In this blog, Elise Perraud, NEDonBoard’s COO, discusses the NED role in the housing sector. She presents data and insights gained from the jobs board for you to assess the opportunity to join the board of a social housing provider. What is a housing association? Housing associations are not-for-profit organisations that offer housing to…
Start your journey to the boardroom with a school governor role Recommendations and guidance from an experienced school Governor and Chair of Governors If you are starting your journey to become a non-executive director, you might want to consider becoming a school governor as a first step to building your portfolio career. The jobs…
In March 2018, NEDonBoard hosted a conference. Jeremy Small addressed the audience on the importance of effective corporate governance and the role of the NED sitting in the boardroom. What is corporate governance? Corporate governance is the structure and processes designed to create long-term value. There are five main factors affecting corporate governance that…
Why should you consider a NED role It depends on why you are looking to engage in the role – here are some reasons. Firstly, it enables you to broaden your network and gives varied and new experiences. Indeed, as highlighted in NEDonBoard What to Expect of the NED Role, available as part of the…
What is likely to go wrong in a boardroom? I think what goes wrong starts with the Chair. Typically, chairship – [poor] leading and controlling and orchestrating of a meeting – is where chairmen fall. As a result of that, the rest starts to dissipate and gets worse as a result of not having…
At NEDonBoard’s regular dedicated non-executive director events, discussions with members has, on numerous occasions, turned to the issues around boards fully understanding the role of NEDs and how to enable a functional board. Needless to say, it can be highly unproductive to appoint NEDs to a board when some of the executive team, or even…
Nick Beecroft is a well known figure in the financial services area, with twenty seven years of experience in treasury functions, with NED roles including Senior Independent Director of Crown Agents Bank Limited. He is a member of the credit committee and the audit and risk committees on the boards he sits on and runs…
Having interviewed Neil Davidson, CBE, NED at Morrisons Supermarket Group and Chairman at Produce Investments PLC, there are some clear skills and considerations which best enable a board to work effectively and harmoniously, and for NEDs to connect with fellow board members and carry out their roles and responsibilities. What sets apart a well-functioning board…
Expert interview with Nicki Demby, adviser to boards of FTSE 350 companies with over 25 years’ experience in advising companies in the UK and internationally on remuneration strategy, pay benchmarking, short and long term incentive design, the effective communication of reward and consultation with institutional investors. Speaking at a FTSE 100 NEDonBoard panel event, we…
Gillian Wilmot is a NED Award Winner 2014 and Founder & CEO of Board Mentoring which works with CEO’s and Directors of leading UK and International companies. Gillian shared her thoughts on what it takes to be a great NED. You’re an award winning NED – how should a NED successfully conduct themselves in their…
