Strategic Governance Advisory Services

Governance built to sharpen strategy and strengthen performance — not simply satisfy compliance.

Governance Bureau is led by Principal Consultant Mark Fenton FAICD FCPA — bringing 23+ years as a board Chair and non-executive director, and 27+ years as a finance executive, to boards that want an honest, independent read on how they’re really performing.

Discipline

Governance treated as a finance discipline — evidenced, benchmarked, and reported on with the same rigour applied to a set of accounts

Evidence

Findings drawn from direct interviews and board papers, not templated surveys — an independent, external view a board can actually trust.

Accountability

Every engagement ends in a facilitated conversation with the full board, and a prioritised plan — not a report that quietly gets filed.

What we do

Three ways to strengthen your board

Each engagement is fixed in scope and fee, and each is designed to work as a natural next step from the one before it.

01 - Governance Health Check

An independent, board-wide review of effectiveness — papers, composition, oversight and culture — with a facilitated report-back to the full board.

3–4 weeks →

02 - Audit, Risk & Finance Committee Advisory

A focused review of your committee's structure, reporting and risk framework, from someone who has chaired several.

3–4 weeks →

03 - Board Skills Assessment & Composition Planning

Turning a static skills matrix into a genuine succession and recruitment tool your board will actually use.


2–3 weeks →

Sector experience

Governed across

Retail

Manufacturing

Property Services

Advertising

Performing Arts

Disability Services

Mental Health

Aged & Retirement Living

Education

Supportive Housing

Government Advisory

Membership Services

Considering an independent review of your board?