Governance Bites

May 13 2024 2
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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 #16: the role of the Chief Executive, featuring Scott Duncan.

May 13 2024 23 mins  
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 looks for when he seeks one for an enti

Governance Bites #15: board structures. and cultural differences, featuring Adam Hunt.

May 06 2024 30 mins  
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 chairs various Boards of Directors.

Governance Bites #14: governance and the board role, featuring Dennis Murray.

Apr 29 2024 26 mins  
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 lawyers at CCH. Mark Banicevich as

Governance Bites #13: board processes, featuring Dauniika Puklowski.

Apr 29 2024 15 mins  
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 about the process of running a board

Governance Bites #12: governance, strategy and the board's role, featuring Kevin McCaffrey.

Apr 24 2024 26 mins  
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 Institute of Directors. Mark Banicevi

Governance Bites #11: policies, process and controls, featuring Steve Burgess.

Apr 24 2024 15 mins  
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 policies, processes and controls -

Governance Bites #10: for-profit and not-for-profit governance, featuring Kirsty Campbell.

Apr 20 2024 17 mins  
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 supervision team at the F

Governance Bites #9: board role in managing risk, featuring Karty Mayne.

Apr 20 2024 16 mins  
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. Her company assists financial s

Governance Bites #8: the role of the chair, featuring Henry Lynch.

Mar 29 2024 17 mins  
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, board charters, and the relationship bet

Governance Bites #7: governance and management, featuring Tony Dench.

Mar 29 2024 13 mins  
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 the Chair of the Boar