Director Toolkit Briefing: Great Southern - Anatomy of a director’s worst nightmare

Join us for a rare insider’s view into the aftermath of one of the most fascinating corporate collapses in recent history; the Great Southern Group, an agribusiness managed investment scheme.

Great Southern’s demise led to two separate parliamentary inquiries and extensive litigation by thousands of aggrieved investors.

Steven Cole, who was the independent chair of Great Southern Managers (the responsible entity subsidiary of the Group) at the time of the collapse, will share his personal reflections as a good samaritan director, and examine from his own experience the many issues and lessons learned that are relevant for directors of all companies.