Inaugural Future Director Award open to future-fit board directors
The Future Directors Institute (FDI) has today launched the first Future Director Award in Australia. The new award seeks to recognise next level board directors pulling their organisations toward a fairer, safer, smarter future.
Nominations are open to anyone based in Australia who has held an active non-executive position (voluntary or paid) for over 12 months and can show their positive impact on the company.
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.
FDI founder Paul Smith, on why the award was created: “The next ten years needs directors who are light years ahead of the status quo. This award is for those who are tackling the strategic challenges of the future, sparking change from the top down, also representing and reflecting the stakeholders they serve.”
Adds Smith, “We also just want to show that they’re not alone - that there’s a community of board directors out there who give a damn about the future and see the boardroom as a place to effectively drive change.”
The award looks to highlight the positive impact board directors are having on 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
Nominations close on Feb 14 2022.
Candidates can be nominated by a third party or self-nominate.
The winner and shortlisted finalists will be announced in early 2022, as judged by a panel of Australian and international directors and governance experts.
The finalists and Future Director Award winner will be announced at a virtual award show, held in April 2022. The award winner and other highlighted nominees will receive national recognition and over $10,000 worth of prizes.
The nominations portal is now live.
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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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.