Finch's Guide to Corporate Governance
The first of five handbooks for high-performing boards: how boards work, how directors govern and how good governance is built. Written for directors, company secretaries, and the accountants, lawyers, auditors and executives who advise boards.
Full-colour paperback A$179.95 · EPUB A$79.95 · Companion resources and a members' library of editable templates with every volume bought on this site.
Five books that read, look and cite as one
Each volume stands alone. Together they cover the governance system entire: from what a director owes, through the numbers in the board pack, to how the committee and the board run and how the record is kept.
Volume OneFinch's Guide to Corporate Governance
How Boards Work, How Directors Govern and How Good Governance Is Built
Available from December 2026
Volume TwoFinch's Guide to Financial Statements
How to Read the Numbers, Question Management and Understand What They Really Mean
Coming in 2027
Volume ThreeFinch's Guide to Audit and Risk Committees
A Practical Guide to Oversight, Assurance, Risk and Accountability
Coming in 2027
Volume FourFinch's Guide to Board Committees
Remuneration, Nomination, Finance, Investment and Other Committees
Coming in 2027
Volume FiveFinch's Guide to Board Meetings and Company Secretarial Practice
How the Board Meets, How Decisions Are Made and How the Record Is Kept
Coming in 2027Volume One in December 2026. Four more during 2027.
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Dr Nigel Finch
Dr Nigel Finch is a company director, business adviser and former Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Sydney, where he also served as Associate Dean. Over more than thirty years across boardrooms, capital markets, academia and his own ventures he has advised ASX-listed companies, private groups, international businesses and not-for-profits on governance, financial reporting, finance, risk and strategy. He holds a PhD in Accounting and Business Law and has written more than one hundred academic and professional publications.
Dr Finch is Founder and Managing Director of Saki Partners, a governance and financial management advisory practice in Sydney and Melbourne.
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