Reviewing Your Board

Geoffrey Kiel is Chairman of Strategic Governance Pty Ltd, a corporate governance and strategy consultancy as well as Specialist Advisor to the national corporate governance consultancy, Effective Governance Pty Ltd. He is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Queensland and an Honorary Professor of the Australian Catholic University. For over 30 years he has also been a writer and facilitator of corporate governance education programs throughout Australia for the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Geoffrey has had an extensive career as a management advisor, senior manager, management educator and academic researcher. His management consulting experience is widespread, extending over the past forty years. During his long career, he has consulted to well in excess of 500 organisations, both in Australia and internationally. He has undertaken numerous board reviews. He is also an experienced director, serving as a board member and chair of several for-profit and not-for-profit organisations.

In addition to researching, lecturing and developing materials in the areas of governance policy and practice, Gavin Nicholson is an experienced director, governance researcher and board consultant. He has published extensively in the leading journals of his field and currently oversees several large research projects aimed at understanding how boards operate. He has provided advice on corporate governance and strategy to listed and large public companies, government owned corporations, statutory authorities, not-for-profit organisations and local government.

Jennifer Tunny is Senior Research Advisor at Effective Governance, a privately-owned advisory firm that provides expertise and assistance to all types of organisations on corporate governance, strategy and corporate sustainability to clients in Australia and New Zealand.