Articles by Swain Roberts

Swain has an extensive background in corporate advisory and finance and in recent years has combined that with his work in the not-for-profit sector. He is involved in a range of community and charitable organisations across sectors such as health, education and social finance. He co-chairs the Health Industry Group within McCullough Robertson and is also co-chair of the recently launched Queensland chapter of Social Impact Measurement Network Australia. Swain advises on structuring and tax related issues for charities and not-for-profit organisations as well as advising on governance and funding options for long-term sustainability. Having worked in South East Asia for 15 years, Swain also sits on McCullough’s International Committee.

Governance

The Continuing Convergence of Governance Between Not-for-profit and For-profit Boards

The Role of Government Reform in the Continuing Convergence of Governance Between Not-for-profit Boards and For-profit Boards The convergence of governance of not-for-profit boards towards the modes of governance more typically seen in for-profit boards continues to gather pace as part of a broader, although not entirely consistent, pattern of convergence of corporate governance globally. Whilst this convergence reflects a range of expectations or demands imposed, either directly or indirectly, by various stakeholders of not-for-profit organisations, government, as the only common stakeholder across the whole of the not-for-profit sector, has played an increasingly pivotal role in this process and in particular, a multitude of government reforms have been at the centre of this on-going convergence.