Understanding how others go about developing their non-executive career can help create a blueprint to follow, so we interviewed Maria Harding to find out more about her experience and advice. With a background in food & drink and professional services, Maria Harding moved into a portfolio career of NED roles after having her family in…
Continuing with our expert interview series, we connected with Phil Festa. Phil is Director of Non-Executive Engagement at Huntswood, the UK’s leading provider of specialist resourcing and consultancy in compliance, governance and complaints. What are the big issues facing boards & non-executives? The issues highlighted below relate to non-executive directors working in banks, building…
The position of a non-executive director for a bank is part-time, yet is paid more than five times the national average full-time wage. This discrepancy is so-called ‘danger money’- a rise in pay as a result of reforms that can allow bankers to be held accountable for mistakes. These penalties go so far as jailing executives,…
