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| FORUM UK'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY INITIATIVE - WOMEN ON BOARDS SERIES | 6.30pm |
event £ 25
DO YOU WANT TO BE ON A BOARD? DO YOU WHAT TO KNOW HOW IT WORKS, DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT SKILLS AND DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT? IF THE ANSWER IS ‘YES’ THEN DON’T MISS THIS NEW SERIES OF EVENTS
PUT THE DATES IN YOUR DIARY NOW
Women on Boards Series TUES 7 SEPT 6.30PM
Corporate Boards: what it takes to get onto them With Peter Waine, Director, Hanson Green; Noreen Doyle, Forum UK member and non-executive director, Credit Suisse and Janet Cooper, Partner, Linklaters Moderated by Sue Cameron, Forum UK member and FT columnist. Sue Cameron is an FT columnist and former presenter of BBC 2’s Newsnight as well as of Channel 4 News and the ITN Parliament Programme. Now a freelance, she is the FT's obituaries editor as well as writing a weekly FT Notebook described as” an insider’s guide to the intrigues of Whitehall". Sue is the author of The Cheating Classes:how Britain's elite abuse their power. With experience in both print and broadcasting, she also runs media training programmes.
More details below WED 20 OCT 6.30PM Public and Charity Boards: what it takes to get onto them With Janet Gaymer QC, Forum UK member and Commissioner for Public Appointments; Pamela Goldberg, Forum UK member and Chief Executive, Breast Cancer Campaign
Followed by 3 Workshops on:
TUES 16 NOV 6.30PM: Leadership Brand Planning with Susan Murray
THURS 20 JAN 6.30PM – CV Writing and Interview Skills with Sally Rowley-Williams
THURS 17 FEB 6.30PM – Successful Networking with Pino Bethencourt
BACKGROUND TO THE SERIES
The major initiative in the 20th Anniversary Programme has been put together as a response to the research and focus groups, in which a majority of members said that they would welcome the opportunity to discuss with experts the issues around Non –Executive Director opportunities.
The dismal picture was painted at the Forum UK event held at the BT Tower in February 2010. Forum UK members Professor Susan Vinnicombe and Hilary Sears presented the findings of two research reports (The 2009 Female FTSE 100 Report and Board Dynamics: the female perspective) which highlighted that the number of FTSE companies with female executive directors is down; the number of boards with multiple women directors is down, and it is only when there is more than one woman on a Board that they are seen as more than the token woman. One in four companies now has an exclusively male board. Of the 156 new appointees to FTSE boards in 2008/9 only 23 (just 14.7%) were women. What can we do? How can we break into this? It is a serious and timely issue. The first events will explore how the NED ‘space’ works. What is the process? What are headhunters and organizations looking for? What are the legal obligations? And how do you match your skills and experience to a NED vacancy?
The series is kindly hosted by Linklaters
BOOK NOW FOR THE EVENT ON TUES 7 SEPT 6.30PM
Here are details on the panel:
Peter Waine, Director, Hanson Green
Launched in 1989, Hanson Green is a leading, independent search firm, which specializes in placing non-executive directors and chairmen on the boards of listed UK and international companies. It was one of the first firms to identify the need for professionally appointed NEDs, and its clients include FTSE 100 companies, medium sized companies, start-up enterprises preparing an initial public offering and international groups.
In 2008, Hanson Green became part of the Directorbank Group. Directorbank is another boutique recruiter, occupying a market leading niche in the private equity industry providing Chairmen, Non-Executives, Chief Executives, Finance Directors and Interims for management buyins and buyouts. Peter Waine has worked for manufacturing companies and professional firms, both as a Director and an NED. A former CBI Director, he acquired Hanson Green with Barry Dinan in 1989. He is co-author of both The Independent Board Director, the acknowledged management book on non-executive directors, and Takeover, the acclaimed business novel, and author of The Board Game. He is a visiting Professor at both the Warwick and Cass Business Schools. He is a former trustee of the Royal Opera House and a member of the International Cricket Council.
Noreen Doyle
Noreen Doyle currently serves as an independent non-executive director on the boards of Credit Suisse Group (Zurich) - placed by Forum UK member Sally Rowley-Williams; Newmont Mining Corporation (Denver); QinetiQ (UK); and Rexam PLC. She is also a member of the Advisory Panel for the Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund and the Macquarie Russia Infrastructure Fund, serves on the Advisory Board of Sapphire Partners, and is a governor of Marymount International School London. Ms. Doyle is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Noreen Doyle served as First Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 2001 to 2005, chaired the bank’s Operations Committee and was a member of the Executive Committee. Prior to her appointment as First Vice President, Ms. Doyle was firm wide head of Risk Management. She joined the bank in 1992 to set up its syndications function.
Before joining the EBRD, Noreen Doyle had a distinguished career at Bankers Trust Company (now Deutsche Bank).
Noreen Doyle has a BA from the College of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, New York, and an MBA from Tuck School at Dartmouth College, where she currently serves on the Board of Overseers. She is a US and Irish citizen.
Janet Cooper, Partner, London, Linklaters
Janet has been a partner at Linklaters for 20 years and developed and lead their global executive and employee incentives for much of that time. Janet advises some of the largest global companies and their remuneration committees on directors' and senior executives' remuneration and corporate governance issues, and provides training for clients' non-executive directors on their legal obligations and updates on the latest remuneration issues.
Janet is on a number of boards of non-profit organisations including on the Board of UNIFEM UK, the United Nations fund for Women, the advisory board of Roehampton University's Crucible College, a college specialising in human rights, Vice Chair of the Global Equity Organisation; Director of the ifsProShare faculty board; Co-founder of the Share Schemes Advanced Studies Group and Director of the European Centre for Employee Ownership.
Drinks and snacks will be served before and after the formal part of the evening, and it promises to be a lively and informative event.
Don’t miss out! Book your place now on the website www.forumuk.org or email admin@forumuk.org
Cost: £25 members, £30 guests
Latest bookings / cancellation by 05 September 2010 03:00 PM
