Governance Bites

Send us Fan Mail In this video, Mark Banicevich asks Dr Peter Crow about the history of governance. Companies have been around since Roman times, but we tend to think of the beginnings in the 17th century CE, when companies such as the East India Company were established by Royal Charter. What was governance like? How has it evolved? Where is it now? Dr Crow also shares the best governance advice...

Send us Fan Mail In this video, Mark Banicevich asks Philip Whitmore about the board's responsibility for an entity's data security and integrity. They discuss the risk that third party IT (information technology) providers pose to an entity, and the due diligence the entity should perform before engaging a third party. Philip provides examples of data breaches, and they discuss the less...

Send us Fan Mail In this video, Mark Banicevich asks Kate Vennell about the voices of the customer and other stakeholders in the boardroom. They discuss whether those voices are relevant, and how to gather them effectively. They discuss how things differ in not-for-profits and small businesses. Kate then outlines the impact of s131(5) of the Companies Act 1993, allowing directors to consider other...

Send us Fan Mail In this video, Mark Banicevich asks Dr Peter Crow what drives corporate failure. Dr Crow starts by outlining corporate success, and then moves on to the topic du jour. He lists several behaviours that lead to corporate failure, and then he and Mark discuss some of those behaviours in the boardroom. Dr Crow talks through some examples, and finally gives some advice to anyone starti...

Send us Fan Mail In this video, Mark Banicevich asks Philip Whitmore about cybersecurity and director responsibility. Philip provides examples of cybersecurity risk, and the impact it can have on large and small businesses. They discuss the directors' role in managing cybersecurity risk, and what directors should do about cybersecurity. Mark also asks about the information management need to...

Send us Fan Mail In this video, Mark Banicevich asks Kate Vennell about the role of the board in promoting effective shareholder engagement. She outlines the importance of the shareholders' voice in the boardroom, and the challenges of disparate voices and goals. They discuss whether large shareholders effectively represent all shareholders, or whether their goals differ. They discuss how the...

Send us Fan Mail In this video, Mark Banicevich asks Dr Peter Crow about how governance differs around the world. Dr Crow outlines how governance in New Zealand differs to the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Africa and Asia, and Eastern and Western Europe. He also outlines some of the key challenges that all boards face.  Dr Peter Crow has a PhD in corporate governance and strategy....

Send us Fan Mail Tony Vidler is a business adviser and mentor, speaker and coach who focuses on helping business professionals build more profitable advice businesses. Following a career in the Australian navy, Tony moved into financial services about 30 years ago. He has worked as a financial adviser, managing partner, professional association leader, director and chairperson.  In this video, Mar...

Send us Fan Mail Jim McElwain is Executive Director of the Institute of Financial Professionals New Zealand (INFINZ). He has a background in corporate finance, having worked at Treasury, Lloyds Merchant Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young. Jim's governance experience includes the Advisory Board of the School of Accounting and Commercial Law at Victoria University of Wellington,...

Send us Fan Mail Lloyd Kavanagh is a Senior Partner at MinterEllisonRuddWatts, and one of the most respected financial services lawyers in New Zealand. He has over 25 years' experience in governance, both advising and as a director, in for-profit and not-for-profit, in New Zealand and overseas. Past directorships include AMP Services NZ, Soprole SA (Chile), the Securities Commission, and Mint...

Send us Fan Mail Tracey Berry is a Partner at Mosaic Financial Services Infrastructure. She is an experienced company executive and director, with particular experience in banking and financial services. She is on the board of the National Provident Fund, has been Chair of Nikko Asset Management (New Zealand), and on various trust boards. She has been an executive at Kiwibank, BNZ, Westpac and TSB...

Send us Fan Mail Myles Allan started his journey as a business analyst, and moved into project management. He founded Mosaic Financial Services Infrastructure in 2010, and has grown it to a reputable consulting firm with 80 staff. Myles engaged an advisory board about three years ago, to challenge his thinking with their diverse expertise and experiences.  Mark Banicevich asks Myles about what we...

Send us Fan Mail Jim McElwain is Executive Director of the Institute of Financial Professionals New Zealand (INFINZ). He has a background in corporate finance, having worked at Treasury, Lloyds Merchant Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young. Jim's governance experience includes the Advisory Board of the School of Accounting and Commercial Law at Victoria University of Wellington,...

Send us Fan Mail Tony Vidler is a business adviser and mentor, speaker and coach who focuses on helping business professionals build more profitable advice businesses. Following a career in the Australian navy, Tony moved into financial services about 30 years ago. He has worked as a financial adviser, managing parter, professional association leader, director and chairperson.  In this video, Mark...

Send us Fan Mail Lloyd Kavanagh is a Senior Partner at MinterEllisonRuddWatts, and one of the most respected financial services lawyers in New Zealand. He has over 25 years' experience in governance, both advising and as a director, in for-profit and not-for-profit, in New Zealand and overseas. Past directorships include AMP Services NZ, Soprole SA (Chile), the Securities Commission, and Mint...

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 Myles Allan started his journey as a business analyst, and moved into project management. He founded Mosaic Financial Services Infrastructure in 2010, and has grown it to a reputable consulting firm with 80 staff. Myles engaged an advisory board about three years ago, to challenge his thinking with their diverse expertise and experiences.  Mark Banicevich asks Myles about effectiv...

Send us Fan Mail Tracey Berry is a Partner at Mosaic Financial Services Infrastructure. She is an experienced company executive and director, with particular experience in banking and financial services. She is on the board of the National Provident Fund, has been Chair of Nikko Asset Management (New Zealand), and on various trust boards. She has been an executive at Kiwibank, BNZ, Westpac and TSB...

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...