How to create effective minutes for your board meetings

Are you taking the preparation of your minutes seriously and do you know why you should?

Inquiries into organisational misdeeds and collapses invariably point to the shortcoming in board meeting minutes that might otherwise have explained and justified the decisions directors had taken. That scenario underlines only one of the reasons for the importance of having a thorough record of the board’s deliberations.

Join our webinar to discover how meticulous board meeting minutes can safeguard your organisation and ensure transparency in critical decision-making processes. Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your governance standards!

Senior Partner - Independent Governance Services

Dauniika Maclean

Dauniika is the Senior Partner and Director of Independent Governance Services (IGS), New Zealand’s largest professional services firm offering governance advisory and support services. She is a Chartered Governance Professional and a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors, and sits on the Board of Riverhead School. IGS offer a suite of services, including meeting minutes, board paper refreshes, constitution reviews, board software recommendations and implementations, CoSec services for regulated entities, investor-ready packages, and full-scope setup of governance foundations for companies with newly appointed boards..

Founder and Managing Director - Absolute Gems

Jen Butler

Jen is a professional board secretary in both the public and private sectors. Working across a variety of industries, business types and organisations of all sizes, Jen brings a fresh and collaborative approach to governance organisation, planning and administration

Managing Director - Boardroom Excellence

Margot Foster AM OLY

Margot Foster AM OLY is a board governance specialist through her consultancy Boardroom Excellence Australia. Her wealth of knowledge and extensive experience is founded in the many boards on which she has served, beginning at university. She has held directorships on a wide variety of private and government bodies at state and national levels and has been appointed to several roles with international organisations.

Margot is Vice President Motorsport Australia, Chair of Sports Environment Alliance, chair of two nomination committees, chair of election committees for World Athletics and World Sailing, and a member of the election committee for World Taekwondo. She is a mediator and a happy ex lawyer. At the 1984 Olympic Games and 1986 Commonwealth Games Margot won bronze and gold medals, respectively, in rowing. In 2015 she became a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to sports governance, women’s sport and as an elite athlete.

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