Best The Australian Institute Of Company Directors Podcasts (2025)

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#207 Craig Tiley: Rare Interview Ft. Tennis Australia CEO on Army Lessons, Leading the Australian Open, and Tennis’s Future 1:12:13

4d ago1:12:13

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Craig Tiley is the CEO of Tennis Australia and long-time Tournament Director of the Australian Open — the largest annual sporting event in the Southern Hemisphere and the most-watched global sporting event each January, with over 14,000 staff, 800 players, and 2.5 billion viewers worldwide. This is one of Craig’s most personal and rare long-form in…

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220 - The RBA's Confident-but-also-Uncertain rate cut 8:33

8d ago8:33

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When the RBA cut rates back in February this year it sounded cautious. This time it sounded confident. At least kind of. It also sounded pretty uncertain about the global economy...but then who isn't these days? This week's episode of the pod gives its quick take on the May 2025 rate cut and the prospects for more to come. For more insights from th…

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#206 Employment Hero’s Ben Thompson: Curiosity-Driven Builder, Global Expansion, Customer Growth, Team Rewards, and His Son’s Rare Disease 1:22:49

10d ago1:22:49

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Ben Thompson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Employment Hero — one of Australia’s most successful tech companies, valued at over A$2 billion and used by more than 300,000 businesses worldwide. Before that, he bootstrapped multiple companies, blending legal expertise with product thinking to build tools for employers. In this candid long-form public in…

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219 - Markets, Tariffs, and the RBA Outlook 9:38

15d ago9:38

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In this week’s episode, we unpack the post-election market rally, Trump’s unexpected retreat on tariffs and renewed trade talks with China, fresh data on wages and unemployment, and what to expect from next week’s RBA meeting. A quick but sharp look at the key economic signals shaping the week. For more from AICD's Chief Economist Mark Thirlwell, h…

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Inside the AICD's Company Directors Course 30:27

17d ago30:27

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This special podcast will take you inside the AICD’s flagship Company Directors Course (CDC). Whether you’re a current board member, aspiring director, or senior executive – the CDC is the gold standard in governance education. For more than 50 years, the course has helped shape more informed, capable and confident directors. In this podcast, you’l…

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#205 Gill Findlay: Rare Interview ft. the Powerhouse COO Behind SafetyCulture & Immutable; Career Planning & "Friend" over title 1:25:21

17d ago1:25:21

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Gill Findlay is the former COO of SafetyCulture and Immutable — two of most influential tech companies globally to originate from Australia. She scaled SafetyCulture from

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#204 Miro’s Founder Andrey Khusid (LIVE): Rare Interview — Scaling from Whiteboard Tool to $17.5B Giant with 90M+ users 59:08

24d ago59:08

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Andrey Khusid is the founder and CEO of Miro, the world’s leading visual collaboration platform used by 90M+ users with $400M+ in ARR and a $17.5B valuation. *** Sponsor offers just for you: -> Find out more about Vanta's special offer exclusively for you at https://vanta.com/high and get a special offer of $1,000 off to access your very own compli…

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218 - What should the RBA do? 10:17

29d ago10:17

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The RBA's new Monetary Policy Board meets later this month to consider the case for a second rate cut in the current easing cycle. What will it make of Australia's election campaign, this week's inflation numbers, the recent rash of international forecast downgrades from the IMF, WTO and World Bank, and ongoing global trade policy uncertainty? Stil…

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#203 Airtasker’s Tim Fung: Asian-Australian Roots, Happiness, Playbook on Formula 1 & TV Partnerships and public company realities 1:12:46

1M ago1:12:46

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Tim Fung is the founder and CEO of Airtasker, the leading local services marketplace with over $1.7 billion in job creation and a community of more than 2 million users. Since launching in 2012, Tim has scaled Airtasker from a Sydney startup to a publicly listed company on the ASX, expanding into the UK and US with a bold media-for-equity model and…

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IFPA Wrap 397 Dollars & Making Sense 26:45

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2025-04-22 Spotify DMS RT QChilenga Money CounsellingBy The Institute of Financial Professionals Australia

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IFPA Wrap 398 Dollars & Making Sense 28:08

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2025-04-29 DMS RT RKan Ethical Investing SpotifyBy The Institute of Financial Professionals Australia

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IFPA Wrap 406 Dollars & Making Sense 27:50

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2025-02-25 DMS RT PHunt Women PropertyBy The Institute of Financial Professionals Australia

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IFPA Wrap 407 Dollars & Making Sense 27:50

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2025-03-04 DMS RT JBott Lost SuperBy The Institute of Financial Professionals Australia

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IFPA Wrap 400 Dollars & Making Sense 27:50

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2025-03-11 DMS RT JBott Estate PlanningBy The Institute of Financial Professionals Australia

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IFPA Wrap 401 Dollars & Making Sense 27:50

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2025-04-15 DMS RT NPanagis TPD and SuperBy The Institute of Financial Professionals Australia

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IFPA Wrap 402 Dollars & Making Sense 27:50

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2025-04-01 DMS RT NPanagis Terminal Illness SuperBy The Institute of Financial Professionals Australia

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IFPA Wrap 405 Dollars & Making Sense 27:50

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2025-03-18 DMS RT NPanagis Life Insure Inside SuperBy The Institute of Financial Professionals Australia

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IFPA Wrap 404 Dollars & Making Sense 27:50

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2025-03-25 DMS RT SSheary Hardship and SuperBy The Institute of Financial Professionals Australia

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IFPA Wrap 403 Dollars & Making Sense 27:50

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2025-04-08 DMS RT KSaid Portfolio ConstructionBy The Institute of Financial Professionals Australia

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IFPA Wrap 399 Dollars & Making Sense 27:50

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2025-04-29 DMS RT RKan Ethical InvestingBy The Institute of Financial Professionals Australia

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IFPA Wrap 396 Dollars & Making Sense 27:50

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2025-04-22 DMS RT QChilenga Money CounsellingBy The Institute of Financial Professionals Australia

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#202 Brad Banducci: Former Woolworths CEO in a Rare Interview on Identity, Intrapreneurship & Why Directionally Correct Beats Perfect 1:09:23

1M ago1:09:23

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Brad Banducci is the Former CEO of Woolworths Group and the newly appointed CEO of TEG (The parent company of Ticketek and SXSW). His career spans consulting at BCG, early-stage leadership at Tyro Payments, and senior roles at Cellarmasters and Woolworths, bringing together deep experience across startups, retail, private equity and transformation.…

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Special - Trump, Tariffs and Turmoil 8:49

2M ago8:49

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Instead of the traditional Easter Egg, the Dismal Science pod has a quick take on the implications of 'Liberation Day' and its aftermath in its Easter basket. It's tariff free! (Note, contents may include some discussion of trade policy tools.) For more economic insights from the AICD's Chief Economist Mark Thirlwell, including his weekly economic …

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#201 Carol Schwartz: Pioneering Philanthropy, Driving Boardroom Change, Founding The Women's Leadership Institute & Raising 4 Kids with Purpose 42:59

2M ago42:59

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Special Episode – Thomson Reuters CEO Steve Hasker: the rise of AI, lessons on private equity, and the future of news 30:36

2M ago30:36

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Steve Hasker is the CEO and President of Thomson Reuters, plus a director with ASX-listed Appen. He was visiting Australia recently and took part in a special event with the AICD. We talked with Steve about the rise of artificial intelligence, lessons from his experiences with private equity, and the future of news and information.…

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#200 Malcolm Turnbull: Raised by His Dad, Backed by Packer, Battled Trump—The Making of a Renowned Prime Minister 1:03:50

2M ago1:03:50

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Malcolm Turnbull, is a former Australian Prime Minister and one of the most fascinating public figures of our time. He built a global career spanning law, media, business, and tech. He and his wife, Lucy won the Spycatcher case against the British government that rose him to prominence, He was Kerry Packer's Lawyer for many years, and then an inves…

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#199 Farnaz Azmoodeh: Iran to LA, Mastering Engineering at Google, Monetising Snapchat, and becoming CTO at Linktree 1:10:49

2M ago1:10:49

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Farnaz is the CTO at Linktree, a platform with 70M+ users helping creators and businesses unify and monetise their online presence. She started at Google in the 2000s during their OG era, working on ad tech and ML, then joined Snap (375M+ daily users today), leading AR monetization and later platform engineering. This is a rare public interview wit…

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#198 Max Bausher & Brian Swift: From Twitter, Atlassian & New Relic to Twine - Cracking Product + GTM by Turning Customer Conversations into Action 1:16:02

2M ago1:16:02

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Max Bausher and Brian are the Co-Founders of Twine, bridging product and go-to-market teams by integrating insights across calls, CRM, and roadmaps. Max, Twine’s COO, brings expertise from leadership roles at CrowdStrike and New Relic, specialising in technical-business alignment. Brian, Twine’s CEO, has led product and GTM teams at SafetyCulture, …

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Dismal Science Live at AGS: US Markets, CHIPS Act, Geopolitical Shifts, and Australian Economic Concerns 37:12

3M ago37:12

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In this live from the Australian Governance Summit episode, hosts Raphael Dixon and Mark Thurwal analyze current economic and geopolitical developments. They discuss the "Trump trade" market fluctuations, US CHIPS Act's mixed impact on semiconductor manufacturing, and China's growing chip capabilities. The conversation covers Germany's potential de…

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#197 Rory San Miguel: 40-Hour Weekends, Building Propeller, Winning Enterprise Deals, Going Global—And the Secret Behind His Relentless Optimism 1:23:09

3M ago1:23:09

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Rory San Miguel is the co-founder and CEO of Propeller, a global tech company transforming worksites with drone data. Since 2014, he’s scaled Propeller to 300+ employees across Australia and the U.S., secured well known enterprise customers, and raised over $35M from investors like Blackbird and Costanoa Ventures to fuel international growth. This …

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217 - GDP Relief and a Fracturing Global Order 18:52

3M ago18:52

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This week on the Dismal Science, Raphael and Mark dissect the latest Australian GDP figures, revealing the end of the per capita recession, though productivity remains a concern with a third consecutive quarter of falling GDP per hour worked. Turning their attention to the global stage, they examine the evolving economic landscape in the United Sta…

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#196 Stripe’s First Southeast Asia Hire, Piruze Sabuncu: Diplomat Aspirations, Turkey, USA, Singapore, and becoming Partner at Square Peg VC (Rare Public Interview) 1:13:53

3M ago1:13:53

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216 - Eight reasons a soft landing is uncertain 36:24

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This week, Raphael and Mark dissect the latest inflation data and react to recent rate cuts, examining whether the soft landing declared by the IMF is truly secure. Mark shares a sneak peek of his upcoming article in Company Director magazine, outlining eight key global uncertainties that could derail the current economic outlook. They explore topi…

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#195 Steve Vamos: Former Xero, Apple & Microsoft CEO Shares His Playbook for Scaling Companies, Building Winning Teams & Mastering Transitions 1:30:07

3M ago1:30:07

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215 - 🍾 Rate Cut Victory Lap! 🍾 AI’s Sputnik Moment & the US’ Smoot-Hawley Moment. 44:15

3M ago44:15

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We're back, and we force Mark to take a victory lap for his February rate cut prediction! We dive into the details of the RBA's decision and its implications for future cuts. Then, we dissect the market freakout following the release of Deepseek's open-source AI model. What does it say about AI market leaders’ valuations, the effectiveness of expor…

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#194 Laura Henshaw: Modelling Struggles to becoming 'Kic' CEO; Empowering Women, Financial Independence & Embracing Authenticity 1:00:10

3M ago1:00:10

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#193 Paul Naphtali: From PR to VC—What Sequoia-Backed Startups Taught Me, Building Rampersand & How founders win! 1:16:42

4M ago1:16:42

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#192 RØDE Founder Peter Freedman: Swedish Outsider, High School Dropout, Insecurities, Building a Global Audio Empire 1:17:43

4M ago1:17:43

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Peter Freedman AM is the Founder and Chairman of RØDE and The Freedman Group. He received Australia’s highest national honor, the Order of Australia (denoted by AM) in 2016 for his efforts to Australian and global society. Established in 1991 as a brand under Freedman Electronics – the sound installation company started by his parents in 1967 – Pet…

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