Join our webinar to find out how to put together a winning team from the board to the secretariat.

High-performing boards are greater than the sum of their parts. They enable each director to give their best and contribute their unique perspective and experience.

Getting the right mix of people around the boardroom table to tackle the organisation’s challenges and opportunities isn’t easy. But it’s one of the most powerful things a board can do to develop resilient governance.

In this webinar, our panel will discuss:

  • Key director capabilities and provide practical tips for how to evaluate the board's skills and needs.
  • How the evolving governance landscape is changing the company secretaries' role and what skills are essential to succeed.

Resilient governance

Diligent’s resilient governance webinar series explores how company secretaries can enable their organisations to adapt and thrive.


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Leah Fricke
Non-Executive Director, GRL Advisory

Leah is a non-executive director in the financial services, technology and health sectors, with a strong focus on innovation and growth. Leah brings commercial insight and deep knowledge of governance built during her 20+ years as an executive, governance professional and lecturer, and 10 years as a non-executive director. During an executive career spanning Australia and Asia, Leah held roles with private and public companies including large ASX-listed companies and dynamic start-ups, gaining extensive experience in complex commercial transactions as well as P&L responsibility. Leah is an independent non-executive director of Columbus Capital, Forager Funds and the Independent Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee for Western NSW Local Health District. Leah is a qualified lawyer and holds a Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne as well as an MBA from the University of Sydney. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia.

Jane Kahler
General Manager Risk & Governance and Group Company Secretary, Intrepid Group

Jane is the General Manager of Risk & Governance and Group Company Secretary of Intrepid Group. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Governance and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Jane works closely with the board of directors of Intrepid Group and its joint ventures, leading the global risk management, governance and compliance functions and undertaking M&A due diligence. Intrepid, the world’s largest travel BCorp and carbon neutral since 2010, is committed to balancing purpose and profit and is a diverse business with people and offices across the world. Jane is also a Director of Good Cycles and Chair of the Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee. Good Cycles is a social enterprise empowering young people with barriers to work by offering them employment pathways whilst contributing to more sustainable cities.

Dottie Schindlinger
Executive Director, Diligent Institute

Dottie Schindlinger is Executive Director of Diligent Institute, the global governance research arm of Diligent Corporation. Dottie’s work has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and multiple governance and technology publications. She is co-author of the book, Governance in the Digital Age: A Guide for the Modern Corporate Board Director, ©2019, John Wiley & Sons, and co-hosts the fortnightly show, The Corporate Director Podcast. Dottie brings over twenty years’ experience in governance-related roles, including serving as a director, officer, committee chair, senior executive, governance consultant and trainer for private, public, and nonprofit boards.

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