Garth Fountain-Smith LLB, GradCertLegPrac, GradDipACG, FGIA, FCIS, MAICD — Lawyer and director of Fountain-Smith, Lawyers and Governance in Victoria. Corporate lawyer - (admitted 1997) Garth practises in - corporations law - directors & officers duties - legal and regulatory compliance law - financial services law - corporate governance, risk management, board/dir review/assessment - professional conduct matters - commercial litigation/commercial law - employment law Garth has extensive regulatory experience as a lawyer and manager with ASIC. Board and Committee experience Board/Committee & Exec Mgt experience Non-Exec Dir - Governance Institute of Australia Ltd (GIA) - (2016 – current) Chair of Constitutional Working Committee GIA - (March 2017 - current) IT Steering Committee GIA - (June 2019 - current) Chair of Corporate Law Issues Committee GIA - (2014 - 2016) - (member July 2010 - March 2017) Deputy Chair of Victoria Council GIA (2014 - 2016) - (January 2012 - current member) Legislation Review Committee GIA - (March 2017 - current member) Chairman and Non-Exec dir (2009 – 2013 in combination of appointment) - FMCG unlisted public company Exec Dir (2009 - 2010) - Essential Governance P/Ltd Exec Dir (2008 - 2009) - TLC IT Group P/Ltd & COO & Gen Counsel Garth lectures for Governance Institute on ASICS’s functions and powers within the corporate law module of its graduate diploma in Applied Corporate Governance, and also in its Certificated courses and has co-authored numerous good governance guides. He is a published author of Regulatory compliance modules for Lexis Nexis. Executive management experience and director, Chief Operating officer and General counsel in the Information Technology sector. Former journalist in radio and television.