Finch Guides
Handbooks for high-performing boards
Finch Guides is a five-volume series of handbooks for high-performing boards by Dr Nigel Finch. It is written for the people accountable for a company and those who support them: directors, chairs and committee members, company secretaries, and the accountants, lawyers, auditors, executives and governance professionals who advise boards, as well as students of governance.
Volume One in December 2026, four more during 2027
Each volume is published as a full-colour 7 × 10 inch paperback and as an EPUB, and is backed by companion resources at finchguides.com: currency updates and corrections for every volume, and a members' library of more than 120 editable charters, workplans, registers, checklists, calendars and worksheets drawn from the books.
Five volumes
Each volume stands alone. Together they cover the governance system entire: from what a director owes, through the numbers in the board pack, to how the committee and the board run and how the record is kept.
Volume OneFinch's Guide to Corporate Governance
How Boards Work, How Directors Govern and How Good Governance Is Built
Available from December 2026
Volume TwoFinch's Guide to Financial Statements
How to Read the Numbers, Question Management and Understand What They Really Mean
Coming in 2027
Volume ThreeFinch's Guide to Audit and Risk Committees
A Practical Guide to Oversight, Assurance, Risk and Accountability
Coming in 2027
Volume FourFinch's Guide to Board Committees
Remuneration, Nomination, Finance, Investment and Other Committees
Coming in 2027
Volume FiveFinch's Guide to Board Meetings and Company Secretarial Practice
How the Board Meets, How Decisions Are Made and How the Record Is Kept
Coming in 2027Paperback, EPUB, or the complete set
Finch Guides are sold direct at finchguides.com, through IngramSpark to institutions, universities, libraries and the book trade, and on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions. Prices in Australian dollars; postage and handling A$15.95 a volume or A$28.95 for the set by regular post. Published by Con Dao Nominees Pty Ltd as trustee for The Con Dao Trust, trading as Finch Guides, Melbourne.