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Becoming a Non Executive Director - key skills and practical tips
About this event
This interactive session will cover the key skills and practical tips needed to become a Non-Executive Director. We will be joined by Jerry Harris to share his insights and experience. After 10 years with KPMG Jerry spent the rest of his full time career as a senior board member at major recruitment business including PSD, Quarry Dougal and as Managing Director of Reed Employment for 6 years. Since 2007 he has held multiple NED/Board Adviser positions at various SMEs including Flex Legal. He has also been a board member/adviser at four major UK legal recruiters.
The panel speakers will include Sarah Pierman who is CEO of Dynamic Boards as well as Martin Gunson who has more than 30 years’ experience of property and related finance markets and who has undertaken many NED roles.
Date: Wednesday 30th October 2024
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 GMT
Format: Virtual event
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Speakers
Jerry Harris
See More →Jerry Harris is a KPMG qualified Fellow Chartered Accountant. After 10 years with KPMG he spent the rest of his full time career as a senior board member at major recruitment business including PSD, Quarry Dougal and as MD of Reed Employment for 6 years. Since 2010 he has held multiple NED/Board Adviser positions at various SMEs including Flex Legal. He has also been a board member/adviser at four major UK legal recruiters.
Sarah Pierman
CEO of Dynamic Boards
See More →Sarah is a non-executive director with experience on the boards of a specialist bank, a banking software company, a home care franchise operator and a charity. After graduating from studying Maths at Oxford University, she began her career in banking and became a Director in RBS’s SME lending team age 25. She has been working in tech start-ups for the last seven years. In 2013 she won the Professional Woman of the Future award and in 2019 she was shortlisted for the Sunday Times ‘NED rising star’.
Sophie Gould
Head of Learning & Development, Flex Legal
See More →Sophie is Head of Learning and Development at Flex Legal and has over 25 years' experience in the legal sector. Most notably, she has worked as a corporate commercial lawyer in the city, and as the Head of Legal for various media companies.