Governance Bites

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Myles Allan started his journey as a business analyst, and moved into project management. He founded Mosaic Financial Services Infrastructure in 2010, and has grown it to a reputable consulting firm with 80 staff. Myles engaged an advisory board about three years ago, to challenge his thinking with their diverse expertise and experiences. 
Mark Banicevich asks Myles about effective meeting minutes. They discuss verbatim minutes, and the use of artificial intelligence tools to convert recordings to text, and create summaries. Myles outlines what he likes to see in effective minutes, and they discuss the importance of timely minutes circulation to confirm their accuracy. Mark also asks Myles about the best governance advice he has received.
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Tracey Berry is a Partner at Mosaic Financial Services Infrastructure. She is an experienced company executive and director, with particular experience in banking and financial services. She is on the board of the National Provident Fund, has been Chair of Nikko Asset Management (New Zealand), and on various trust boards. She has been an executive at Kiwibank, BNZ, Westpac and TSB. Tracey was also on the Financial Advice Disciplinary Committee for over 12 years.  
In this conversation, Mark Banicevich asks Tracey about board culture. They discuss what an observer would see in a board with a healthy and effective culture, what symptoms one would see in an unhealthy culture, and how to resolve them. Mark also asks Tracey about the best governance advice she has received.
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Professor Coral Ingley was an Associate Professor of Management at Auckland University of Technology. She has a PhD in governance (the first person in New Zealand to do so), and teaches governance in New Zealand and around the world. Professor Ingley is on the board of Governance New Zealand, and the educational board of its international body, the Chartered Governance Institute.  
In this conversation, Mark asks Coral about the trend of environmental, social and governance in international business. They discuss what it entails, and the benefits for businesses. Mark also asks Coral about the best advice she has been given in her long academic and governance career.
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Dr Denis Mowbray is one of few people in New Zealand with a PhD in Governance. He has sat on and chaired numerous for-profit and not-for-profit boards. He is President and Chair of Governance New Zealand, has taught governance and strategy at Auckland University of Technology, and chaired boards including Gymnastics New Zealand and Yachting New Zealand.
Mark Banicevich asks Denis about board work plans. What are they? What do they contain? Who drives them, and how are they used? He also asks Denis about the best advice he's received about governance.
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Russell Hutchinson is a director of Chatswood Consulting, a firm that provides consulting services to the life and health insurance industry in New Zealand, and Quality Product Research, a firm that provides life and health insurance product research to financial advisers. Russell is experienced at senior and executive management level with major financial services firms, and managing director and non-executive director level with distribution firms in New Zealand. Russell has broad expertise as a director and experience with financial services marketing, strategy, product design and compliance regimes and their requirements for management and directors of advice businesses. 
In this conversation, Russell turns the tables on Mark, asking about the Governance Bites series. He asks how the series came to be, he asks for a few key insights from the series, and he asks about how the series was named. With nearly 30 videos in the series so far, this is a great opportunity to pause and reflect on Governance Bites.
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Dr Denis Mowbray is one of few people in New Zealand with a PhD in Governance. He has sat on and chaired numerous for-profit and not-for-profit boards. He is President and Chair of Governance New Zealand, has taught governance and strategy at Auckland University of Technology, and chaired boards including Gymnastics New Zealand and Yachting New Zealand.
Mark Banicevich asks Denis about professionalism in directors. Many directors claim they are professional because it is their full time vocation. But what is a profession? What does governance need to do to create a profession? Denis also has some excellent advice for new directors.
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Russell Hutchinson is a director of Chatswood Consulting, a firm that provides consulting services to the life and health insurance industry in New Zealand, and Quality Product Research, a firm that provides life and health insurance product research to financial advisers. Russell is experienced at senior and executive management level with major financial services firms, and managing director and non-executive director level with distribution firms in New Zealand. Russell has broad expertise as a director and experience with financial services marketing, strategy, product design and compliance regimes and their requirements for management and directors of advice businesses. 
In this conversation, Mark asks Russell about his journey with governance in his firms, starting with his accountant as a business mentor, and moving into a formal advisory board. Through the conversation, he provides insights into how their governance processes have matured and changed, and how the business has grown as a result of stronger governance.
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Phil Doak is an experienced executive, executive director, and director, particularly in the financial services industry. He is a partner at Mosaic Financial Services Infrastructure, and a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors. 
In this conversation, Mark asks Phil about board subcommittees (particularly the Audit and Risk Committee). He also asks about the "three lines of defence" model of compliance. At the end of the interview, Mark asks Phil about the best advice he's received, and the best advice he'd give to a new director.
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Phil Doak is an experienced executive, executive director, and director, particularly in the financial services industry. He is a partner at Mosaic Financial Services Infrastructure, and a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors. 
Mark Banicevich asks Phil about how a board manages risk, and Phil talks about an entity's Enterprise Risk Management Framework. He touches on risk management at many levels through the entity, and tools entities use to manage risk. Mark and Phil discuss an entity's risk appetite, and how an entity manages its risk culture.
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 Nick Summerfield is Partner and Head of Banking, Financial Services and Insolvency at Anthony Harper. Nick advises on all areas of financial services law including investment funds, insurance, capital markets, financial advice, and financial service provider regulation. He also supports clients with regulatory reform and dealings with regulators.
In this second interview with Nick, Mark asks about duties of directors in the Companies Act and other legislation. They discuss the duty not to trade recklessly, the duty not to allow the company to incur an obligation it cannot perform, and other duties. They also discuss director liability. To wrap the interview, Mark asks Nick about the best advice he's been given.
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