Charity and NFP Board Governance: Current Compliance Focus

Thursday, 18 September 2025
Charity and NFP Board Governance: Current Compliance Focus

 

  • The ACNC and ATO’s current compliance focus – is your organisation ready?
  • Key board duties including managing conflicts of interest and related party transactions
  • Develop and improve your governance frameworks 

Presented by Rebecca Lambert-Smith, Practice Leader, Moores; Practice Leader in the Corporate Advisory team and heads up the For Purpose team 

Description

Attend and earn 1 CPD point in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories

Chair

Cheree SawleyPartnerHicksons Lawyers; NSW Law Society Accredited Specialist in Dispute Resolution

Presenters


Rebecca Lambert-Smith, Practice Leader, Moores
Rebecca is a Practice Leader in the Corporate Advisory team and heads up the For Purpose team at Moores. Rebecca provides expert advice to charities, not-for-profits and social ventures on a wide range of legal and governance matters. As a trusted advisor to For Purpose clients experiencing creation, crisis and change, Rebecca enjoys helping clients navigate the challenges of the current regulatory environment. This includes helping new organisations get established, providing complex structuring advice, improving governance, resolving internal disputes and responding to ACNC investigations. Having served on a number of Boards, Rebecca understands the competing priorities of modern governance. She regularly provides Board training and presents seminars and webinars to the For Purpose sector. Rebecca formerly practiced in commercial litigation.


Cheree Sawley, Partner, Hicksons Lawyers
Cheree is a Partner in the Commercial Dispute Resolution and Estates team. With over 13 years’ experience, Cheree has a focus on contested estates litigation, commercial litigation, dispute resolution, debt recovery, bankruptcy and insolvency law. Cheree has acted for a wide range of clients, including corporations, government departments, local councils, SMEs, and individuals across specialist litigation and dispute resolution matters. Cheree has also represented executors, several charities and beneficiaries across a range of contested estates matters. With her clients’ best interest in mind, Cheree always acts and advise her clients with full and frank advise, in line with their legal and commercial objectives. Cheree is an Accredited Specialist in Dispute Resolution with the NSW Law Society. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the Australian National University.

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Charity and NFP Board Governance: Current Compliance Focus

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Single Session
Thursday, 18 September 2025
to Australia/Sydney
CPD Hours 1
$160.00
On Demand 20250916 20250918

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