Young Directors’ Network: Board simulation – If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?

Workshop

Speaker(s): Gráinne Troute
Date: 5:30pm — 7:30pm, 10 November 2026
Venue: Marsh Auckland
Location: Level 11, PwC Tower, 15 Customs Street West
Price members: $30.00 incl GST
Price non-members: $40.00 incl GST

Overview

What happens when an organisation outgrows the systems and relationships that once served it well?

Join the Young Directors’ Network for a practical governance simulation led by Gráinne Troute CFInstD. Step onto the board of On Track Trust, a for-purpose organisation supporting young people and whānau.

With funding under review, failing systems, privacy concerns and founder resistance, how will you protect frontline services while investing in the future?

Working in small groups, you will take on board roles, challenge management’s recommendations and agree a resolution that balances mission, financial sustainability and stakeholder trust. Decide what to authorise and what assurance you need, without stepping into management’s responsibilities.

Designed for young and emerging directors, the session includes a debrief exploring board dynamics and decision making under uncertainty. Learn from different perspectives, practise constructive challenge and build confidence in your governance judgement.

Gráinne Troute

CFInstD

Gráinne is the IoD’s Auckland Branch Chair and sits on the IoD Council. She is currently a director of NZX-listed companies Tourism Holdings, Summerset Group and Investore Property Ltd and is an independent board member of the legal firm Duncan Cotterill and the New Zealand Automobile Association. She is also an appointed member of the NZX’s Corporate Governance Institute. In the not-for-profit sector, she has chaired Tourism Industry Aotearoa (during which time she also co-chaired the government’s Tourism Industry Transformation Plan) and Ronald McDonald House Charities. She is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors.

Prior to her governance career, Grainne had many years’ experience in senior executive roles, including as General Manager of Corporate Services at SKYCITY Entertainment Group and as Managing Director of McDonald’s Restaurants NZ.

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