Jun 10, 2026 – 5.00amKee Wong started his director career on not-for-profit boards about 10 years ago.The Melbourne-based businessman, who came to Australia from Malaysia to study structural engineering at Monash University, never thought he would pursue a board career but was keen to support organisations that resonated with him. Wong’s first not-for-profit boards were the Australian Information Industry Association, an advocacy group for companies in the IT and digital sectors, and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Boards are going backwards on this measure of diversity
Directors need to think harder about how they reach customers, experts say, as a new report shows the number of non-Anglo board members has declined.










