Effective Governance Presenting at Chartered Secretaries Australia 26th National Conference

This year, the 26th National Conference 2009 of the Chartered Secretaries will be held in Melbourne Australia.  This conference is a great opportunity for individuals and organisations to learn more about corporate governance, and meet experts in the field (such as our Shad Sears, and James Beck).  This year's conference covers five main topics, including; governance, risk, compliance, china, and ethics.

The topics that Effective Governance will be presenting are:

Institutional investor engagement and activism.

This program will be presented by James Beck, Managing Director, Effective governance with: Ross Barker, Managing Director, Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited; Louise Davidson, ESG Investment Manager, Cbus; and Michael O'Sullivan, President, Australian Council of Superannuation Investors.  The session will be moderated by Terry McCrann, Associate Editor Business, Herald Sun.

Presentation Details

The role of institutional investors in the development, setting, reporting and consideration of remuneration practices, as well as shareholder activism and the ousting of underperforming directors and officers is increasing.  The investment mandate investors give to fund managers more than ever includes governance and sustainability considerations.  But have investors encouraged riskier behaviours in their own pursuit of returns and do they adeguately look at the risk/reward equation?  Do institutional investors fully understand what good governance looks like?

IT Governance

This is a workshop, that will be presented by Shad Sears, Senior Advisor, Effective Governance and Michelle Phillips, National Marketing Manager, HP Software.

This workshop covers:

• Assessing the connection to and extent of IT operations on corporate governance.
• Examining the benefits of IT governance for business performance.
• Pitfals of not operating with an IT governance framework.
• Building the business case for IT governance.

To register for this conference, click this link.

Date Published: Tuesday 29, September 2009
Author: Judith Winn