NEDonBoard’s emiment speakers, Board Best Practice chairs and panellists over the years
Board Search Firms
Chris Seabourne, AIMS International
David Rason, Veredus Executive Search
Emily O’Shea, The Zygos Partnership
Gillian Karran-Cumberlege, Fidelio Partners
Jill Ader, Egon Zehnder
Michelle Dunne, Taggart Search
Mike Clancy, Walgrove Executive Search
Chris Diogenous, WhiteRock Partners
Patricia Keating, Tech Manchester
Peter Reichwald, Harvey Nash
Susanne Thorning-Lund, Odgers Berndtson
Experienced Chairs
Alastair Lyons, CBE, portfolio incl. Chairman of Admiral Group; Deputy Chairman of Bovis Homes
Gillian Wilmot, award winning NED & Chairman of Sports Coach
Iain Cornish, Chair of St. James’s Place Wealth Management
Sir James Wates, Chair of The Wates Group and The Wates Corporate Governance Principles
Joe Hall, Experienced Chair, NEDonBoard Member
Kathie Child-Villiers, Chair of the Audit Committee of Utilitywise
Mary Campbell, OBE, international corporate finance strategist & chair
Olivier Garrigue, portfolio incl. Chairman of XEIAD
Patrick Dunne, portfolio incl. Chairman of D3O
Paul Boyle, OBE, portfolio incl. Chair of Public Concern at Work
Sarah McKenna, Chair MBSLeaders
Sharon Constancon, Chair at SACC
Sir Win Bischoff, portfolio incl. Chairman of FRC
Dr Yvonne Thompson, CBE, portfolio incl. Chair of The Radio Academy
Vanda Murray, OBE, FTSE 250 Chair
Vijay Thakrar, portfolio listed NED and Chair
Experienced NEDs
Annemarie Durbin, FTSE portfolio incl. Santander UK plc; and WH Smith plc
Bryan Foss, portfolio incl. the FRC
Charlotte Morgan, portfolio audit committee roles
Elisabeth Stheeman, portfolio financial services NED
Francesca Ecsery, portfolio incl. Marshall Motor Holdings plc
Joanna Baldwin, portfolio incl. HM Revenue & Customs
Jos Creese, portfolio digital NED
Mary Reilly, portfolio incl. Travelzoo
Daryn Edgar, NED and VP, Angel Investor
Michael Bartholomeusz, NED including Flood Re, AIG UK, Prudential UK
Pauline Egan, Pinsent Masons Intl, Morley College
Ruth Cairnie, FTSE portfolio incl. Associated British Foods
Sally Penni, Barrister and portfolio NED
Mike Perls, CEO, MC2 and Portfolio NED
Kathie Child-Villiers, International NED
Steve Baldwin, international portfolio incl. Elegant Hotels
Sundeep Bhandari, iNED and risk expert
Mary Hardy, Audit Committee Chair of Sensyne Health plc, Oil and Gas Authority and Royal Navy
Bob Beveridge, portfolio AIM listed SID
Denise Jagger, porftolio NED, SID and Chair
Jane Anscombe, FTSE NED
Sally Bridgeland, portfolio NED
Dr. Shefaly Yogendra, FTSE 250 and SME NED
Board Experts
David Styles, Director of Corporate Governance at the FRC
Denise Wilson, OBE, NED & CEO of the Hampton-Alexander Review
Helen Pitcher, OBE, portfolio incl. Chairman of Advanced Boardroom Excellence
Jeremy Small, Company Secretary at AXA Plc
Matt Craven, MD at The CV & Interview Advisors
Mark Cardale, author of the Practical Guide to Corporate Governance
Rod Cullen, Vistage UK Chair
Darshita Gillies, NEDonBoard advisory member
Dr. Sabine Dembkowski, Partner at Better Boards
Annemarie-Durbin, Expert Chair, board member and executive coach
Hans Christian-Iverson, Chairman & NED
Lorraine Clinton, Portfolio NED and Chair
Paul Mullins OBE, Chair at Unilink Group
Sharon Constancon, CEO at Genius Methods
Giles Boothman, Ashurst LLP
Kate Holton, Thomson Reuters
Lucinda Case, Thomson Reuters
Laura Cooke, Partner, Clyde & Co
Francis Kean, Director, Willis Towers Watson
Jonathan Hayward, Co-founder of Independent Audit Limited
Clare Chalmers, NED and board review expert
Ben Ward, Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Jane Williams, people and remuneration NED
Michael Hatchard, previous partner at Skadden LLP
Helen Pitcher OBE
Bryan Foss
Alastair Lyons
Dr Yvonne Thompson CBE
Annemarie Durbin
Sir Win Bischoff
Testimonials
NEDonBoard is positively received by board experts and practitioners who attend our events, October 2016
NEDonBoard is the platform for non-executive directors and board members to connect, network and exchange ideas among peers
“I am happy with the individual interview content. (…) I would be happy to contribute to future panel discussions and other interview content.”
Annemarie Durbin, FTSE 250 NED, September 2017.
“I very much enjoyed it as the conversation continued. We seemed to have something for those on audit committees and some not!”
Bryan Foss, experienced non-executive director; Board Best Practice, Audit Committee, November 2017
“Many thanks – it has been a pleasure, excellently chaired, as always. We could have easily gone on for hours…!”
Elisabeth Stheeman, external member of the Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee; experienced non-executive director, NEDonBoard Conference, March 2018
“Enjoyed being involved thank you – a real win!”
Steve Baldwin, portfolio NED; Board Best Practice, Audit Committee, November 2017.
