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Today on the Take on Board podcast, I’m speaking with Solai Valliappan about learning how to be a board chair.
Solai is a Sydney-based technology investor, advisor, and board director. Starting her career as an Actuary, she transitioned into the startup world 10 years ago. She has been leveraging her finance expertise to advise family offices, venture capital firms, accelerators, and startups across Australia, including investing as an angel investor.
She discusses the importance of structure, feedback, and clear boundaries between governance and operations, especially within small organisations and not-for-profits. Solai emphasises learning on the job, drawing on resources like podcasts and peer feedback, and encourages others to take on new challenges in board leadership.
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Resources Solai mentions:
Solai’s Substack, which includes blog posts on board and governance topics:
- A year of being Chair of Forever Projects
- Podcasts shaping my pathway as a Board Director
- My not-for-profit board journey, 5 years on from the Board Observership program
- Top tips and actions about boards from active non-executive directors
- About the Company Directors Course through the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)
- Sydney Board Observership Program
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