Search Results

Showing 101 - 110 of 166 results for %22Governance Institute of Australia%22

AIST appoints Eva Scheerlinck as acting chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Eva Scheerlinck as acting CEO. Eva Scheerlinck, acting CEO, AIST Scheerlinck is currently AIST's executive manager, governance and stewardship, a role she has held since 2010. She will commence in her new role as acting CEO on March 10, 2017, when current ...

AICD calls for stronger corporate whistle-blower protections

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... compensate whistle-blowers if they are victimised or penalised." The ultimate aim of the reforms should be to improve good governance and increase the likelihood that directors will be provided with information of corporate wrongdoing, Petschler said ...

Australian Shareholders' Association hires Judith Fox

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Shareholders' Association (ASA) has hired Judith Fox as chief executive officer. Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute Fox will join ASA on 27 February. She comes to ASA From the Governance Institute of Australia, where she was national ...

Women comprise 25% of ASX200 board positions: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... done on gender diversity, the more complex I have found the issue to be," said Karin Halliday, AMP Capital corporate governance manager. "One problem is we've been talking about gender diversity for so long that we're becoming dulled to the issue. Despite ...

ANZ appoints Katharine Tapley head of sustainable finance solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... partnership sees AWA focus on "knowledge sharing, capacity building, trade and investment initiatives and strengthening governance arrangements" in Vietnam, India and Indonesia. ANZ is providing financial support to AWA for the rolling out of its programs ...

Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership to offer director program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... programs are three days long. "The [NED course] is meant to consider, from the board point of view, the issues and governance plays that boards look at from an oversight position. We've got the board level [course], which looks at oversight, the management ...

Companies, CEOs, chairs seen as unethical: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... and politicians at every level of government as unethical, according to a new Ethics Index released by the Governance Institute of Australia. Steven Burrell, chief executive, The Governance Institute The Governance Institute's first Ethics Index found ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... unknown, but will most likely feature an array of senators across the political spectrum. Professionals from the Governance Institute of Australia, the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), the Climate Institute and Impact Investing Australia ...

ACCR highlights lack of transparency in political donations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... discussing the issue of how companies approach political donations as a governance issue. Earlier this year, the Governance Institute issued a corporate governance guide, outlining issues that company boards should consider if they are considering making ...

Research project to explore evidence-based whistleblowing reforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... whistleblowing, according to the leaders of a multi-stakeholder research project. Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute Researchers from Griffith University, Australian National University, University of Sydney and Victoria University of ...