We know what works – one member gets a new board role a day!
Learn how you, too, can get the roles you aspire to with our NEW Masterclass.
To stand out in today’s competitive landscape of non-executive directors both offline and via LinkedIn – an impactful ‘brand’ which conveys your value-add is vital.
We share the winning approach we have honed over a decade of supporting women into the boardroom. Our approach is flexible, whether you are developing a portfolio career or balancing NED roles alongside your executive career.
Our intensive Masterclass brings together a small cohort to understand how to elevate your board career, combined with our robust resource pack to put your new strategy, learnings and enhanced board CV into action.
We also connect you with an established portfolio NED who will share how building a board career really works, answer your questions and share tips from their experience.
We’re offering participants the opportunity to purchase an exclusive 1-on-1 consultation with an experienced non-executive mentor to help you implement your learning from this Masterclass. This is an exclusive offer to Masterclass participants at a preferential rate.
Our Masterclass covers:
- Your target boards: You will consider what type of company, as well as sector, would best suit your style as a NED;
- Your NED brand: Our structured methodology will guide you to articulate what you bring to the boardroom across three key pillars of your personal brand as a non-executive director;
- Brand, CV and Board Value Articulation: You will discover how to frame your brand on key platforms – Board CV, LinkedIn, elevator pitch and cover letters.
- Your networking campaign: You will explore how to optimise your networking, on LinkedIn and offline, to get real results.
The highly interactive session includes individual feedback, as well as peer learning in a small cohort of members ready to invest in elevating their board career.
We know putting a plan into action is the hardest part!
That is why this Masterclass also includes ongoing support after the session to maximise your chances of success. We will provide you with:
- Our Quick Course ‘Guide to LinkedIn for your NED career’ (free to Masterclass participants)
- Access to our Board CV course, covering letters templates and sample Board CVs
- Board skills and competencies frameworks
- On-going connection with your cohort via a networking session and a WhatsApp community
Masterclass participants can book a 1-on-1 session with an experienced board member and coach to work through any particular areas they want to focus on. This is an exclusive offer to Masterclass participants at a preferential rate.
This Masterclass is equally suitable for those with no board experience (yet!) and non-executive directors looking to redirect their board portfolio. We do recommend you come with a broad understanding of the boardroom and governance.
Timing
This virtual Masterclass will run across two sessions with the Masterclass taking place on 14 March 2025 and a ‘cohort connection’ session taking place at lunchtime on 20 March 2025.
Masterclass timing on 14 March 2025
9am – Your NED brand
10.30am – Your board campaign
12pm – Finish
The ‘cohort connection’ session on 20 March 2025 will run from 1pm to 2pm. As well as connecting with your peers to cement learnings and network, this will also be a chance to connect with another of our Masterclass presenters, and experienced portfolio NED, Shefaly Yogendra .
Speakers
Fiona Hathorn
Co-founder and CEO, Women on Boards UK
Fiona is the CEO of Women on Boards UK alongside advising a number of different boards and organisations. Currently she is an Advisory Panel Member for the FRC (Financial Reporting Council), advisor to Peel Hunt (mid-cap stockbroker) and Chair of Hanx‘s Nominations Committee (FMCG start-up). She is an expert in the areas of Governance, Regulation and Talent Management who has sat on both marketing and audit & finance committees. Fiona was formerly a director for Hill Samuel Asset Management. She has advised the board of the Thai Euro Fund and is a Judge for the Non Executive Director Awards, sponsored by The Sunday Times. In 2020 Fiona joined King’s College London’s ‘Global Institute for Women’s Leadership‘ Advisory Board.Julie Ashworth
Chair of The University of Aberdeen, Chair of The IoD Scotland, Women on Boards Presenter and Advisor.
Julie is Chair of the Board of the University of Aberdeen and Chair of the Institute of Directors (IoD) in Scotland, an Advisory Board member for the Scottish Business Network and was recently appointed as a Non-Executive Director on the board of ICAS.
She has previously held non-executive roles with George Watson’s College and the Royal Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh among several others, and spent 3 years as Chair of an award winning retail tech start-up. .
Julie is CEO of Broadreach, providing specialist leadership consulting services to global blue-chip companies. Julie works extensively as an Executive Mentor and coach with various FTSE 100 companies. She has held Retail Director roles with Liberty of London and Punch Taverns and was Executive Partner at IBM with responsibility for retail across EMEA and the US. She began her corporate career with Tesco, leaving her role as a senior executive to compete in the Round the World Yacht race.
Julie lives in Edinburgh and is our Women on Boards Lead for Scotland. Julie leads Women on Boards’ ‘Getting to the C-Suite’ Leadership programme and delivers different types of our Board CV support offer and mentoring.
Comments from past attendees
“Practical, highly relevant, and clear outcome oriented session.”
“Thank you for a mind-blowing masterclass today. You have stretched my perspective beyond what I thought was possible. I’ve walked away wanting to look at myself differently and knowing that I have a fighting chance at making it to a big board one day.“