The Better Boards Podcast Series
By Dr Sabine Dembkowski
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The Better Boards podcast series is the podcast for Chairs, CEOs, Non-Executive Directors, Company Secretaries, and their advisors.
Every episode is filled with practical insights and learnings from those inside the boardrooms. We tease out what really matters and highlight actionable steps you can take to enhance the performance of your board.
| Episode | Date |
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Family Businesses and the War for Talent | Andreas von Specht, CEO AvS Advisors
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Board Governance Considerations in Private Market Investments | Dr Eelco Fiole, CFO, NED
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Managing risks in highly regulated industries | Terri Duhon, Chair of Risk Committees
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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It’s not if, its when: the strategic role of Boards in the cyber-risk age | Beatrice Devillon-Cohen, Senior Independent Director and Chair of Risk Committees
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Governance Experts as Non-Executive Directors: A perfect fit? | Lyn Colloff, Company Secretary
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Going beyond the routine change | Lan O'Connor, NED & Strategic Advisor
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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From Gatekeeper to Guide: How Governance Professionals Are Shaping the Boardrooms of Tomorrow | Erika Eliasson-Norris, CEO Beyond Governance
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Steering the Shift: Board Leadership in Times of Transformation | Lan O'Connor, NED & Strategic Advisor
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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The Role of the Board in Owner-led Organisations | Tina Mavraki, NED & Strategic Advisor
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Overcoming misconceptions and lies in the boardroom | Professor Alex Edmonds, London Business School
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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10x Your Impact – How the Smartest Directors Are Using AI | Jamie Green, Founder & CEO, Tutaki
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Beyond Minutes: Reimagining the Board Secretary in the Age of AI | Moya Heyhurst, Company Secretary
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Can AI make better business decisions? | Professor Katja Langenbucher, Goethe University, Frankfurt
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May 14, 2025 |
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Boards - What do capital markets think of them? The unfiltered perspective of a credit analyst | Anke Richter, Credit Analyst
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May 01, 2025 |
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Living with Uncertainty: The Importance of Transformation, Culture, and Talent | Devyani P. Vaishampayan, Remco Chair and Portfolio NED
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Future proofing the board with AI | Moya Hayhurst, Company Secretary
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Cutting past the noise on the climate/energy transition | David Harris, Sustainable Finance Strategic Initiatives, London Stock Exchange Group
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Employee representation on the board | Gabriele Bornemann, CEO Management Alliance
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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The Boardroom Tango: Where strategy meets execution | Carol Ouko-Misiko, Executive & NED
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Navigating Misjudgement: A Practical Framework for Better Board Performance | Nuala G Walsh, CEO & NED
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Selling Bold Ideas in the Boardroom | Dr Andy Palmer, CEO
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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How to lead through complexity | Dr Nadine Rinck, Partner, Egon Zehnder
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Crisis & the Board: How to prepare for “Anything" | Barbara Lambert, Chair Audit, Risk and Nomination Committees
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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The Boardroom Awakening: Can Corporate Governance Survive the Sustainability Reckoning? | Frederik Otto, Director of Advisory and Head of Europe, AccountAbility
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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On the crucial relationship between the Chair and the CEO | Sir David Norgrove, Chair
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Being on the Board – Keeping it Simple | Sir John Tusa
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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The Joy Of Working On Boards In Five Continents | Christof Kutscher, Chair & CEO
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Tech Boards – What matters to investors | Irene Arias Hofman, CEO, IDB Lab
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Insights into the German Corporate Governance Debate - learnings, changes and implications for Directors | Dr Cordula Heldt, Head of Corporate Governance and Company Law at the German Share Institute (Deutsches Aktieninstitut)
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Is Diversity, Equity and Inclusion bad for business? | Prof Grace Lordan, London School of Economics
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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How to master internal board evaluations that generate real insights for Directors | Chloe Barry, Company Secretary Kingfisher
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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How to get creativity and innovation into the boardroom | Sir John Tusa
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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AI and Advanced Analytics – delivering value for directors and the board | Prof Bernardo Almada-Lobo, University of Porto & LTPlabs
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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The death of the ESG Committee | Vicky Moffatt, CEO Chapter Zero
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Mastering the Company Secretariat | Jason Wright, Society Secretary Nationwide
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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A balancing act: where should EMEIA boards focus for long-term success? | Andrew Hobbs, Partner EY
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May 16, 2024 |
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Increasing productivity through inclusion | Belton Flournoy, Managing Director, Technology Consulting practice Protiviti
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May 02, 2024 |
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Experience of working with a board as a first-time CEO | Daphne Mavroudi-Chocholi, Managing Director RNIB Enterprises
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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How can boards convert sustainability from a wish to a winning reality? | Andrew Hobbs, Partner EY
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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U.S. and U.K. – Two countries separated by common corporate governance practices? | Susan Skeritt, Non-Executive Director
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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What do board members need to think about to avoid being sued by the climate movement? | Donald Pols, Director Friends of the Earth, Netherlands
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Behind close doors of tech start-up Boards | Yael Banjamin, CEO Snapshot and Zack Weisfeld, Vice President & General Manager Intel Ignite
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Can accounting save the world and your company? | Mike Mahoney, CEO E-liability Institute
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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AI - What questions do Directors need to ask? | Prof Joe Fuller, Harvard Business School
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Leading an effective board | Andreas E.F. Utermann, Executive Chair Vontobel Holding AG
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Why a good story is mission critical for boards | Jyoti Gupta, Story teller and award winning author
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Executive Pay - Striking the right balance between Executives and stakeholders | Paul Norris, Senior Partner MM&K Limited
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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The inspiring life of a Director | Paul Halpin, Non-Executive Director
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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On being an effective Non-Executive Director | Marianne Loner, Non-Executive Director
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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The Board as a Team | Petri Hofste, Non-Executive Director
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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The Retention Factor: Why Boards Need to Prioritize LGBT+ Inclusion | Emma Codd, Global Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer Deloitte
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Governance - Are boards part of the problem or part of the solution? | Ralph Ward, Editor, The Corporate Board
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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On making it in the boardroom | Imran Saleem, Partner, Egon Zehnder
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Building a Successful Employee Engagement Process | Louise Hardy, NED and Kevin Maguire General Counsel & Company Secretary, Crest Nicholson
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Managing Governance Risks | Liz Lynkswiler, Company Secretary, Brightwell Pensions
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Gender equality in the workplace starts at the top | Emma Codd, Global Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, Deloitte
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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AI - Rethinking business | Karen Silverman
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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How do boards preside wisely over transactions to avoid shareholder value destruction? | Dr Dean Blomson
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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The role of the next generation in family-owned enterprises | Martin Roll
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May 18, 2023 |
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On being an effective Director in family-owned enterprises | Martin Roll
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May 04, 2023 |
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The role of boards in family-owned enterprises | Martin Roll
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Governance challenges in Africa | Tinuade Awe, CEO of NGX Regulation, a subsidiary of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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On building inclusive and equitable cultures in the boardroom and throughout the organisation | Dr Doyin Atewologun, Director Delta Alpha Psi
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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The essence of good governance | Dr Peter Crow
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Governance - Wicked challenges in healthcare | Nabil Jamshed, Head of Corporate Governance at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust for the Integrated Specialist Medicine Clinical Group
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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The power of trust – How can boards build it, lose it, and regain it | Prof Sandra Sucher, Harvard Business School
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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On increasing the quality of the dialogue in the boardroom | Prof David Clutterbuck
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Diversity & Inclusion – The Board's role as 'agents of change' | Prof Randall Peterson, London Business School
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Boards under pressure | Sir John Tusa, Chair
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Boards - Geopolitical challenges & Diversity | Nassib Abou Kahlil, Top Corporate Legal Officer
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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On creating a digitally savvy board | Peter Weill, Senior Research Scientist MIT Sloan School of Management and Chair Emeritius MIT Center for Information Systems Research
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Future-proofing your board | Didier Cossin, Professor IMD Switzerland
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Is your board adapting to a dynamically changing risk environment? | Zahra Cassim, CEO CSIA and David Samy, Consulting Partner EY Hong Kong
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Rethinking talent in the boardroom | Joe Fuller, Professor Harvard Business School
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Establishing a global mindset in the boardroom | Thomas Kipp, CEO Naquel Express
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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CEO Readiness | Dr Wayne Nelson, Senior Partner at Deloitte Consulting and Strategy Consulting Leader EMEA at Monitor Deloitte. Head and Founding Dean of the Deloitte Executive Leadership Institute.
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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The role of the board in defining the purpose of the organisation | Gill Meller, Legal & Governance Director MTR Corporation
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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The environment in the boardroom: On overcoming obstacles | Susan Hooper, Chair & Non-Executive Director
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Digital know-how in the boardroom | Hasan el Bouhali, Board Advisor, Mentor & Angel Investor
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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The board as an agent of change | Denis Woulfe, Co-Chair of Leaders as Change Agents
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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From Executive to "Professional NED" | Ian Murray, Chair or various mining companies
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Generation Z in the boardroom | Hana Ben-Shabat, Gen Z Planet
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Why should boards care about supply chains? | Anahita Thoms, Baker McKenzie
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May 18, 2022 |
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Chairing the board of a Growth Business | Peter Herbert, Chair Zopa Bank and Bank of Ireland
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May 04, 2022 |
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The status of ethnic diversity on FTSE boards | David Tyler, Chair The Parker Review
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Board Evaluations - What does good really look like? Part II | Maureen Beresford, Financial Reporting Council
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Board Evaluations - what does good really look like? Part I | Maureen Beresford, Financial Reporting Council
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Creating A Sustainability-Savvy Board | Trista Bridges, Read the Air
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Spreading good governance practice around the globe | Bode Ayeku, Corporate Secretaries International Association
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Proactive Questions every board member should be asking | Dr Andrew White, SAID Business School
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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ESG - What should boards focus on | Anna-Marie Slot, Partner, Ashurst LLP
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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The changing role of CEOs and their relationship with their boards | Dr Kati Najipoor-Smith, Co-Leader Global CEO Practice, Egon Zehnder
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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The role of the board in the age of digital transformation | Lisa Harrington, Non-Executive Director Post Office UK and Digital 9 Infrastructure Plc
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Diversity & Inclusion - See differently | David Clarke, Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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The digitisation of the board | Maddie Scrafton, Computershare Governance Services
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Responding to the ESG agenda – legal insights for boards | Anna-Marie Slot, Will Chalk, Partners, Ashurst LLP
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Integrating different perspectives in the boardroom | Sir John Tusa, Chair British Architecture Trust, Former MD BBC World Service and Barbican Arts Centre
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Transitioning from CEO to Chair | Steve Holliday, Chair Citifibre and Zenobe, President of the Energy Institute, Former CEO at National Grid
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Changing the racial diversity on FTSE boards | Richard DeNetto, Associate Director CBI
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Creating a high-performance culture in the boardroom | Ralph Schubert, Senior Partner, Coverdale Team Management
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Going beyond governance – The art of talking about what really matters | Jim Haudan, Co-founder and CEO of Root Inc now part of Accenture
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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The Alignment of Executives and Non-Executives in the Boardroom | Ken Schuetz, CEO and Founder of Aligned Influence Consulting
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Hybrid working and controls – What should boards think about? | John Mongelard, Technical Manager - Risk & Regulation at ICAEW
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Culture, it all starts in the boardroom | Mike Gahir, Chair of the Board of Trustee at Steps to Work
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Putting the 'S' in ESG | Margot Slattery, Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion, ISS A/S
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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The role of the Company Secretary in major transactions | Nickesha Graham-Burrell, Head of Company Secretariat, OSB Group PLC
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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The role of the Company Secretary in increasing the effectiveness of Non-Executive Directors | John Mills, Company Secretary, Smiths Group PLC
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May 20, 2021 |
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Board Reporting - The indispensable part of effective boards | David Whincup, Deputy Company Secretary, Provident Financial Group
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May 06, 2021 |
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The role of the Company Secretary in creating future-fit boards | Loren Wulfsohn, Global Head of Policy and Stakeholder Engagement, HSBC Holdings PLC
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Diversity & Inclusion - Insights from the U.K. and Mercedes-Benz AG | Sabine Kohleisen, Member of the Board of Management at Mercedes-Benz AG, and Denise Wilson | CEO, Hampton-Alexander Review
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Punks in the boardroom | Christopher Pirnie, Principal at Kuberno Consulting. Former Director of Governance Operations and Policy, Fidelity International
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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The relationship between the Chair and the CEO - How can you make it work? | Sir John Tusa, Chair British Architecture Trust, Former MD BBC World Service and Barbican Arts Centre
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Building a culture of challenge | Professor Karthik Ramanna, Professor of Business & Public Policy at Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Board recruiting - The search for unicorns | Carol Leonard CEO and Angela Hocter | Head of Research at the Inzito Partnership
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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A pulse check on boards of VC-backed organisations in 2021 | Alexander Leigh, Investment Manager at Development Bank of Wales
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Creating effective boards - The 7-hallmarks of effective boards | Dr Sabine Dembkowski, Managing Partner at Better Boards
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Alignment in the boardroom | Rich Berens, CEO, Author and President at Root Inc part of Accenture
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Board performance & cognitive diversity in the boardroom | Stephen Page, Head of EMEA Board Engagement at NASDAQ
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Politicians in the boardroom – can they add value or are they a nuisance? | Carwyn Jones, Former First Minster of Wales
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Defining purpose and values in the boardroom | Alison Platt, Chair at LGFA at Legal & General and NED at Tesco PLC, Dechra PLC and Spectrum Life Healthcare
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Integration - the elephant in the boardroom | Yetunde Hofmann, NED & Trustee
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Finding your voice in the boardroom | Orna NiChionna, Chair National Trust, SID Saga PLC, NED Burberry PLC. Formerly McKinsey
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Why does ethnic diversity matter in British boardrooms? | Joelle Warren, Founding Partner and Chair and Khurram Hussain Consultant Partner at Warren Partners
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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The role of the Chair in a successful merger | Philip Aiken, Chair at Aveva PLC and Balfour Beatty PLC
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Resilience in the governance market | David Press, CEO at DMJ Recruitment
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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Managing Megaprojects | Professor Bent Flyvbjerg, SAID Business School
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Addressing climate change as a Non-Executive Director | Susan Hooper, Chair Care Sourcer, NED at Uber, Affinity Water and Moonpig. Founding Director Chapter Zero
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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The role of the Chair in managing investor relations | Mark Tennant, Chair at BMO Private Equity Trust PLC
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Increasing performance in the Company Secretariat | Laura McNeil, Assistant Company Secretary at Blue Prism PLC
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Bringing cybersecurity know-how into the boardroom | Frank Satterwhite, CEO at 1600 Cyber
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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COVID-19 - A view from a FTSE100 Non-Executive Director | Ron Mobed, NED Aveva PLC, Robert Walters and Ordnance Survey and Supervisory Board Member at Fugro
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May 21, 2020 |
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COVID-19 - Thoughts from the CEO of a Professional Service Firm | Sarah Walker-Smith, CEO at Shakespeare Martineau
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May 06, 2020 |
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What counts now! Board leadership in times of Covid-19 | Malcolm McKenzie, Managing Partner at Alvarez & Marsal
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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COVID-19 - Insights from the CEO of a game-changing UK tech start-up | Anthony Rose, CEO at SeedLegals
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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What really matters in the boardroom in 2020 and beyond | Sir John Parker, Chair Pennon PLC and Laing O'Rourke, Director of Carnival Corporation & PLC and lead NED at the Cabinet Office.
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Strategies for overcoming assumptions about climate change in the boardroom | Lindsay Hooper, Executive Director Institute for Sustainability Leadership at University of Cambridge
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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The impact of climate change on the duties of Directors | Philippe Joubert, Chair Global Electricity Initiative, Founder and CEO Earth on Board
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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Tackling climate change - Insights from world-leading climate scientist | Dr Emily Shuckburgh OBE, Director, Cambridge Zero at University of Cambridge
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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The link between effective boards and organisational performance | Steve Maslin, Governor Nuttfield Health. NED Carey´s PLC, Royal Collection Trust, Ark Schools Academy Trust and Trustee The Gurkha Museum Trust
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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Speaking up in the boardroom and the critical role of Psychological Safety | Prof Amy C. Edmondson, Harvard Business School
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Jan 02, 2020 |
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Creating effective relationships between investors, the board and management | John Barton, Chair EasyJet PLC and Next PLC
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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Securing a role on a FTSE board | Carol Leonard, CEO at The Inzito Partnership
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Nov 28, 2019 |
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A VCs perspective on boards in young tech companies | Alexander Leigh, Investment Manager at Investment Bank of Wales
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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Information overload in the boardroom | Zsuzsanna Schiff, Manager Audit & Reporting at ICAEW and Hitesh Patel, NED Aviva Life Holdings, Capital Home Loans and Enstar
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Nov 07, 2019 |
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How Company Secretaries can create better boards | Carolyn Ferguson, Company Secretary at Go-Ahead Group PLC
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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Challenges in tackling climate change | Julie Baddeley, Chair Chapter Zero, NED TI Fluid Systems PLC, Ebiquity PLC and SID Marshall of Cambridge
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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The Chairman’s role in creating better boards | Andrew Allner, Chair SIF PLC, FOX Marble Holdings PLC and Shepherd Building Group
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Sep 19, 2019 |