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Auditor General

Copyright Licensing New Zealand

Limited Partnership Governance Effectiveness review

Regulatory Review of Investment Management Company

Regulatory Authority (Infrastructure)

Governance structure for new commercial farming business

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Regulatory Review of Investment
Management Company

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Client Requirement

Governance review to demonstrate compliance with FMA requirements for governance of the organisation

What we did

Independent review of organisation structure, governance practices, operations, business process manual, compliance records and risk management processes

Outcome

3-year action plan for board including immediate re-structuring of the board to create greater transparency, independence, and meet requirements of the Regulator

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Four times twice as much: how the Chair’s job has grown

April 1st 2026Some months ago, the Australian Company Director magazine quoted a senior board chair describing how the role has evolved in recent years: Where once the rule of thumb was that the chair did three tiRead more

Four tips for disagreeing agreeably – and making better board decisions

February 26th 2026In June 2025, the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ Magazine published a useful article on ‘How boardroom face-offs can improve strategy.’ The author’s core thesis was simple: theRead more

Time to De-couple Audit & Risk

July 18th 2024Ditch the Audit & Risk Committee? That’s governance heresy, surely? Bear with me for a moment: The ‘ARC’ or ‘FARC’ (Finance, Audit & Risk Committee) is often seen as vital for best practiceRead more

Risk – the forgotten axis

April 5th 2024Almost every week another building, usually in Wellington, is evacuated because it’s deemed ‘Earthquake Prone’ and either covered in plastic sheeting or left to rot, while the hapless ownersRead more

Three things they don’t teach you at ‘Board Boot Camp’

November 1st 2023Nobody’s born a director. We don’t grow into being a governor, the way we do with walking, talking, parenting and even, to some degree, making a success of a job. All of these are essentiallyRead more

Before the main course –

August 3rd 2023Do you recognise this board? Directors arrive shortly before the scheduled start; you take your places, open your board packs and work your way through the agenda, item by item; as the chair closes tRead more

The shift we’ve been expecting in Air New Zealand’s strategy?

February 27th 2023Has Air New Zealand’s market strategy changed – or is it simply now more obvious? I’ll start by saying that I have been a relatively frequent, usually satisfied, flyer with Air New Zealand forRead more

No such thing as ‘Invisible Leadership’

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Four times twice as much: how the Chair’s job has grown

November 27th 2022The latest edition of the Australian Company Director magazine quotes a senior board chair describing how the role has evolved in recent years: ‘Where once the rule of thumb was that the chair didRead more

Ten minutes that will transform your (Zoom) board meetings

September 16th 2021I’d guess that most of us have held more board meetings virtually than in person over the last 18 months. Remote meetings, still a rarity two years ago, are business as usual and here to stay. We�Read more

The three levels of medalling, in board diversity

August 26th 2021Over that inspiring fortnight of distraction, the Tokyo Olympics, two new verbs have joined the mainstream, as in ‘I can’t believe we’ve medalled... we were only aiming to podium at the nextRead more

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