Understanding Directors’ Duties Is Important

Hello, I’m Peter Towers, Managing Director of ESS Small Business and ESS BIZTOOLS.  Welcome to Empowering SMEs.

The Corporate Governance Network, being presented by ESS Small Business, will give SME company directors and committee members of not-for-profits, charities, sporting and social organisations the opportunity to listen to commentary presented by a panel of experts relative to the operation of businesses and organisations and to consider the development of action plans for their own professional development and for their businesses or organisations.  The Corporate Governance Network is being presented in 8 x 90-minute webinar/workshops during 2018/19.

The first webinar/workshop is being presented on alternative dates:

• Wednesday 25th July at 12 noon AEST; or
• Wednesday 15th August at 7.00pm AEST.

Subscribers can attend either presentations or both, if they wish.  The full webinar/workshop presentation timetable for 2018/19 is available at www.esssmallbusiness.com.au click on Corporate Governance Network and then click on Learn More.

The keynote speakers for the Corporate Governance Network series for 2018/19 have been finalised:

Keynote presenters in the first workshop/webinar :

• Jordon Lowry – Managing Director, Blackstone Business Group – Workplace Health & Safety Code and Human Resources
• Trevor Marchant – Managing Director, Marchant Dallas – Sales and Marketing
• Dave Birch – Managing Director, smartAR and feeLink – Debtors’ Management and Collections

The remaining keynote speakers who will participate in the webinars/workshops during the next 12 months include:

• Andrew Geddes – Andrew Geddes Pty Ltd – former Chair, Greencross Limited (a top 200 ASX company), public company director, founder of FMRC Pty Ltd, advisor and mentor to a large number of accountancy and other professional service firms and SMEs around Australia.
• Ross Contarino – Business Facilitator, AI group – Federal Government Grants
• Paul Barnaby – Chartered Accountant, Regional Consultant Plan Guru – Budgeting and Cashflow Forecast Software
• Greg Redington – Partner, Coutts Redington Chartered Accountants – Taxation as it applies for SME companies and organisations
• Peter Towers – Managing Director, ESS Small Business and ESS BIZTOOLS – former company secretary and chief financial officer of a listed public company, accountancy firm partner, business advisor for a major federal government grant program, consultant on corporate governance.