Executive Office & Governance

PBC Executive Office Team

YMAC’s PBC Executive Office team assists Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs) and Aboriginal Corporations to increase operational efficiency and meet legal obligations.

We do this by offering practical administrative expertise and governance support.

The team has the experience to take direction from clients, and also to work with them to develop their own cultural, social, and economic goals.

About us

YMAC’s PBC Executive Office Unit was established in 2019. We specialise in providing high-level capacity building, development support, and administrative services to enable PBC’s to:

• manage native title rights and interests;
• leverage those rights for cultural, social, and economic benefit;
• meet responsibilities and obligations to members and common law holders;
• ensure that legislative (legal) compliance requirements are met; and
• build capacity and capability to transition to be a sustainable corporation.

Our team can offer tailored services to your PBC based on your individual needs. We provide the structure, systems, procedures, training and mentoring that supports development of sustainable PBC operations.

Core Capabilities

• Business administration
• Executive Office support
• Corporate governance
• Project management
• Organising and facilitating Board of Director meetings, General Meetings, Annual General Meeting and Director training workshops
• Financial management within Executive Office tasks, such as travel assistance payment for directors to attend board meetings
• Event management (often AGMs are a larger event that require a lot of planning)

Our Services

Corporations can select all or a combination of the following Executive Office services to meet your needs:

Basic Support

Funding per annum per PBC can be received upon application to the Commonwealth Government through YMAC.

This funding is used to support the operations and compliance requirements of the PBC, as well as provide assistance in good governance practices.

Governance Support

This level of support covers the legal compliance and risk management required of corporations under the CATSI Act and your Rule Book. Services include:

• organising and facilitating Board and General Meetings;
• record keeping, including membership registers and minute books;
• organising governance training for Directors;
• preparing reporting documents for the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC).

Business Support

The Executive Office team is also able to provide services to build and develop capacity, to support your journey to a sustainable corporation. This work includes

• strategic planning;
• stakeholder liaison;
• logo and website design and maintenance;
• policy and procedures development;
• Code of Conduct development;
• transitional planning.

For more information on any of the above, please contact:

Edina Boross
Project Manager – Governance
(08) 9268 7000
eboross@ymac.org.au