During times of change and pressure, organisations look to their Board for guidance and leadership. This session will examine what a prudent Board should be doing to steer its organisation through stormy waters resulting from the pandemic, royal commission findings, increasing regulation and the economic downturn, including:

• Is the Board comprised of the right people to make the right decisions?

• Board duties and responsibilities under the microscope: Australian Security Investment Commission v Mitchell (No 2) [2020] FCA 1098
• Purpose as the guiding light: ensuring alignment between organisational objectives and operations
• Does the board know what it needs to know? Financial and other reporting obligations
• Conducting self -assessment and reviews of structure, activities and performance
• Bringing in the experts
• Putting risk management on the front footing, including new industrial manslaughter laws
• Essential items for every Board meeting agenda