There has been a lot of discussion over the last while about the need for New Zealand companies to focus on developing better boards. These discussion are as varied as talking about the importance of a formal Board of Directors for SMEs through to creating diversity on the boards of New Zealand’s publicly listed companies.
SpringBoard NZÂ is an organization that was set up to encourage younger people to take up board positions and to encourage companies to appoint younger directors.
SpringBoard has now led to a new website that is focused on Appointing Better Boards and to keep it really obvious that is what the website url is -Â http://www.appointbetterboards.co.nz/
On the subject of diversity the NZX have recently released a consultation document. Not overly surprising is the submission being made by SpringBoard is that diversity of age is as important as other forms of diversity.
For those of you interested in governance I strongly recommend looking at both SpringBoard and Appoint Better Boards – if you are interested in roles or have a board opening make sure to sign up.