News Articles for Australian Institute of Company Directors

SPECIAL REPORT: Former Verve Energy CEO Shirley In't Veld says when it comes to government-owned businesses, politics often wins out over commercial imperatives.

SPECIAL REPORT: Associations are filling the market with events for business people, leading some to request additional venues.

Professional associations in WA have recorded significant growth in membership over the past five years.

Gene Tilbrook has been elected president of the Australian Institute of Company Directors WA division, succeeding Michael Smith who was elected chairman of the national board in May.

The significant issue of female representation in the boards of Australia's companies has been pushed to the background amid the rhetoric of the gender wars being waged in Canberra.

Prominent Perth board member Michael Smith has been appointed national chairman of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Top-level businesswomen see male-dominated networks as a barrier.

Not-for-profit directors have expressed concern the federal government's Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission will have little or no impact on the governance of community sector orga

THE federal government's recent decision to delay implementation of new governance standards for not for profits highlights the complexities involved in regulating the sector, according to the Aust

BHP Billiton chairman Jacques Nasser says the global miner will not spend the $80 billion on growth projects that it said it would, stepping back from previous commitments.

Directors in Australia are currently facing an environment in which they are required to take more responsibility.

The controversy over David Gonski's Future Fund appointment overshadowed a thought-provoking address on corporate governance.

THE Australian Institute of Company Directors' latest report into not-for-profit directorships has revealed specifics around the dedication of business people to the community sector.

THE Australian Institute of Company Directors has launched its second year of the ‘chairmen's mentoring program' in an effort to bolster the number of women on listed company boards.

The role of women in business has been placed firmly on the agenda during the past 12 months, but is the conversation really necessary?

DEVELOPING a strong portfolio of company board positions is no longer just the domain of retired executives, but has become a viable option for youthful – and not so youthful – business people.

Perth's leading non-executive directors consider the issues that are most important to them.

THE small number of women on the boards of Australia's leading companies is clearly at the forefront of the minds of leading Western Australian directors.

THE landscape has changed for Western Australians who want to be on the boards of national companies, according to some of the state's leading directors.

Minister for the Status of Women, Kate Ellis, says the latest Australian Census of Women in Leadership shows women are still being largely shut out of senior decision making roles in Australian business.

The number of women being appointed to ASX 200 boards continues to grow, with the proportion of female directors of Australia's top listed companies now close to 10 per cent, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Institute of Company

The next federal government needs to offer better protection to company directors and focus more on regulatory reform.

THE Australian Institute of Company Directors has enlisted the help of some of Western Australia's heavyweight directors in a new push to increase the number of women in the boardrooms of the nation's top listed companies.

IF you were a woman on the board of any of Western Australia's top 100 ASX-listed companies, you'd be in rare company.

When a high-profile business leader like Michael Chaney chooses to devote a major address to Perth's business leadership to the topic of schoolteachers, it's worth sitting up and taking notice.