What makes a corporate director truly great? What combination of skill, expertise, independence and diversity makes a board effective and who really belongs in the boardroom?
In this 60-minute webinar, Corporate Governance Advisor, Author, Researcher and Speaker Matt Fullbrook and Watermark Search International Partner Grace Atkinson unpack these questions, revealing that the answers may be less clear-cut than expected, and that conventional approaches to board composition may not be as effective as they seem.
No matter which factors a board chooses to prioritise in recruitment, there are always unexpected trade-offs. Independence may reduce material conflicts of interest but is also associated with increased corporate malfeasance. Deep technical expertise provides boards with access to important information and analysis but also makes directors vulnerable to overconfidence and errors in judgment. Building a great board requires an understanding of this complexity and a willingness to invite unconventional directors into the room.
This webinar will cover:
- What factors to boards really prize in their directors? While skills and expertise are essential to a board’s success, they are insufficient in making a director truly great. What is the secret sauce?
- What are our blind spots when it comes to board composition? Typical approaches to building boards are rooted in assumptions that aren’t supported by real-world evidence. What are we missing?
- How might new approaches help? If conventional board composition is missing the mark, what new ideas are worth trying and what steps should boards be taking?
Date: October, 21st 2026
Time: Access from 11am (AEDT - Sydney time)
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