It’s obvious that utilising the skills you’ve developed in your executive career enables you to add value to boards in a non-executive director capacity and that networking provides a gateway to being sought for such roles but how does this look in practice? We spoke to Geraint Davies CBE, FCA, to find out about his…
The roles of trustees and NEDs are very similar but also have their differences. As such we approached Sarah King to find out more from her experience in these roles. As Sarah notes, being active in both roles can have complementary advantages. Sarah King has over 35 years’ experience of working in media, communications and…
We asked Joanna Baldwin, as an experienced NED, what she looks for when thinking to join a new board, her thoughts on preparing for a role and a possible misconception new NEDs can have. Joanna is a Non-Executive Director and Member of the Strategy Committee for Aviva France, and a Trustee and Chair of Marketing…
Mark Kiteley has much non-executive director experience and, as he puts it, is unafraid to challenge the executive to ensure the board’s decisions add real value to the business. So naturally he is a go to man to find out more about being a non-executive director. He is an experienced NED with over 20 years…
Sally Bridgeland shares her experience of what it’s actually like to be a non-executive director and interestingly for any of you aspiring NEDs, some aspects she was less aware of before she started her non-executive career. Since the autumn of 2014, Sally Bridgeland has been building a portfolio of roles and is now non-executive director…
Tom Levitt is an experienced Trustee and Non-Executive Director. He is currently: Non-Executive Director for Good Measures, Fair For You Enterprise (CIC) and Digital Outreach Ltd; Chair of Trustees for The Coalition for Efficiency and Fair For You; Trustee of The Work Foundation and The Parliamentary Outreach Trust; and Director/Consultant at Sector 4 Focus. Previously…
With his wealth of experience, we tracked down Dr Iain Saville CBE to share his knowledge in our Expert Interview series. Dr Iain has served on around 10 boards in financial services (and one musicians’ agency), mostly for-profit. He is currently specialised in risk and audit committees, after a career involving IT, econometrics, fund management,…
As Terry Irwin proves in his Expert Interview, a good network goes a long way…. Terry has held non-executive director positions since 1992 when he was appointed to the board of Holt Lloyd, then a £50 m subsidiary of the Morgan Crucible Group. Since that time he has held several board positions including Chairman of the…
It was a pleasure to speak to Maria and find out more about her experience as a non-executive director. Maria is an experienced SME director and Charity Trustee and one of the founding directors of Clevercoms. She is a marketing and business consultant with significant operational experience in consultancy and in-house. Maria is currently a…
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. Huntswood’s ambition is to maximise clients’ reputation by helping them adhere to good governance and regulatory compliance and thereby build trust and…
