Policy: Company directorships, secretaryships and partnerships
Purpose
To ensure adequate disclosure and approval of staff involvement in non-ANU entities.
Overview
This policy sets out the principles for approving academic and professional staff of the University to hold a directorship, secretaryship or partnership in or of an entity.
Scope
This policy applies to all University staff.
Policy Statement
Principles
- All University staff who hold, or wish to hold, a directorship, secretaryship or partnership in or of an entity, are required to obtain the approval of the relevant delegate. The only exception to this is where the entity is a family trust or partnership, family company (unless in their specific academic field of endeavour), community (not for profit) boards of management, or a self-managed superannuation fund.
- This provision is also applicable to all staff who have been invited or nominated by the University to hold office on behalf of the University.
Delegations relevant to this policy
- 000195: Approve an application to hold or continue to hold office in a non-University company
- 000196: Approve appointment to hold office in a University-related or other company ex officio (subsequent to appointment to ANU)
Information |
Printable version (PDF) |
| Title | Company directorships, secretaryships and partnerships |
| Document Type | Policy |
| Document Number | ANUP_000396 |
| Version | 5 |
| Purpose | To ensure adequate disclosure and approval of staff involvement in non-ANU entities. |
| Audience | Staff, Prospective Staff, Staff-Academic, Staff-Academic-Research, Staff-Professional |
| Category | Administrative |
| Topic/ SubTopic | Staff |
| Effective Date | 25 Jun 2020 |
| Review Date | 25 Jun 2021 |
| Responsible Officer: | Director, Corporate Governance and Risk Office |
| Approved By: | Vice-Chancellor |
| Contact Area | Corporate Governance and Risk Office |
| Authority: |
Australian National University Act 1991 Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 |
| Delegations | 194,195,196 |
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On 9 April 2021, the ANU Council assigned authority to approve academic policy to the Academic Board.
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