Women on Corporate Boards

12:00pm, THURSDAY 16 November 2023

Participants will get to hear from three successful businesswomen with boardroom experience and/or experience in recommending directors for significant positions.

Target audience is aspiring board directors, probably mostly female, as well as current directors looking to upgrade their board positions (eg from NFP to profit making, from small to larger organisation). These groups would include younger professional women, as well as those closer to retirement and considering their next move.

Participants may be personally interested in getting on to a board or may wish to learn how to better engage with the boards on which they currently serve. 

This panel discussion will cover the challenges and benefits for women of putting themselves forward for these roles. Some of the discussion points will be on:

• Skills matrix, how it is used, how to ensure that your CV covers what might be required.
• How those from diverse/underrepresented backgrounds can overcome barriers to getting on boards (if there are real barriers)
• What backgrounds and qualifications are sought
• What are the risks involved?

 

Please watch the webinar via the link below:

Video Recording

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About the speakers

Professor Sue Wright -Head of Accounting Department - Host

Sue Wright is Professor of Accounting and Head of Accounting Department in the UTS Business School. She has previously worked at University of Newcastle and Macquarie University. Sue’s research and higher degree supervision is primarily focused on corporate governance and financial reporting in Australia, their regulation, and their impact on performance and other market measures. Her work has been externally funded by Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, Centre for International Financial Regulation, Financial Literacy Australia, CPA Australia, ACCA and ANZ Bank.

Associate Professor Helen Spiropoulos - Co-Host

Helen Spiropoulos is an Associate Professor of Accounting at UTS and Associate Editor of the Australian Journal of Management and Managerial Auditing Journal. Helen completed a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and a Bachelor of Business with First Class Honours at UTS, for which she received the University Medal. In 2014 she completed a PhD in Accounting and received The Chancellor List Award at UTS. Since then Helen's research has primarily been focused in the areas of financial and sustainability reporting, gender diversity, executive compensation and corporate governance, and has been featured in a number of outlets including the Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Financial Times, BOSS Magazine, and ABC Radio. Helen also judges the Women in Finance awards and the Australian Accounting Awards.

 

Dr. Eileen Doyle

Dr. Eileen Doyle has had an exceptional career facilitating and enabling the commercialisation of innovation in large companies, SMEs and start ups over more than three decades. Eileen has been an angel investor for over two decades and in the process has invested in, mentored and advised many businesses. 

She has held senior executive and non executive director roles across many industries. She is the past Chairman of PWCS and the Hunter Research Foundation. She is also the past Deputy Chairman of CSIRO. She is presently a Director of Santos, DBI, NextDC, Airservices Australia, Kinetic Group and SWOOP Analytics. 

She was Australia's first Fulbright Scholar in Business Management in 1993 where she attended Columbia University in New York. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Association of Angel Investors.

Vivian Quinn

Vivian Quinn is an experienced CFO, Director and Audit & Risk Chair currently working as a Non-Executive Director, providing advisory services in areas such as risk, governance, strategic planning, cash flow forecasting, board reporting and management performance. Her career spans mostly blue-chip complex organisations in multiple industries and geographies, always focused on delivering strategic commercial outcomes to exceed expectations.

As a CFO, Vivian led functions such as finance, remuneration & benefits, business insights, ICT, strategic sourcing, property, facilities management, supply chain, legal and company secretarial within industry sectors such as technology, professional services, pharmaceutical, consumer goods and services. She gained deep experience in global risk management best practices and developed strong governance skills while working in Fortune 50 companies such as IBM and Johnson & Johnson for 24 years.

Vivian is Chair of Gateway, a community housing provider, and she serves on the board of Sunnyfield as a non-executive director (Property Committee and Audit Finance and Risk Committee member). 

Vivian is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of FINSIA & CPA Australia with a Bachelor of Economics plus a Masters of Applied Finance.

Jane Bridge

Jane Bridge established Boardroom Partners in 1999 as a specialist advisory firm to assist boards in Australia with recruitment of Directors, reviews of performance and consulting on good governance generally.  After 20+ years, Jane sold her business into the larger Johnson Partners, where Jane and her  team formed the Board Practice, which is now well established.  In July this year, Jane moved to be an Adviser to the Practice, offering strategic insights and practical advice to the team.  Having now worked across boards for 25 years, Jane continues to be fascinated by the human elements of governance, and in the difference that can be made by active and effective directors on boards. 

Jane is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Chief Executive Women, and has links to various universities. She has qualifications in design education, management and governance. Jane maintains a deep interest in issues relating to women in the workforce and has written articles and papers on the subject. In 2003, she was awarded a Centenary Medal for her contribution to society in business leadership.

Join us

12:00pm, THURSDAY 16 November 2023

In person: at UTS Business School Building 8, Level 3, CB08.03.002, 14-28 Ultimo Road Ultimo (map)
and Online webinar via Zoom

Future events

For information about our next webinars topics, contact Roman Lanis at Roman.Lanis@uts.edu.au.

We are happy to take on suggestions for future discussion topics so please get in touch with your ideas.

Enquiries

Please direct general enquiries to:  

Associate Professor Roman Lanis  
Accounting Department  
UTS Business School  
Email: Roman.Lanis@uts.edu.au

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