Chairing in Practice Programme

We are in a world where trends are hugely accelerated and continually evolving. 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 a selected group of 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 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 
  • Employees

• Developing/transforming company structure and performance
• Activism
  

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

 

2023/24 Programme Calendar

Venues

The Stafford Hotel: 16-18 St James’s Pl, St. James’s, London SW1A 1NJ
The Goring Hotel: 15 Beeston Pl, London SW1W 0JW
GMG office: Second Floor, Standbrook House, 2-5 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4PD

Timings

Breakfast: 07:45-09:15
Dinner: 18:30-21:00

Wednesday 8th November	Breakfast: The Stafford Hotel		On taking a first Chairing role: Speakers: Ruth Cairnie, Ian Durant
Tuesday 14th November	Dinner: The Goring Hotel		The Chair’s relationship with the CEO: Speaker: Vindi Banga
Wednesday 29th November	Breakfast: The Goring Hotel		Crafting the Board: Speakers: Charles Berry, Lisa Thomas
Tuesday 9th January	Dinner: The Stafford Hotel		Relationships with the SID and Committee Chairs: Speaker: Carl-Peter Forster
Wednesday 10th January	Breakfast: GMG office		CEO Succession: Speaker: Thomas Thune Andersen
Tuesday 5th March	Dinner: The Stafford Hotel		CEO Succession: Speaker: Richard Gillingwater
Tuesday 12th March	Dinner: The Stafford Hotel		Ai and Cyber: Speakers: Andrew Fisher, Robert Webb
Tuesday 19th March	Dinner: The Stafford Hotel		Chairing in a PE Context: Speaker: Patrick Kennedy
Wednesday 17th April	Breakfast: GMG office		Relationships with Investors and Regulators: Speakers: Charles Berry, Sarah Bates, John Fingleton
Tuesday 23rd April	Dinner: The Stafford Hotel		Group dinner