New dates added for further Chair’s Challenge launches

New dates added for further Chair’s Challenge launches You can book now for our next event in our Chair’s Challenge series where we publish a new briefing on a particularly tricky topic and hold a launch event with the authors and an expert panel. Avoiding legal pitfalls is launched on Wednesday 21 March, 6:00 pm…

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The 4 D’s of governance

Our Yorkshire and Humber regional Network event in York on 17 February was well attended despite grim weather. We were treated to an inspiring presentation by Julia Unwin, CEO of The Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Julia’s theme was Reflections on Governance in Tough Times, and our attention was drawn to the four main areas of contextual…

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Luke Johnson and Lord Adonis announced as Autumn guests.

We are thrilled to have lined up two very exciting speakers for our Autumn events programme. Our next two Supper Club guests will provide insight into their unique experiences both as leaders in their respective fields of business and politics and as chairs of numerous organisations.   In September we will be welcoming Luke Johnson to…

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November supper club with guest speaker Andrew Adonis

DATE: Thursday 13 November 2014 TIME: 6pm-8pm VENUE: TBC We are delighted to announce that Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis, former Secretary of State for Transport and Minister of State for Education, will be our November supper club speaker. Lord Adonis will be speaking about his experience in public service and the non-profit sector. Lord Adonis…

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September supper club with guest speaker Luke Johnson

DATE: Monday 22 September 2014 TIME: 6pm-8pm Venue: TBC   We are looking forward to welcoming Luke Johnson to our September supper club.  Affectionately dubbed “Cool Hand Luke,” he is one of the most successful and eclectic business leaders in the UK today: entrepreneur, portfolio Chair and engaging columnist. Luke Johnson’s business acumen has taken…

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April Supper Club With Guest Speaker Stephen Dawson

  APRIL SUPPER CLUB “MAKING MERGERS WORK – THE FOUNDER’S STORY” With guest speaker Stephen Dawson, founder of Impetus Trust, now Impetus-PEF DATE: 30 April 2014 TIME: 6pm – 8pm ADDRESS: CCLA, 85 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4ET   After a very successful first Supper Club in February with Julia Unwin, we are pleased to…

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Our first Supper Club with Julia Unwin was a great success!

  Thank you to all of you who joined us at our very first supper club. Governance guru Julia Unwin, chief executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, kicked off our series for members and guests on February 11th by updating her insightful “Five S’s” of good governance.  It was a stimulating talk…

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A Successful New Members Event

  In the post-Christmas lull what better way to spend the dark winter nights than meeting other Chairs, networking and eating miniature fish’n’chips?  Well that’s exactly what we did at our first ever New Members Event. We had a great turn out and really enjoyed the opportunity to meet our new members. Ideas were exchanged…

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Inaugural Launch Event a Success

  Our inaugural event on 24th October, kindly hosted by Odgers Berndtsen, was a great success. We kicked off with an introduction by our Chair, John Gladwin, who told the 80-strong audience why we have been established. He talked about our priorities for the new Association, one of which is to build an evidence base…

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