Your Board Career

On the 26^th July more than sixty members welcomed Ruth Medd FCPA, Chair of Women on Boards to present on Your Board Career at CPA Centre in Sydney. In attendance at the meeting was NSW General Manager Anthony Matis, NSW President Margaret Drever and NSW Divisional Councillors Amy Wong & Gail Fraser.

Following Ruth’s presentation, the attendees participated in a robust Q&A session, facilitated by Julie Garland McLellan, CEO of Great Governance and a professional company director. General member feedback was positive, with members impressed by the quality of presenter and the Q&A and networking sessions which followed.


Hope you have got your personal to do list done if you are interested in looking for directorship.

We are Looking forward to another great event next month. Andre Croteau will be back and share more tips on Excel with us on 30th of August 2011.

Evaluation summary for the presention on 28/06/2011

I would like to share with you the summary provided by Kate McCallum, our guest speaker on 28th of June 2011.

"The average rating for the value of the presentation was 4.3 out of 5.

Individuals commented on the relevance and depth of the presentation. Here are comments:

·         Interesting to see the impact of the strategies with tax, risk etc

·         Very informative

·         Very good presentation

·         Very good summary and tips

·         Kate has given me good tips about investing

·         Very knowledgeable presenter

·         A very good starting point for thinking about financial security.

Asked about other wealth topics of interest, participants indicated that they would like to hear about:

·         Super

·         Investing & tax strategies – including residential property and share investing; risk/return

·         Building wealth."