Governance Bites #99: future directors, with Heather Roy

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In this episode, Mark Banicevich talks to Heather Roy about future directors. Heather defines the topic, outlines the purpose of future director programmes, and shares her experience with future directors. They discuss the target audience for future directors, recruitment, training and mentoring. Mark asks about their legal position (particularly around liability), and transitioning future directors into formal board roles. Heather also shares advice for new directors. 
Heather Roy is a professional director and business consultant through her company Torquepoint Ltd (https://torquepoint.co.nz/). Her current board roles include independent chair of Financial Advice NZ and the Security and Reliability Council (an advisory body to the Electricity Authority), and a director of Port Marlborough. Former chair or director roles include the Utilities Disputes, Marlborough Chamber of Commerce, Advertising Standards Authority, Foxplan and Medicines New Zealand. Heather is a former NZ Minister of Consumer Affairs, Associate Minister of Defence and Associate Minister of Education, and she has been an Officer in the NZ Army Reserves, a physiotherapist and a medical researcher. 
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