WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE GOVERNANCE TOP 100 EVENT NOW IN ITS FFITH YEAR! CELEBRATING THE TOP GOVERNANCE PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND SHINING A LIGHT ON A PROFESSION THAT WE ARE SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF.
NOMINATIONS FOR 2024 HAVE NOW CLOSED. FUTURE DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED.
Governance Top 100 is about highlighting the amazing talent and achievements of individuals that take their role in governance to the next level within their organisations. Governance as a profession is ever evolving and is made up of individuals from a variety of professional backgrounds across a range of entity, size and industry types which is why we are encouraging nominations from all governance professionals.
This event would not be possible without the commitment and support of our culturally aligned partners who are all champions of governance in their own right.
The Governance Top 100 event was launched in 2020 to emphasise the value and benefit that robust governance frameworks, and the individuals that are responsible for driving these initiatives, bring to an organisation.
Mahatma Gandhi famously said, "Be the change you want to see in the world", so on that note if you are a company secretary, general counsel, risk manager, CRO, CFO, CEO, director or other governance professional that is paving the way for governance in your organisation we want you to be part of Governance Top 100 in 2025!
Get to know our proud partners of Governance Top 100 for 2024
3YS Owls is a corporate governance firm and incorporated legal practice co-founded by Ainslie Cunningham and Deb Anderson following extensive careers in corporate governance, company secretarial, risk and legal roles with over 40+ years of combined experience between them predominantly from in-house roles. 3YS Owls specialise in providing a variety of services and solutions across corporate governance, company secretary, board advisory, strategy, risk and business consulting. They have a strong focus on governance - to create an ethical environment that supports an inclusive culture. Boards and leadership teams need to be cohesive, able to harness a diversity of views and foster good governance. They aim to align with clients who share the same values and their ultimate goal is to help directors and executives sleep at night knowing they have a trusted advisor that fosters good governance keeping all stakeholders happy.
3YS Owls hosted Governance Top 100 for the very first time in 2020 and are excited to be hosting the event now it its fifth year in a row for 2024.
FIND OUT MOREOne of Melbourne's first start-up technology companies, Computershare was grounded in the city's suburbs in 1978.
Computershare is the world's largest share registry, and has pioneered many of the securities industry's innovations to help companies build and maintain strong relationships with their investors, employees and customers. For more than 35 years, Computershare have grown rapidly in markets around the world to meet the evolving needs of their 16,000 clients.
Computershare remains a unique Australian success story, who built on their share registry business by successfully expanding into employee equity plans, stakeholder communications, corporate governance, fund services, class action administration, deposit protection and most recently, mortgage servicing.
When Computershare listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX:CPU) in 1994, they had a market cap of AUD $36 million, managed around 6 million shareholder accounts and had about 50 staff. Now Computershare are a global business with a market cap in the billions, managing over 75 million shareholders, servicing 16,000 clients, with 12,000 staff across all major financial markets.
FIND OUT MORECTS delivers personalised end-to-end audio visual solutions tailored to meet the technical needs and goals of corporate organisations across Australia. From Consulting to Production and ongoing Support, we are the most trusted partner in audio visual solutions.
With over 20 years of industry-leading experience, our Production team deliver time critical, high profile events. Whether it is a live “in person event” or hybrid event with remote participants, CTS has the technology and capability to support you. CTS are award winning innovators in hybrid and virtual AGMs. From staging & lighting to broadcasting and technical execution, CTS’s dedicated team are your trusted partners to make your AGM a seamless experience. FIND OUT MOREAt Hays, we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. With over 50 years' experience and a workforce of more than 10,000 people across 32 countries, we collectively strive to put you, our customer, at the heart of everything we do.
Drawing on knowledge that's unique to our scale, our commitment to understanding your needs and our ability to meaningfully innovate, we are far more than a specialist recruitment business. We provide advice, insights and expertise on issues you face in today's fast paced world of work, and we help you make the right decisions for tomorrow.
Offering an unrivalled suite of recruitment and workplace solutions, we'll help you get to where you want to go.
FIND OUT MOREFor nearly 100 years, we have been, and remain, McCullough Robertson. As a leading independent Australian firm, we are proud to do great work for great clients, nationally and internationally, and to partner with them to unlock success together.
Our large corporate practice has expertise across the technology, media and telecommunications; life sciences; resources and renewables; food and agribusiness; financial services; and not-for-profit industries. We deliver tailored, practical advice to our clients to ensure that they meet not only their regulatory obligations, but also the evolving demands of shareholders, the community and other stakeholders. As advisers to boards, senior management, and legal/compliance teams, we advise on all legal aspects of corporate governance including directors' duties and liabilities; shareholder and investor relations; and annual reports, AGMs and EGMs.
FIND OUT MORENasdaq Governance Solutions supports companies at all maturity levels, including publicly listed, private and nonprofits to achieve ESG excellence, drive good governance and action their strategies.
Nasdaq Boardvantage® creates efficient board and management workflows, streamlining governance processes into one single platform with client support teams in Australia providing award-winning 24/7/365 support.
Our Board Advisory Services enables companies to accelerate board performance with board evaluation assessments with actionable insights that drive board excellence and long-term stakeholder value. The team has facilitated over a thousand board, committee, and CEO evaluations in over 16 countries with tailored questionnaires based on your industry, business model and governance structure.
Nasdaq’s Compliance Questionnaires transforms compliance efforts into a data-driven, seamless, and digital process, easing the administrative and time-consuming burden of data collection for annual disclosure processes.
Nasdaq ESG Solutions offers a customisable and scalable solution to manage responses and disclosures across multiple ESG frameworks, accurately track, measure, and manage enterprise Scope 1 – 3 data and enhance your long-term ESG strategy to help achieve your climate goals.
Beyond technology, we provide a platform for board members, executive leaders, educators, and knowledge-seekers to share experiences and gain insights. The Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence helps deepen board engagement through community, content, and collaboration, by partnering with global leaders in governance practice and initiatives.
FIND OUT MORECo-Founder & Director, 3YS Owls
General Manager - QLD, Computershare
Head of ESG and Governance Solutions, Asia-Pacific, Nasdaq
Partner – Corporate and Equity Capital Markets, McCullough Robertson Lawyers
Senior Manager, Legal & Company Secretarial, Hays
Ainslie is a qualified company secretary and risk manager, director and fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia, fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Risk Management Institute of Australasia. Ainslie has held various corporate governance, company secretarial and risk management roles over the past 18 years with global ASX publicly listed companies predominantly in the resources, retail and financial services sectors. Ainslie also holds a Certified Practising Risk Manager CPRM® certificate. Ainslie specialises in the key areas of: Corporate Governance; Company Secretary; and Risk Management.
FIND OUT MOREDavid has over 14 years' experience in the financial services industry, working as a Senior Manager within Computershare. Over David's tenure, he has worked in the share registry and employee share plans divisions having managed some of Australia's largest equity scheme and retail focused clients. David is thrilled that Computershare has continued its partnership with the Governance Top 100 Awards and proud to work for an organisation that links objectives, behaviour and decision making to a strong governance framework.
FIND OUT MORERachel Adams holds the position of Head of ESG and Governance Solutions for Asia-Pacific at Nasdaq. Since her start in August 2014, Rachel has been pivotal in the region’s growth, initially focused on Investor Relations and Communication solutions for Nasdaq’s Corporate Solutions business. More recently, Rachel has been leading ESG and Governance initiatives, focusing on sales, service, and strategic development across Asia Pacific. Her interests lies in areas such as sustainable practices, transparent ESG reporting, enhancing board effectiveness, and cybersecurity measures within the boardroom.
Before her tenure at Nasdaq, Rachel honed her skills at Thomson Reuters, where she played a strategic role in the Corporate Solutions Investor Relations and Communications segment and led regional operations and client service teams.
In a significant transition, Rachel moved from the United States to Hong Kong in November 2008, marking the beginning of an influential chapter in her professional and personal journey.
FIND OUT MOREReece is a leading capital markets lawyer who partners with his clients to successfully navigate public and private capital raisings, mergers and acquisitions and restructures. With over 25 years of expertise in this area, Reece advises on the application of the Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rules, as well as on governance, stakeholder management, employee share and option plans and general commercial issues. Reece acts for some of Australia’s largest organisations, multi-national corporations, ASX-listed companies, and early-stage companies in the life sciences and healthcare, technology, agribusiness, construction/engineering, and renewables sectors.
He is committed to developing enduring relationships with his clients and is recognised for providing high quality advice and for his commitment to his clients' needs. This includes being consistently rated as a leading capital markets and corporate M&A lawyer by The Legal 500, Best Lawyers and Doyle’s Guide.
FIND OUT MORETina is a Senior Manager at Hays and for the last 10 years she has specialised in in-house legal and company secretarial recruitment across Sydney. She has extensive experience in company secretarial recruitment and has successfully placed a number of corporate governance professionals in ASX listed, unlisted, not-for-profit and public sector organisations. On the legal recruitment side, Tina has expertise in recruiting legal professionals from Paralegals up to General Counsels across a number of industry sectors.
Prior to joining Hays in 2012, Tina practised as a Commercial Litigation Lawyer for four years, having been admitted as a Lawyer in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 2008. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and A Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Wollongong.
FIND OUT MORERahul Roy
Executive Manger, Insurance Australia Group Limited
Thrilled to have contributed to safeguarding and improving IAG’s governance hygiene to meet the increased regulatory and community expectations from its corporate citizens.
Rahul Roy
Anthony Ingegneri
Executive Manger, Insurance Australia Group Limited
I’m honoured to be recognised amongst other talented governance professionals, and proud to have driven enhanced governance practices internally and through industry advocacy.
Anthony Ingegneri
Governance Top 100 Winner Outstanding Achiever Rising Star
-->Adam Soffer
Company Secretary, Dennis Family Corporation Pty Ltd
Adrianna Bisogni
Group Company Secretary, Insignia Financial Ltd
Adrienne Ward
Chairman, Gladstone Airport Corporation & Gladstone Area Water Board
Alexandra Canipel
Group Company Secretary, AirTrunk Operating Pty Limited
Allan Gibson OAM
Immediate Past President, The Hills Community Aid & Information Service Inc
Amyn Nathwani
Head of Data Governance & Privacy, Healthdirect Australia
Andrew Heath
Board Secretary, Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority
Andrew Selim
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary, HMC Capital
Anthony Ingegneri
Executive Manager, Listed, Insurance Australia Group Limited
Anurag Kanwar
Le cordon bleu Legal & compliance manager, Le Cordon Bleu
Belinda Loke
Non Executive Director | Chair of Finance & Risk Committee | Chair of People & Remuneration Committee, Kids Hope Australia - Kids Hope Aus Ltd
Ben Beenie
Company Secretary, Defence Bank Limited
Brooke Aldous
Governance Coordinator, Shoalhaven City Council
Catherine Di Stasi
Group Manager - Clinical Governance & Quality, Icon Group
Charmaine Belfanti
Company Secretary, Family Planning NSW (Also Australian Business Volunteers, Women for Election)
Christina Li
Head of Governance, Museums of History NSW
David Royston-Jennings
Regional Risk Coordinator, Local Government Mutual Services
Deborah Ambrosini
CFO & Company Secretary , Percheron Therapeutics Limited
Dhawal Gadani
Company Secretary & Head of Corporate Governance, HSBC Australia
Dhivya Mani
Head of Governance & Regulatory Reporting, Star Entertainment Group
Diana Stewart
Governance Manager, Noosa Shire Council
Edith Zuo
Compliance Advisor, Alinta Energy
Elisabet Wreme
Chair, BreastScreen Victoria
Elizabeth Harrison
Company Secretary, Korowa Anglican Girls School
Emma Snell
Assistant Company Secretary, Alinta Energy
Eric Imbs
Manager Governance, Integrity & Ethics, Wollondilly Shire Council
Erin O'Connor
Group Company Secretary, Orica Limited
Felicity Davies-Johnson
Corporate Governance & Risk Officer, National Storage REIT
Gabrielle Sterrey
Assistant Company Secretary Investments, Mercer Investments Australia Limited
Genevieve Simkiss
Deputy Company Secretary, Xero
Geoffrey Stirton
Company Secretary, Governance institute of Australia Ltd
George Southgate
Chief Operating Officer, Artisan Aesthetic Clinics
Glenn Tomai
Head of Audit & Risk, RSL Queensland
Glenn McCarthy
Head of Program Assurance, Penrith City Council
Graham Chee
Managing Director, Local Knowledge
Heidi Rodgers
Company Secretary, CleanCo Queensland Limited
Ian Pelayo
Director, ABN Australia Accounting Services Pty Ltd
Ilona Meyer
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Nuix Limited
Jack Aleckson
Deputy Governance Officer, Australian Red Cross Society
Jacquilyne Knight
Company Secretary, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
Jaya Prasad
Lawyer & Assistant Company Secretary, New Hope Corporation Limited
Jess Karlsson
Loop Chairperson / CEO Gumala Investments, Loop Foundation
Joshua Little
Chief People & Risk Officer, Aveo Group
Karen Grumley
Head of Risk & Resilience, Pacific National
Katie Calvey
Associate Director, Strategic Priorities, The Cabinet Office NSW
Katrina Brigham
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Elabor8 Pty Ltd & Cprime Australia Pty Ltd
Kennan Herkiloglu
Company Secretary, Australian Payments Network Limited
Kerry McGoldrick
Non Executive Director; Chair, Risk Audit & Finance Committee, YMCA NSW
Kimberley Chan
Deputy Company Secretary, The Lottery Corporation
Kirsten Smith
Company Secretary, APAC
Kirsten Kiel-Chisholm
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Translational Research Institute
Kirsten Anderson Llewellyn
Group Company Secretary, Orica
Komal Utsav Jagad
Group Company Secretary, Home in Place (Australia) Limited
Kylie Sprott
Non-Executive Director, Advisory Board Member, Executive Director Strategy & Corporate Affairs, Sprott Consulting Group
Lachlan Furnell
Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Cricketers Club
Laith Jammal
Director, Planning, Performance & Governance, NDIS quality & safeguards commission
Levi Mitchell
AVP Global Regulatory Compliance (Asia Pacific), Crawford & Company (Australia) Pty Ltd
Magali Robinson
Head of Corporate Governance, Newcastle Greater Mutual Group Ltd
Mark Anning
Head of Legal, Australia & Company Secretary, Lake Resources NL
Mark Fairlie
Deputy Company Secretary, Pacific National Holdings Pty Ltd
Melissa Lee
Manager Governance & Risk, City of Canada Bay Council
Melissa Sutton
Coordinator Corporate Governance & Risk, Wollondilly Shire Council
Michael Milgate
Director, C5C Group Pty Ltd
Michaela Walsh
Company Secretary, Bio101 Financial Advisory Pty Ltd
Minas Frangoulis
ANZ Deputy Group Company Secretary & Company Secretary, Suncorp Bank, ANZ
Neil McGregor
Executive Director - Company Secretary, Queensland Treasury Corporation
Nigel Habben
Chief Legal, Risk & Compliance Officer, Millennium Services Group Limited
Olivia Byron
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Acusensus Limited
Paula Davies
Company Secretary & General Counsel, Adelaide Primary Health Network Ltd
Phoebe Mather
Compliance Advisor, Alinta Energy =
Raff Del Vecchio
Assistant Secretary Corporate Services Police Association, Police Association of NSW
Rahul Roy
Executive Manager, Listed, Insurance Australia Group Limited
Raj Kumar
Executive General Manager Governance, Risk & Compliance, Delaney Kelly Golding Pty Ltd
Ramona Roach
CEO, Ethika Group & Ethika Foundation
Robert Bonotto
Chief People & Corporate Officer, FUJIFILM Business Innovation Australia Pty Ltd
Robin Bates
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Metro Mining Limited
Rochelle Caron
Managing Director, ECOSEC Governance Solutions
Ryan Phan
Head of Westpac Secretariat, Westpac
Saad Khalid
Project Director - 2025 Australian Multicultural Youth Media Summit / Board Director at Relationships Australia Canberra & Region / Australian Association for Adolescent Health, National Ethnic & Multicultural Broadcasting Council
Sam Nimkar
Deputy Company Secretary, CBHS Health Fund Limited
Samantha Blunden
Deputy Company Secretary, Boral Limited
Sanela Osmic
Board Governance Manager, icare NSW
Sara Harrup
Board Chair, Jabiru Community Services Ltd
Sara McMahon
Manager - Business Assurance & Risk , Shoalhaven City Council
Sarah Marshman
Legal Counsel, MDA National Insurance
Stacey Oswald
Manager Corporate Secretary & Reporting, Gladstone Area Water Board
Stephen Adeleke
Speciality Project (Risk & Governance), BHP Group Limited
Stephen Barrett-White
General Counsel & Company Secretary, UGL Pty Ltd
Stephen Phillips
Executive Director, Margaret Jurd College (NSW) Limited
Stephen Kennedy
Company Secretary / Head of Governance & Risk, Technology One Limited
Susan Ogden
Senior Corporate Governance Officer, Wollondilly Shire Council
Theo Kapodistrias
General Counsel, Evergen T/A Pacific 2022 Bidco C Pty Ltd
Todd Hopwood
Manager Customer & Business Integrity, Wollongong City Council
Troy Swan
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Winc
Vanessa Davidson
Principal Consultant Clearly Strategic, Clearly Strategic
Yetunde Daramola
Senior Adviser, Governance & Reporting, Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission
Zoltan Borbely
Compliance & Quality Assurance Manager, OptimumCare Plus
The date which nominations for Governance Top 100 open at 10am (AEST).
The date which nominations for Governance Top 100 close at 5pm (AEST).
The final date which judging is to be completed.
The date which the winner will be announced via a live webinar at 10am (AEST). Register here in advance for the webinar. The winner will also be announced via the website and notified direct.
Nominations for 2024 have now closed. Future dates to be announced.