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ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Shayne Ramsay

Shayne Ramsay Trustee at South East London RSPCA Making a fresh start … with a board role A non-executive role had been on Shayne Ramsay’s radar before she moved to […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Karen Finlayson

Karen Finlayson Partner, PwC and Associate Lay Trust Board Member, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Governor Sheffield Hallam University; former Chair of Audit Committee, Doncaster College You can listen to […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Mwenya Kawesha

Mwenya Kawesha Board member of the Royal Court Theatre; Engagement Manager at Faculty (an AI startup) Pursuing your passion though a board role Mwenya’s links to the Royal Court theatre […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Alice Avis

Alice Avis MBE NED, experienced CEO and Chair of a range of boards Making an impact as a Non-Executive To many, non-executives can feel removed from the day to day […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Helen Gillett

Helen Gillett NED at Orbit Group (housing association) and former Managing Director of Affinity for Business. Getting off to a flying start as a Non-Executive “I wish I’d done it […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Sharon Constancon

SHARON CONSTANCON Portfolio NED Top ten tips by Sharon Constancon EQ and PQ EQ – better described as “social intelligence”, needs to be fully engaged (or learned and engaged) to […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Francesca Ecsery

Francesca Ecsery Portfolio NED – Air France, F&C Investment Trust, Marshall Motor Holdings plc, Share PLC You can listen to Francesca’s story in full on podcast here or search ‘Women […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Vanessa Sharp

Vanessa Sharp Non-Executive Director at Newable Ltd, ICE Futures Europe, Hill Robinson Yaught Management, Companies’ House, British Hallmarking Council, Goldsmiths College, London University and Trustee at Create Arts. You can […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Carolyn Porretta

Carolyn Porretta Managing Director, Macquarie Bank; Independent member of Engineering UK Audit, Risk and Investment Committee; Board member, Croydon Churches Housing Association You can listen to Carolyn’s story in full […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Rita Dhut

Rita Dhut Portfolio NED: JP Morgan European Investment Trsut plc;  Ashoka Indian Equity Investment Trust plc; ChewyMoon; Newable Private Investing Scale Up Fund; Girls Day School Trust You can listen to Rita’s […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Alexia Tye

Alexia Tye Trustee at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology THE APPROACH THAT GOT ME MY FIRST NON-EXECUTIVE ROLE “I’ve had investor director board roles previously in my private […]

ON BOARD FOR SUCCESS: Terri Duhon

Terri Duhon Non-Executive Chair of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Ltd; Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Risk Committees at Rathbones plc (a FTSE 250 company) and Morgan Stanley International; Associate Fellow […]