For our last event of 2018, we are delighted to welcome Ruth Medd to present ‘How to position yourself for a board role.’
Ruth will be sharing with us:
1) Intro to Women on Boards (WOB) and how
we assist our members
a)
Pathways, networks, access top board vacancies
2) WOB is an advocate for diversity
a)
Advocacy through quality research
b)
Which includes out Boardroom Diversity Index and an interest in emerging
sectors that need quality female directors
3) Case study: NCIS sector overview from
WOBs perspective
a)
Undergoing rapid change
b)
Needs quality directors
c)
Proxy for the challenges is the experience of the Affordable Housing sector
and the Medicare Local / Primary healthcare Network sector
4) What is affecting NCIS organisations
a)
Recruitment practices for directors
b)
Need for qualified people
5) Q&A
Ruth Medd is the Chair WOB Pty Ltd (Women on Boards) and the Australian
Chocolate Company (Charley’s Chocolates) and a director of the National
Foundation for Australian Women and WOB UK Limited. She is the former chair of
Australian Ethical Superannuation Ltd and a former director of The Infants Home
Ashfield and the NSW Casino Control Authority. She is an enthusiastic
shareholder in a number of early stage companies; most recently Charley's
Chocolate Factory at Mission Beach. She
is a member of angel investing group Scale Investors.
Her NED experiences have enabled her to contribute her finance and
business management expertise as well as her in depth understanding of the
public policy, regulatory and business interface.
Prior executive roles include the Executive Director of the Australian
Association of National Advertisers and senior positions with Telstra, the
Australian Broadcasting Tribunal and the Federal government.
As per Women in Business discussion group tradition, for our last event,
we will be providing canapes and lucky door prizes.
Don’t miss out, please RSVP to Reis at cpawibfb@gmail.com or via Facebook by 5pm Friday 23 November
2018.
Memberships for 2018 are now due, please forward your payment as per details below:
$30 for CPAs or $50 for Non-CPA Australia members in 2018 (no pro-rata,
non-refundable)
Payment in advance via EFT
Bank: NAB
Account Name: Women in Business Discussion Group
BSB: 082088
Account Number: 186893555
Reference: your full name and CPA membership number.
Please email Felicity for a receipt at cpawibfb@gmail.com
Please update your own CPD Diary if you attend this meeting as CPA
Australia no longer do this.
For more details
about CPD hours see our blogpost http://cpawomen.blogspot.com/p/cpd.html.
Kind regards,
Ellie Smith
Convenor
