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On Board for Success

Our members share their success stories of developing their board careers - and the real tips and tricks that helped along the way.

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Rebecca Ganz

Rebecca Ganz NED at BlueSkeye AI, Premier Education Group Ltd and Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and Chair iFM Bolton; Trustee of Leodis Multi Academy Trust 2022 You can listen to […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Nehir Kirlar Ozel

Nehir Kirlar Ozel Trustee at CARIS Islington, a bereavement counselling charity FINDING THE RIGHT BOARD, AT THE RIGHT TIME Nehir had the idea of joining a charity board for a […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Rituja Rao

Rituja Rao Rituja is a Digital Transformation and IT Implementation consultant. Early in her career, she is extremely driven and has progressed rapidly to lead a range of projects. Rituja uses […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Linda Owen

Linda Owen Children and disability specialist and portfolio non-executive Linda began her career in secondary education but moved to seek more family friendly roles following her two youngest children’s diagnosis […]

LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME ALUMNA: Anjali Subburaj

Anjali Subburaj Digital Commerce Chief Architect, Mars 2021 “I am a technology leader and I decided to enrol on the ‘Getting to the C-Suite’ programme to refresh and broaden my […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Sarah Frost

Sarah Frost Non-Executive Director for Alliance Homes Group, Vice Chair of Calibre Audio and Trustee at Electrical Safety First as well as their joint venture, Certsure. 2021 Adopting a learning approach to […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Dr. Dambisa Moyo 

Dr. Dambisa Moyo  Co-Principal of Versaca Investments – a family office, Global Economist, Author & Board Member Dambisa Moyo is a co-principal of Versaca Investments – a family office focused on […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Caroline King

Caroline King Caroline is now a board member of both WPF Therapy, a small charity who provide affordable psychotherapy, and Affinity Trust, a £57m income organisation that provides supported living […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Paul Drechsler CBE

Paul Drechsler Portfolio NED Advice for Aspiring NEDs by Portfolio NED Paul Drechsler These are Paul’s top tips for taking on large private or listed board roles written by Fiona […]

LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME ALUMNA: Priyanka Singh

Priyanka Singh Senior Product Manager for Fraud Risk at HSBC Last year, I was navigating various internal and external opportunities to identify my next career challenge and vertical progression. This […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Brigid Whoriskey

Brigid Whoriskey Board member, Scottish Legal Aid Board; Vice Chair, Causeway: Ireland-Scotland Business Exchange; Trustee at Tong-Len UK You can listen to Brigid’s story in full on podcast here or […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Malado Kaba

Malado Kaba Board Trustee at International Budget Partnership; Board Chair, Authority for the Regulation of Electricity and Water Utilities (Guinea); Board Member African Women’s Leadership Fund You can listen to […]