Governance Bites

Send us Fan Mail Professor Coral Ingley was an Associate Professor of Management at Auckland University of Technology. She has a PhD in governance (the first person in New Zealand to do so), and teaches governance in New Zealand and around the world. Professor Ingley is on the board of Governance New Zealand, and the educational board of its international body, the Chartered Governance Institute....

Send us Fan Mail 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 Zealand and Yachting New Zealand. Mark Banicevich asks Denis...

Send us Fan Mail 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 management level with major financial services firms, and mana...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Zealand and Yachting New Zealand. Mark Banicevich asks Denis...

Send us Fan Mail 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 management level with major financial services firms, and mana...

Send us Fan Mail 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 and Risk Committee). He also asks about the "three li...

Send us Fan Mail 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's Enterprise Risk Management Framework. He touches...

Send us Fan Mail  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 dealings with regulators. In this second interview with Nic...

Send us Fan Mail 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 dealings with regulators. Mark Banicevich asks Nick about th...

Send us Fan Mail 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 governace roles, David is Chair of Strategi Group and Kiwi Advise...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Foundation North (New Zealand's largest philanthropic orga...

Send us Fan Mail 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 experience in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors, a...

Send us Fan Mail 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 compliance reviews.  Mark Banicevich asks Melanie about gover...

Send us Fan Mail 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 businesses to innovate to remain relevant, while boards of direct...

Send us Fan Mail 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 & Financial Services Ombudsman.  Mark Banicevich asks...

Send us Fan Mail 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 chairing boards for sports organisations and schools, an...

Send us Fan Mail 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 entity. He asks what skil...

Send us Fan Mail 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.  Mark Banicevich asks...

Send us Fan Mail 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 of directors, how to...

Send us Fan Mail 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 asks Dennis about gover...

Send us Fan Mail 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 - what they are, and ho...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Banicevich asks Kevin about g...

Send us Fan Mail 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 services firms to creat...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Financial Markets Autho...

Send us Fan Mail 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 directors). He also asks about governance generally, how for-pr...