Governance Bites #59: board tenure and avoiding stagnation, with Craig Mulholland
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In this episode, Mark Banicevich asks Craig Mulholland about board tenure and avoiding stagnation. Mark starts by asking how the board can ensure a balance between continuity and fresh perspectives, particularly regarding director tenure. They discuss the benefits and drawbacks of limiting board tenure. Craig also shares some great techniques that can be used to refresh board thinking and reduce stagnation. They also discuss how a board can evaluate its own performance. Finally, Craig shares the best advice that he would give to a new director.
Craig Mulholland is CEO of Apex Advice Group. He is an experience director and senior manager. During his 10 years at ANZ Bank, he held roles as Managing Director of Wealth and Private Banking, General Counsel and Company Secretary. This included board roles on the bank’s investment and life insurance subsidiaries. Prior to that, he held various executive and executive director roles at Telecom New Zealand (where he led the demerger of Telecom into Spark and Chorus), and AAPT in Australia.
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