Event: The Role of the Chair
A Q&A event for experienced and aspiring Chairs | 14th May 2024
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At a glance
Join three seasoned Chairs as they share the wisdom and strategies of those who have navigated their careers to the most senior board position.
Event themes
- Effective Board Leadership: Learn about the strategies and philosophies that define successful board management in today's dynamic business environment.
- Navigating Challenges: Gain insights into handling complex board dynamics, making tough decisions, and steering your organisation through uncertainty.
- Building a Board: How Chairs think about the non-executive team they build.
Who should attend
- Current Chairs looking to elevate their leadership impact and boardroom efficacy.
- Aspiring Chairs eager to grasp the roadmap to chairpersonship and equip themselves for future leadership roles.
The session is interactive, meaning you can ask questions, and upvote the questions you want the Chairs to answer.
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The Panel
Ruth Cairnie
Ruth Cairnie is the Chair of Babcock International Group plc and the Senior Independent Director at BT Group plc. She is Patron of the Women in Defence Charter, a trustee of Windsor Leadership and of the White Ensign Association. She is a supporting Chair at Chapter Zero. Ruth’s previous roles include Senior Independent Director at Associated British Foods plc, Non-Executive Director at Rolls-Royce Holdings, Contour Global plc and Keller Group plc, member of the Finance Committee at Cambridge University, Chair of the POWERful Women initiative and Chair of the International Committee of the CBI. Ruth’s executive career was at Royal Dutch Shell spanning Research, B2B businesses, Strategy, Supply Chain and M&A.
Vindi Banga
Vindi Banga joined CD&R London in 2010 as Partner. He is also Chair of Marie Curie, the UK Government Investments, and Imperial College London (1 April 2024). He is a NED on the boards of Haleon plc, The Economist Group, and Wm. Morrison Supermarkets plc. Previously, he was President, Foods, Home and Personal Care and member of the Executive Board at Unilever.
Sir Peter Bazalgette
Sir Peter Bazalgette is SID for Saga & chairs LoveCrafts. Before he chaired ITV & was SID at YouGov. He’s currently co-Chair of the Creative Industries Council & chairs the Council of the Royal College of Art. Previously he chaired Arts Council England. He’s also a Department for Education non-executive.
Oliver Cummings (host)
Nurole CEO, has 10+ years experience as a board member, currently as a Board Advisor to Thomas’s London Day Schools. He began his career as a private equity investor, working at Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and BXR Partners, where he was the youngest ever Partner. He has been Nurole CEO since 2016, helping it rapidly grow from a startup to over one thousand board placements a year. He hosts Enter the Boardroom, a top 10 Apple podcast giving you the information you need to get more board roles and become better board members.
About Nurole
Nurole is The Board Search Specialist and market leader having placed over 770 board members in 2023.
Nurole was founded by Susie Cummings in 2014.
She was convinced that in the digital age, there had to be a better way of hiring new board members beyond little black books and old boys’ networks.
Nurole has now helped over 3,000 organisations appoint more effective and diverse board members through a transparent, rigorous and merit-based search and assessment process.
Disclaimer
Please be advised that this webinar may be recorded for the purpose of future sharing or use. By attending this webinar, you are consenting to being recorded. An attendee may elect not to participate by turning off their microphone and/or camera.