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Governance Assurance Webinar
Join contemporary governance specialist Fi Mercer for the latest issues and observations from across the globe.
Hot off the press from the 2025 World Credit Union Conference in Stockholm, join Kathy Dickson and Fi Mercer for the Australian presentation of their keynote address.
The Art of Compliant Contemporary Governance
Institutions often struggle to align regulatory compliance with modern governance trends and issues, sidelining priorities such as environmental and social sustainability, workforce engagement, AI and cyber.
But what if a contemporary approach to compliance could enhance governance?
Family First Bank in Australia has done just that. Chair Kathy Dickson calls it "catching the wind" – integrating compliance into a modern governance model that empowers leadership, strengthens board assurance and sharpens a contemporary focus.
Join Kathy and governance expert Fi Mercer as they share how this transformation supports smarter, more sustainable governance.
Attendee Takeaways
- How a strong Chair-CEO partnership drives positive governance transformation.
- Strategies to implement governance systems that ensure compliance while enabling Directors and Executives to focus on modern governance trends and issues priorities, such as environmental and social sustainability
- The unexpected benefits of a Contemporary Governance Review, including Director engagement and strategic reinvigoration.
Who Should Attend
- Chairs
- Directors
- CEOs
- Company Secretaries
- Governance Leaders
- ...and anyone shaping boardroom conversations for Financial Institutions.
This Webinar is part of GovernWith's unwavering commitment to supporting whole organisations with a contemporary governance solution.
Meet Your Speakers
Kathy Dickson
Chair, Family First Bank
Kathy is an experienced Non-Executive Director of a mutual bank with deep expertise in large stakeholder-based member organisations. This includes working at the board level. She has a solid understanding of how to support and empower an organisation to grow and innovate. Kathy has a proven record of demonstrating excellent strategic vision and sound judgement across a wide range of environments and opportunities.
Fi Mercer
CEO, GovernWith
Fi Mercer is a leading voice in contemporary governance and the Founder/CEO of GovernWith. With a career dedicated to enhancing contemporary governance practices globally, Fi empowers governing leaders and whole organisations to govern more strategically and sustainably in our modern times.
Meet Your Host
Jennifer Dean
Financial Institutions Professional Advisor, GovernWith
Jennifer Dean is a non-executive and executive board director (GAICD) with deep expertise in developing and aligning strategy, restructuring governance and risk management frameworks and championing values that underpin organizational culture. She is a qualified actuary (FIAA) and financial services, superannuation and insurance industry executive with over 25 years experience including divisional P&L and people leadership, board secretariat, merger and acquisitions, new product development, brand launches and regulatory investigations and rectifications,
As a former super fund CEO equivalent, Trustee Director and a former partner of Aon leading its Australian Retirement Solutions business, Jennifer brings unique insight from a deep understanding of the financial services industry, its operations, stakeholders and regulatory environment. In addition, as a NED and chair in the NFP and sport sector she has direct experience of the governance challenges for community and member based organisations.
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