Governance Top 100

GOVERNANCE
TOP 100

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FINALISTS
FOR 2024

Finalists

THE JUDGING PANEL

GOVERNANCE TOP 100

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 OPEN FRIDAY 26 JULY 2024 AT 9AM (AEST) AND CLOSE THURSDAY 03 OCTOBER 2024 AT 5PM (AEST).

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 2024!

Partners

Get to know our proud partners of Governance Top 100 for 2024

3YS Owls

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.

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Computershare Australia

One 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.

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Corporate Technology Services

CTS 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.

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Hays

At 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.

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McCullough Robertson Lawyers

For 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.

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Nasdaq Governance Solutions

Nasdaq 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.

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Judging Panel - 2024

Ainslie Cunningham

Co-Founder & Director, 3YS Owls

David Maffescioni

General Manager - QLD, Computershare

Rachel Adams

Head of ESG and Governance Solutions, Asia-Pacific, Nasdaq

Reece Walker

Partner – Corporate and Equity Capital Markets, McCullough Robertson Lawyers

Tina Kokkalis

Senior Manager, Legal & Company Secretarial, Hays

Ainslie Cunningham - Co-Founder & Director, 3YS Owls

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.

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David Maffescioni - General Manager - QLD, Computershare

David 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.

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Rachel Adams - Head of ESG and Governance Solutions for Asia-Pacific, Nasdaq

Rachel 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.

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Reece Walker - Partner – Corporate and Equity Capital Markets, McCullough Robertson Lawyers

Reece 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.

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Tina Kokkalis - Senior Manager, Legal & Company Secretarial, Hays

Tina 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.

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Winner of Governance Top 100 for 2023

3YS Owls Governance Top 100 Winner 2023

Alicia Morris

General Counsel & Company Secretary, Australian Vintage Limited

I am so proud of my efforts to create governance frameworks for Australian Vintage to support and drive our powerful ESG ambitions. I’m humbled to be recognised alongside the many talented governance professionals in our industry.

Alicia Morris

Finalists - 2024

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