Fran O’Sullivan, NZ Herald columnist - presentation

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Date: 12:00pm — 2:00pm, 14 February 2020
Venue: KPMG Wellington
Location: Level 9, 10 Customhouse Quay, Wellington 6011
Price: $0.00 incl GST

Overview

Governing through crisis and managing and mitigating media exposure is a challenge all organisations face.

What happens when things get out of hand? How boards determine their response to a crisis is critical to minimising negative impact on their brand and reputation.

We are very pleased to have Fran joining as our AGM guest speaker to share her insights and observations on how organisations can be better prepared for the media of the future and the challenges that come from working in an MMP environment.

View the AGM details on the Wellington branch page

Fran O'Sullivan

Fran O'Sullivan is a high-profile NZ Herald columnist and director of business intelligence firm NZ INC. She has held a range of roles within her 23 years with the NZME ranging from Business Herald columnist to Editorial Director - Business, Assistant NZ Herald Editor and Corporate Affairs Director for prior Herald publisher Wilson and Horton.

Fran has specific governance experience: she chairs the Metropolis Body Corporate (NZ's largest); is a member of the NZ China Council, is chair of the NZ US Council Advisory Board and also a member of the Council's Executive Board. She is also deputy chair of the NZ committee of the Pacific Economic Corporation Council and Convenor of the Deloitte Top 200 Judging Panel.

In her early journalistic career she was a political journalist in Wellington and subsequently an investigative journalist who broke many major business stories including the first articles that led to the Winebox Inquiry in both NBR and the Sydney Morning Herald. She has specific expertise in relation to China where she has been a frequent visitor since the late 1990s.

She is a former Editor of the National Business Review; has twice been awarded Qantas Journalist of the Year and is a multiple winner of the Westpac Financial Journalism Award.