How to position yourself for a board role

Women in Business Discussion Group Tuesday 27 November 2018 | 5.30pm – 8pm | CPA Centre Level 3, 111 Harrington St Sydney

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

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Kind regards,

Ellie Smith

Convenor