The Chairing in Practice Programme

2021 we emerge into a world in which many recent trends have hugely accelerated. Chairs are much taken up in considering the impact of these changes on the role of the board, its agendas and what structures will be best for their boards in order to meet this increased degree of complexity.

Our guiding principle is that it is the role of the Chair to create the atmosphere in which value can be created for stakeholders and society at large. Over the course of the series, we will unpick each element of that sentence-

• How is that atmosphere created?
• What does ‘value’ mean now?
• How does one structure the board to deliver to that agenda and
• How does one manage the new quality of 360* stakeholder engagement?

Structure

The group is made up of  8 new and in-coming Chairs and senior board members.  To determine the content of the sessions, we adopt the framework of the various relationships through which the Chair leads.   Each of the 8 sessions centres on one such, with two experienced Chairs or other speakers leading the conversation before opening it into a single conversation.

The topics include: 

• The experiential and practical aspects of becoming a Chair
• Crafting the Board
• Relationships with
  • the CEO and Executive Directors
  • the Committee Chairs and SID
  • Government and Regulators
  • Investors and Employees
  

• Developing/transforming company structure and performance
• Activism
  

The tone is kept wholly conversational while the Chatham House rule applies absolutely.

For further information, please contact Kate Donaghy on kd@boardadvisorypartners.com or 07767 686098.

2022/23 Programme Calendar

Venues

Clarke’s Restaurant: 124 Kensington Church St, London W8 4BH
The Goring Hotel: Drawing Room, 15 Beeston Place, London, SW1W OJW
The Stafford: Argyll Room, 16-18 St James’s Place, London, SW1A 1NJ

Wednesday 5th October	Breakfast: 07:45-09:15 The Goring		On becoming a Chair Patrick Kennedy, Vindi Banga
Monday 31st October	Dinner: 18:30-21:00 The Goring		Crafting the Board Charles Berry, Annette Court
Wednesday 7th December	Dinner: 18:30-21:00 The Goring		Relationships with Committee Chairs Jonathan Dawson, Ruth Cairnie
Monday 9th January	Dinner: 18:30-21:00 The Stafford		Group Dinner
Tuesday 10th January	Dinner: 18:30-21:00 The Stafford		Relationships with Govt & Regulators John Fingleton, John Allan
Monday 6th March	Dinner: 18:30-21:00 The Stafford		The Behavioural Aspects of Chairing Robert Sharrock, Robert Webb
Tuesday 14th March	Dinner: 18:30-21:00 The Goring		Stakeholder Relationships (Investors) Orna NiChionna, Ian Durant, Andy Griffiths
Monday 20th March	Dinner: 18:30-21:00 The Goring		Managing the relationship with the CEO Tim Score, Charlotte Boyle
Tuesday 21st March	Dinner: 18:30-21:00 The Goring		Developing/transforming company structure & performance Irene Dorner, Charles Berry
Tuesday 28th March	Dinner: 18:30-21:00 Clarke’s Restaurant		Managing an Activist shareholder Richard Gillingwater
Monday 17th April	Dinner: 18:30-21:00 The Goring		Leading the Board under adversity Orna NiChionna