Theresa Gattung From the Executive Suite to the Boardroom – A new life Theresa Gattung is a former CEO of Telecom NZ. Theresa is chair of AIA Australia and Telco Technology Services Limited. She is also co-founder, alongside Cecilia Robinson and Nadia Lim, of My Food Bag. Named in Fortune magazine’s list of the 50 […]
Breaking into the Boardroom Georgina Bond It’s often complained that the boardroom is an old man’s club and the pool of female director talent in New Zealand is small. Georgina Bond identifies some of the new crop of women directors entering the boardroom much earlier than their senior colleagues and pursuing a portfolio approach to […]
LUNCH IN THE BOARDROOM: Joanna Perry Georgina Bond and Henri Eliot Joanna Perry Director of: Genesis Energy, Trade Me Group, Kiwi Income Property Trust, The Co-operative Bank, Sport New Zealand, Rowing New Zealand, Partners Life Other governance roles: Adviser to the board and member of the investment committee of Tainui Group Holdings, chairman of the […]
Should NZ Companies have international board members? Amal Johnson who is based in San Francisco has extensive experience in the high-tech industry, from Application Software to Cloud Computing and Hosted Services. She is currently the Executive Chairman of the Board of Author-IT, a New Zealand based Software as a Service private company. She also serves […]
Corporate Governance from a Leadership Perspective Jo Brosnahan, founding Chair of Leadership New Zealand talks to Henri Eliot about her perspectives on corporate governance in New Zealand. Jo is also the Chair of Northpower Fibre and she was formerly Chair of Landcare Research, a director of Housing New Zealand and is former CEO of the […]
A US perspective on Corporate Governance Issues for New Zealand Companies Mark Canepa is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of GreenButton, a company founded in Wellington that specializes in Cloud based middle-ware. The board is international with a mix of NZ and US based directors. Mark is based in the US where the […]
Growth Company Director perspective on Board Governance in New Zealand Sam Knowles, Chairman of Xero talks to Henri Eliot. Sam is perhaps best known for his role as CEO in establishing Kiwibank. From 2011 Sam has taken up a number of governance roles in growth businesses with an export and technology focus public and private […]
Advisory Boards Can Benefit Small Firms Henri Eliot Small or medium-sized companies in New Zealand should consider creating an advisory board. Advisory boards provide non- binding strategic advice to organisations, unlike the board of directors appointed under the Companies Act. They are informal in nature and therefore have greater flexibility in how they are set […]
Lunch in the Boardroom: John Palmer | The National Business Review Georgina Bond and Henri Eliot John Palmer Chairman: Air New Zealand, Rabobank New Zealand Director: AMP, AMP Life, Rabobank Australia Previously: Solid Energy chairman, Kiwifruit Marketing Board chairman On knowing when to leave and hiring CEOs… John Palmer became Air New Zealand’s chairman during […]
Henri Eliot from Board Dynamics gave some really good advice on setting up an effective board and establishing good governance. Click on link below to read more about Kiwi Tech Day in San Francisco. http://kiwilandingpad.com/kiwitechdayinsanfrancisco/
