Comments about Stephen Mayne

"I need Stephen in Canberra with me to help shake up the cosy duopoly of Australian politics."

"Stephen is a man of great integrity. He has never been afraid to stand up to the powerful and does now shy away from the truth."

“Councillor Mayne has been an outstanding and innovative contributor during this term of Council and his input and opinions will be missed.”

— Then Manningham mayor and Liberal Party member, Cr Geoff Gough, July 6, 2012

"So Stephen, thanks for both the constructiveness and objectivity, which is rare."

- David Gonski Chairman, ASX Limited 2009 AGM

"Cr Mayne's work on constantly pushing the transparency agenda is greatly appreciated."

City of Melbourne Cr Arron Wood, Council chamber, May 31, 2016

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Monday, November 30, 2015

Dear Stephen

Just a quick note to say thank you for your inspiring address last night as the Kemsley Oration. Feedback has been excellent and I think everyone enjoyed the night. Your name certainly deserves a place on the illustrious speaker list! We really appreciate your support of this event and thank you for you willingness to speak openly with our audience. I look forward to working together again in future.

Best regards,
Carmel McCormack
Executive officer Victoria and Tasmania
Planning Institute of Australia

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Hey Stephen

Quick note of thanks following the AGM last week. Very happy to have you there to stop it being too boring and I have always found you very fair and supportive where appropriate.

Andrew Bassat

Seek CEO

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"Stephen you are a shining light. Federal parliament needs you."

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Former Manningham mayor Doug McKenzie

Stephen Mayne is the ideal candidate for Menzies.

He has demonstrated incredible energy, foresight and commitment to openness and transparency, both in government and in business.

He has been able to make a difference wherever he chooses to become involved.

He is his own man and is a force for positive change.

Independent Stephen Mayne is our best option to secure a better future for the citizens of Menzies and indeed, Australia.

Doug McKenzie

May 2016

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"There are many aspects of your persona and your experience that this board holds in high regard as I do and I believe that you will some day make a very good contribution to boards in Australia."

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Hi Stephen,

Thanks again for the presentation this morning; very informative and topical, as always. You attracted our biggest audience for the year!

After you left, we discussed the programme for next year, and guess who our group requested for the December meeting in 2016? Could we pencil in another presentation by you for 12 month's time?

If this is OK for you at this stage, I will give you reminders next year, and if something comes up in the meantime which would make it impossible for you, we will deal with that at the time.

Great to see you at the local meeting again, and best wishes for the festive season and 2016.

John Parrott
Branch Convenor

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Outspoken Crikey founder, award-winning journalist, councillor, media contributor and shareholder activist Stephen Mayne won the individual category Kookaburra Award for his work to further the cause of good governance and women's leadership.

Mr Mayne, who was elected as a director of the not-for-profit Australian Shareholders' Association in May 2011, has been at the forefront of a push to shame more Australian publicly listed companies into getting more women on their boards.

"Stephen is a man who has no tolerance for injustice of any sort. He's a force of nature and a driver of social change," said Our Community Group Managing Director Denis Moriarty.

"As Stephen has pointed out, women constitute only 13% of directors of ASX200 boards - a shocking reality, not to mention a poor business decision for those boards.

"It takes conviction and courage to take on this issue in the way Stephen has. He has attended numerous AGMs so he could publicly and personally question key boards on their plans for improving diversity, published 'shame files' outing companies with no women on their boards, exploded the myth of there being no suitable women for such positions by publishing a file of 'talented and under-worked' female directors, and basically banged the drum in public forums and the media at any opportunity."

Mr Mayne's work to improve transparency, accountability and governance in business, politics and communities was also noted.

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Your presentation was named by a number of delegates as one of the aspects of the Conference they found of most benefit:

"Having Stephen Mayne/Dick Warburton session was an aspect of most benefit"

"I thought the last two sessions were great. I think Mayne and Pascoe really challenged the traditional views"

Thank you also for your article in your website relating to the Conference CDs we have for sale. It helped enormously in alerting people to their availability. I have asked our marketing executive to explore advertising on your site.

Kind regards

Pauline Green

AICVD General Manager state and marketing

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Senate Occasional Lecture series: Crikey, how the internet is Changing Politics!

"The lecture was extremely well received by our audience of approximately 230 people and we have had several requests for the transcript."

Harry Evans
Clerk of the Senate
July 24, 2007

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Email on resignation from leader of the advocacy group for improvements to Templestowe Road

Dear Stephen,

The City of Manningham has lost a Councillor who is one of our most astute, articulate, hard working, governance aware, a champion for transparency for the betterment of the Community, a mover towards more effective Council management for the staff, Councillors and community!

Your experience at the City of Manningham, I am sure, has served you in good stead –as you say – which is a great loss to the Manningham community but should you win a seat with the City of Melbourne in the future - they will gain a great asset!

I wish you well with your campaign and look forward to following your progress!

Sincerely
Mervyn Hayman-Danker FRAIA (Ret)

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"Your fearless and humourous approach to public 'targets' in the corporate world, have won over 100 fans who will follow your career with enormous interest."

Gwen Young
Speaker Organiser
October 24, 2005

Templestowe Mens' Probus Club

Dear Stephen,

Just a brief note to say how pleased we were to have you talk at our Meeting this morning.

Our members really enjoyed your personal insights into the current financial crisis and on the unique character of the operations of Local Council governance. It was clear from the extensive question time after your talk that the members truly gained a great deal from this.

Many thanks once again from our Committee and all our members.

Sincerely,

Roger Stevenson.
Templestowe Mens' Probus Club.
Oct 6, 2009

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Corporate governance presentation for accounting firm Deloitte

February 25, 2009

This morning I attended a forum on corporate governance and corporate responsibility at Deloitte offices. Great mix of corporates from big as well as small and medium but some very senior people where Stephen Mayne was the speaker. He was inspiring, learned and entertaining. But most of all he was visionary about the directions of what should be happening around governance, corporate structures, and the total re-engineering of the "system". It was like listening to someone who had just done a two year review into the banking/financial system and listing the recommendations.... I know every person went away thinking he was a visionary.

Denis Moriarty
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
www.ourcommunity.com.au

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A nice letter from Neil Mitchell

October 9, 2002

Dear Stephen

On behalf of the Melbourne Press Club I would like to thank you for being part of our Jounalism 2002 Conference. We have received excellent feedback about the whole event and your input was crucial. If we can ever repay the favour, don't hesitate to call.

Neil Mitchell

Melbourne Press Club