attend:
- CEO or C-Suite
- Non-Executive Directors
- General and Senior Managers
- Governance and Risk Management Professionals
- Government and Public Sector Professionals
- Not-for-Profit Organisations
- Non-Government Organisations
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