The ACNC's Stakeholder Engagement Framework outlines our commitment to engaging with, and being responsive to, the charities we regulate and other stakeholders.
Consulting with the sector ensures that we understand different points of view and are better equipped to make informed decisions about how we will meet our objects.
The ACNC's Adviser Forum forms an important part of our sector consultation efforts.
Purpose
The Adviser Forum's membership is made up of invited professional advisers to the charity sector, primarily from the legal and accounting professions. The forum brings this membership together with ACNC representatives and invited observer members.
The Adviser Forum is able to comment on matters that will help the ACNC improve its regulation of charities and to be open and accountable about the way we operate.
The ACNC can seek comment and feedback from members of the Adviser Forum on:
- emerging issues impacting the sector and the provision of service to the sector
- approved forms
- policies
- education and guidance materials.
Participation, membership and tenure
The ACNC Adviser Forum meets twice a year – once separately to the Sector Forum and once combined with it.
Adviser Forum members are invited to participate for a two-year term. This term can be extended by invitation of the ACNC.
Forum membership is capped at 35 and reflects the diversity of the sector.
| Organisation | Representative |
| Platform Legal | John Altmann – Principal Solicitor |
| Gadens | Biljana Apostolova – Partner |
| Barrister | Jennifer Batrouney AM KC |
| Australian Audit | Robert (Bob) Campbell – Director |
| Arnold Bloch Leibler | Bridgid Cowling – Special Counsel |
| Australian Philanthropy Services | Judith Fiander – Chief Executive Officer |
| Gilbert + Tobin | Darren Fittler – Partner |
| Fowler Charity Law Pty Ltd | Mark Fowler – Principal |
| Giuntabell | Nunzio Giunta – Managing Partner |
| Add-Ministry Inc | Noel Harding – Senior Consultant |
| Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers | Josephine Heesh – Partner |
| Law Council of Australia - Charities and Not-for-Profits Committee | Seak-King Huang – Partner Milner & Huang |
| Hundt Law | Richard Hundt – Principal Lawyer |
| Macpherson Kelley | Sarah Johnson – Principal Lawyer |
| Moores | Rebecca Lambert-Smith – Practice Leader |
| NFP Legal and Governance Network | Elaine Leong – Chair and Convenor |
| Corney & Lind Lawyers | Jessica Lipsett – Director |
| Mutual Trust - representing The Tax Institute | Maria Lui – Partner representing The Tax Institute |
| Herbert Smith Freehills | Alice Macdougall – Special Counsel |
| Governance Institute of Australia Ltd | Catherine Maxwell – General Manager |
| Justice Connect | Geraldine Menere – Head of NFP Law |
| Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) | Simon Mitchell – Senior Policy Advisor |
| Grant Thornton | Bhavesh Narsey – Partner |
| Not for Profit Accounting Specialists (NFPAS) | Ellie Paterson – Consulting Chief Financial Officer |
| Headstart legal (new) | Abdulla Rahhal – Founder and principle |
| Steady Advisory (new) | William Rosewarne – Principal |
| Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) | Melanie Scott – Senior Policy Advocate |
| Paxton-Hall Lawyers | Nicole Shenfield – Director |
| Saward Dawson | Peter Shields – Partner |
| HLB Mann Judd | Aidan Smith – Partner |
| CPA Australia | Ram Subramanian – Senior Manager |
| Mills Oakley | Vera Visevic – Partner |
| Charitas Lawyers (new) | Jae Yang |
| Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) | Fridrich Housa – Deputy Technical Director |
| Treasury | Peter Robjent |
| Australian Taxation Office (ATO) | Jennifer Moltisanti – Assistant Commissioner |
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