This webinar was delivered by Diarmaid Ó’ Corrbuí. Diarmaid is CEO of Carmichael, a leading specialist training and support body for nonprofits in Ireland. Carmichael is a training, support and resources business that enables their clients to be more effective and impactful in each of their own individual areas.
Diarmaid will be discussing why some nonprofit organisations fail and the influence the board has on that failure. Specifically Diarmaid will focus on the following areas:
Primary roles of board members
Common reasons for board failure
Looking at some Charity Regulator Inspection Reports into governance failures in charities
The importance of having the right people, skills and information to effectively govern

Diarmaid is a former Executive Board Director and Company Secretary for three private sector companies. He is a certified Technical Corporate Governance Assessor in the National Standards Authority of Ireland’s Swift 3000 Code of Practice for Corporate Governance Assessment.