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Mark Banicevich interviews a series of experts about governance, including company directors, lawyers, executive managers, and governance consultants. He asks a range of questions, with some different questions for each interviewee, and some common questions about the nature of governance, for-profit compared to not-for-profit, and New Zealand governance compared to foreign approaches.
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Governance Bites #29: professionalism in directors, featuring Dr Denis Mowbray.
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Send us a Text Message. Dr Denis Mowbray is one of few people in New Zealand with a PhD in Governance. He has sat on and chaired numerous for-profit and not-for-profit boards. He is President and Chair of Governance New Zealand, has taught governance and strategy at Auckland University of Technology, and chaired boards including Gymnastics New Zeal…
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Governance Bites #28: the journey to an advisory board, featuring Russell Hutchinson.
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Send us a Text Message. Russell Hutchinson is a director of Chatswood Consulting, a firm that provides consulting services to the life and health insurance industry in New Zealand, and Quality Product Research, a firm that provides life and health insurance product research to financial advisers. Russell is experienced at senior and executive manag…
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Governance Bites #27: board subcommittees, featuring Phil Doak.
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Send us a Text Message. Phil Doak is an experienced executive, executive director, and director, particularly in the financial services industry. He is a partner at Mosaic Financial Services Infrastructure, and a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors. In this conversation, Mark asks Phil about board subcommittees (particularly the Audit an…
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Governance Bites #26: how the board manages risk, featuring Phil Doak.
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Send us a Text Message. Phil Doak is an experienced executive, executive director, and director, particularly in the financial services industry. He is a partner at Mosaic Financial Services Infrastructure, and a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors. Mark Banicevich asks Phil about how a board manages risk, and Phil talks about an entity'…
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Governance Bites #25: other director duties, featuring Nick Summerfield.
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Send us a Text Message. Nick Summerfield is Partner and Head of Banking, Financial Services and Insolvency at Anthony Harper. Nick advises on all areas of financial services law including investment funds, insurance, capital markets, financial advice, and financial service provider regulation. He also supports clients with regulatory reform and dea…
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Governance Bites #24: the duty to act in the company's best interests, featuring Nick Summerfield.
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Send us a Text Message. Nick Summerfield is Partner and Head of Banking, Financial Services and Insolvency at Anthony Harper. Nick advises on all areas of financial services law including investment funds, insurance, capital markets, financial advice, and financial service provider regulation. He also supports clients with regulatory reform and dea…
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Governance Bites #23: differing governance in large and small entities, featuring David Whyte.
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Send us a Text Message. David Whyte, known in the NZ financial services industry as The Laird, is a very experienced financial services company director. Prior to his governance career, he was Managing Director of AIA Australia. David has experience on boards of large and small companies, as well as not-for-profits. Within his portfolio of governac…
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Governance Bites #22: succession planning for directors, featuring Mel Hewitson.
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Send us a Text Message. Mel Hewitson is a professional director, and a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. She holds a portfolio of independent director roles, including Fidelity Life, Southern Cross Health Insurance, Simplicity, the Domain Name Commission and Whai Maia (a company owned by Ngati Whatua Orakei). She is also a trustee of Founda…
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Governance Bites #21: managing risk in not-for-profits, featuring David Boyle.
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Send us a Text Message. David Boyle is one of the best-known personalities in financial services in New Zealand. He is an experienced executive who is passionate about financial literacy in New Zealand consumers, particularly investment literacy. He is also passionate about music, which led him to his first governance roles. He now has governance e…
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Governance Bites #20: governance for small enterprises, featuring Melanie Purdey.
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Send us a Text Message. Melanie Purdey is an experienced CEO with extensive experience across the financial services industry. She is presently Head of Governance at Compliance Refinery, and (among other things) helps principals of financial advice businesses understand good business governance through training, sitting on advisory boards, and comp…
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Governance Bites #19: the tension between governance and innovation, featuring Don Allerston.
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Send us a Text Message. Don Allerston is an experienced executive manager with a strong background in life insurance from New Zealand and the United Kingdom. He is particularly focused on the customer experience, marketing and strategy. Mark Banicevich asks Don about the tension between governance and innovation - particularly the need for business…
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Governance Bites #18: board induction and early learnings, featuring Kendall Flutey.
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Send us a Text Message. Kendall Flutey is founder and Co-Chief Executive of the amazing social purpose business Banqer (banqer.co), which teaches financial literacy by running classrooms as virtual economies. Kendall was Young New Zealander of the Year in 2019, and she now sits on boards including the Financial Markets Authority and the Insurance &…
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Governance Bites #17: work and alignment in not-for-profit entities, featuring Richard Klipin.
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Send us a Text Message. Richard Klipin is the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Council in New Zealand, a not-for-profit organisation with over 100 members, including banks, life and health insurers, fund managers, and law and accounting firms. He has over 15 years experience as a Chief Executive Officer, governance experience on or…
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Governance Bites #16: the role of the Chief Executive, featuring Scott Duncan.
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Send us a Text Message. Scott Duncan is Managing Director at Aspire Executive Search, a boutique executive search firm that helps organisations appoint exceptional leaders. Scott helps organisations find and engage Chief Executives, C-suite executives, and directors. Mark Banicevich asks Scott about the role of the Chief Executive, and what he look…
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Governance Bites #15: board structures. and cultural differences, featuring Adam Hunt.
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Send us a Text Message. Adam Hunt is an experienced executive and director, with experience in both the public and private sectors. He has held executive positions at the NZ Inland Revenue Department and Financial Markets Authority. Presently he contracts to the International Monetary Fund advising countries on their tax policy. He also sits on or …
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Governance Bites #13: board processes, featuring Dauniika Puklowski.
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Send us a Text Message. Dauniika Puklowski is a professional company secretary, and a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors, with her own business called Board Administration Services Ltd. She is company secretary for NZ Health Group, Unitec and Auckland Grammar School. She also has experience as a director. Mark Banicevich asks Dauniika a…
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Governance Bites #14: governance and the board role, featuring Dennis Murray.
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Send us a Text Message. Dennis Murray is an experienced tech entrepreneur and director, with a background in the legal sector. He is Chief Executive Officer and Director of Dacreed. Earlier in his career, while consulting to Lexus Nexus, he wrote governance material for their clients. Prior to that, he managed a team writing law reference books for…
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Governance Bites #11: policies, process and controls, featuring Steve Burgess.
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Send us a Text Message. Steve Burgess is a founder and managing director of Compliance Refinery, a compliance company that helps financial services firms understand and meet their legal and regulatory obligations through education, and compliance testing services. Steve is also a member of numerous advisory boards. Mark Banicevich asks Steve about …
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Governance Bites #12: governance, strategy and the board's role, featuring Kevin McCaffrey.
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Send us a Text Message. Kevin McCaffrey has a long history in governance, including a Masters Degree in the subject. He has been a partner and director in major global consulting firms (including Price Waterhouse and Ernst & Young), and is now a governance consultant. Among other things, he teaches strategy and governance for the New Zealand Instit…
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Governance Bites #9: board role in managing risk, featuring Karty Mayne.
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Send us a Text Message. Karty Mayne is a risk and compliance expert, and founder and director of Rosewill Consulting. She has a background in risk management in compliance from the trustee sector in financial services, and the Financial Markets Authority (New Zealand's financial services regulator). She is an independent director on a few boards. H…
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Governance Bites #10: for-profit and not-for-profit governance, featuring Kirsty Campbell.
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Send us a Text Message. Kirsty Campbell is a professional director, who currently sits on six professional boards (including insurance companies, one of New Zealand's largest mortgage advice firms, a fund manager, a trustee company, and an engineering firm. Kirsty started her career as a lawyer, spent eight years at NZ's largest bank, and lead the …
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Governance Bites #2: the board agenda and board reports, featuring Tracey Cross.
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Send us a Text Message. Tracey Cross is a former partner in a major NZ law firm. She now has a portfolio of roles, including teaching governance, and sitting on a number of for-profit and not-for profit boards. Mark Banicevich asks Tracey about the board agenda, and information required for board meetings (and when it should be available to directo…
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Governance Bites #3: governance in sports organisations, featuring David Ireland.
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Send us a Text Message. David Ireland is a Partner at international law firm Dentons Kensington Swan, advising boards and management at banks, insurers and other financial institutions. He is also an experienced director for both for-profit and not-for-profit entities. Mark Banicevich asks David about his experience in sports governance - the diffe…
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Governance Bites #4: director skills and training, featuring David Greenslade.
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Send us a Text Message. David Greenslade is an experienced director, and founder of education and compliance firm Strategi. Strategi's courses include training for financial advisers, company directors, and compliance officers. David is also Chair of the NZ Defence Force Charitable Trust, and on boards and advisory boards of several companies. Mark…
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Governance Bites #5: executive reporting to the board, featuring Tony Arthur.
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Send us a Text Message. Tony Arthur is an experience Executive Manager, with past roles leading distribution at a major NZ bank, and a major NZ life and health insurer. He also has experience in biotech and agricultural businesses. Mark Banicevich asks Tony about reporting to a board of directors by executive management, the frequency of board meet…
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Governance Bites #6: the process of creating a board of directors, featuring Sam Stubbs.
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Send us a Text Message. Sam Stubbs is an experienced CEO of both for-profit and not-for-profit companies. He founded not-for-profit fund manager Simplicity, and in the past five years, its funds under management have increased from $500 million to over $5 billion! Mark Banicevich asks Sam about the process of creating a board of directors for a new…
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Governance Bites #7: governance and management, featuring Tony Dench.
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Send us a Text Message. Tony Dench is a director on a porfolio of for-profit and not-for-profit (or "for purpose") boards. He was an executive manager at one of NZ's major banks, before a role as Chief Executive Officer of a large financial advice aggregator. Mark Banicevich asks Tony about the relationship between the Chief Executive Officer and t…
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Governance Bites #8: the role of the chair, featuring Henry Lynch.
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Send us a Text Message. Henry Lynch is founder and director of Faraday, a company that creates and runs advisory boards for companies. He is presently chair or board member of a dozen boards, drawing expertise into those boards as required by current strategic objectives. Mark Banicevich asks Henry about forming a board, the role of the chair, boar…
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Governance Bites #1: financial information for the board, featuring Stewart Taylor.
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Send us a Text Message. Stewart Taylor is an experienced Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He is presently CFO of Partners Life, a major New Zealand life and health insurer. Previously, Stewart was CFO of NZ's largest bank, and Managing Director of NZ's largest fund manager. Mark Banicevich asks Stewart about the importance of financial information fo…
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