Inaugural Future Director Award chooses six finalists for 2022
The Future Directors Institute (FDI) has today announced the first-ever Future Director Award finalists.
This new award seeks to recognise next level Non Executive Board Directors pulling their organisations toward a fairer, safer, smarter future.
Congratulations to our finalists:
Akii Ngo with board roles on Disability Justice Australia Inc. - Non Executive Director/CompanySecretary; Women With Disabilities Australia - WWDA Lead Co-design Committee & National Toolkit Committee; LGBTIQA+ Health Australia & National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) - Our Voices, Our Lives, Our Way Project Advisory Committee; Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care - National Consumer Representative; Disability Sport & Recreation - Disability Advisory Committee Chair
Clare Thorpe with board roles on Australian Library & Information Association - Non Executive Director/Finance Committee member, Risk and Governance Committee member; Open Access Australasia - Executive committee member
Elyse McInerney with a board role on Oaktree - Non Executive Director/Chair of the Development and Policy Committee
Leah Fricke with board roles on Columbus Capital - Non Executive Director/Chair Risk Committee; Forager Funds Management - Non Executive Director; Western NSW Local Health District - Independent Chair/Audit & Risk Committee; Legal Aid NSW - Independent Member/Audit & Risk Committee
Leesa Chesser with board roles on Community Options Australia - Non Executive Director/Chair Governance, Remuneration & Nominations Committee; +Life - Advisory Board Member;
Zara Bending with board roles on Jane Goodall Institute Australia Non-Executive Director/Finance & Risk Committee/Advocacy Committee Forever Wild Campaign Committee; Steel City Arts Foundation, Pittsburgh - Non Executive Board Director
The Future Director of the Year winner will be announced at the virtual ceremony on Wednesday 27 April, starting 6 pm AEST. The award winner and other highlighted nominees will receive national recognition and over $10,000 worth of prizes, thanks to partners OnBoard, Integrity Governance and WAVIA. The main prize is a study tour with FDI’s founder, Paul Smith to explore different models of board governance and director performance.
Paul said the 2022 finalists were absolute standouts:
“The award was created to recognise and celebrate those board members who are tackling the big challenges of the future, sparking change from the top, and representing and reflecting the stakeholders they serve. The six finalists demonstrate the brilliant work being done in boards by thoughtful, curious and future-focussed directors. We hope their stories inspire others.”
The Future Director Award is an initiative by FDI, a leading director education platform and community, who have been making boardrooms and directors fit for their future, and the world’s, since 2015.
In its inaugural year, nominations were open to anyone based in Australia who held an active non-executive position (voluntary or paid) for over 12 months. Australia is the first country to celebrate the Future Director Award, with plans to take the awards global in the next few years.
The anonymised entries by the finalists were reviewed by a panel of diverse and international board directors and governance experts who assessed the positive impact nominees are having on their boards, companies, stakeholders, and the future, including,
Inclusive leadership inside and out of the boardroom
The courage to say no to the status quo
An ‘always-learning’ mindset
Awareness of the bigger world and your board’s impact
An eagerness to bring new thinking and tools to boards
General badassery
Visit FD Award Portal for further information on the awards program.
To attend the award ceremony, register here.
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WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT 27.4.22
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The Future Director Award is brought to you by FDI and sponsored by Onboard and supported by our national community partners.
For media enquiries, please contact psmith@futuredirectors.com
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The Future Director of the Year Award is sponsored by Onboard and supported by national community partners.
ABOUT FUTURE DIRECTORS:
FDI is a group of thinkers & board experts creating and supporting a new wave of board directors fit for their future, and the world’s.
FDI’s programs and events have inspired thousands to join boards or refocus their board careers, and tackle the future head-on. FDI’s innovative tools and training are reshaping director education and building greater board intelligence for individuals and boards - helping people find pathways to the boardroom, and have impact when they’re there.
ABOUT PAUL SMITH:
Paul Smith is the Founder of FDI.
Paul has been described as a ‘boardroom futurist’ and one of the leading global thinkers on the future of board governance. He’s spoken around the world on the themes of board diversity, inclusive decision-making and the role of ‘Future Director’.
Paul is an award-winning author with his first book ‘Right Seat Right Table: An outsider’s guide to securing the ideal board role’, and is currently working on his second, ‘Leave your ego at the door: a guide to impact & influence inside the boardroom’. He serves on a number of boards including as Vice-Chair of the Jane Goodall Institute Global, an international NGO dedicated to expanding the legacy of the iconic Dr Jane Goodall – who he (pre-COVID) gets to share a whisky with now and again.
ABOUT ONBOARD:
At OnBoard, we believe board meetings should be informed, effective, and uncomplicated. That's why we give boards and leadership teams an elegant solution that simplifies governance. With customers across the globe in higher education, non-profit, health care systems, government, and corporate enterprise business, OnBoard is the leading board management provider.
As the leading provider of board management solutions, we’re also proud to support the 2022 Future Directors Award, recognising the outsized impacts and achievements board directors make across all walks of life.
Visit onboardmeetings.com for more information.