Members only WACL NED Talk – How to be an effective Non-Exec member of the Board team -9 December 2024

In our executive careers, we have all had plenty of experience of leading teams and being members of them.  A lot of the wisdom gained translates to Non-Exec life.  But there are differences too which the frequency and nature of interactions with your fellow Directors (both NEDs and EDs) exacerbate.

For some reflections and advice on how to have the most positive impact on the Boards where you serve, we are joined by two fantastic speakers John Maltby Portfolio Chair in the UK and Scandinavia and Louise Angel from Teneo. Our very own Sara Bennison will be chairing this event. Biographies can be found below

This is a virtual members only Lunch time event starting at 12:15 until 13:30 on Monday the 9 December 2024.

Speaker Biographies

John Maltby has a portfolio of Non-Executive roles in the UK and Scandinavia.  He is Chair at West Bromwich Building Society  and Allica Bank and is a Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit Committee at Nordea Bank.  He is also the Chair of Max Nicholas Renewables a UK based developer of turbines for use in the generation of Tidal Energy.

His previous NED appointments include Chair of Good Energy Group plc, Chair of BlueStep Bank AS and Non-Executive Director and Chair of Risk Committee for Simply Health, Bank of Ireland UK and Tandem Bank.

He is also an active Angel Investor and business mentor for early stage businesses and their leaders and enjoys coaching particularly first time CEOs and NEDs.

In his executive career John was CEO of Williams & Glyn and ran the Commercial Bank of Lloyds Banking Group with responsibility for all Banking services to UK SMEs. His early career was as a Management Consultant for Andersen Consulting and Price Waterhouse.  John is a graduate in Engineering Science from the University of Durham.

John was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2022 for his charity work in supporting young people in the UK.

Louise Angel . With a 20 year track record in helping major companies to strengthen and diversify their boards, Louise leads the Board practice of Teneo People Advisory, UK. She advises boards on how to meet evolving governance standards, appoint for the future and handle key succession planning. She has extensive experience in chair, committee chair and non-executive director search.

Louise serves companies across a wide range of sectors, including support services, real estate, construction and housebuilding, healthcare, energy and utilities, transport and infrastructure, financial services and retail. Her clients range from quoted entities to private equity or family-owned businesses and those planning for an IPO.

Louise was previously a member of the Partner team at Ridgeway which took the business through an MBO and successful growth, leading to its acquisition by Teneo at the end of 2020. She has worked in executive search since 1999, with Odgers Berndtson and later The Zygos Partnership. She graduated in Modern Languages from the University of Exeter.

Louise has experience of serving as a school governor and an advisory board member in the Arts. At Teneo she sits on the People Advisory DE&I Steering Committee and is a sponsor of the Families and Carers Employee Resource Group.

Sara Bennison’s executive career split into two chapters. The first was with global advertising agencies, working in London and SE Asia on a host of famous brands. The second was in the very different environment of regulated industries first at BT, then Barclays and finally Nationwide, serving on the ExCos of the latter two. Her final role was as Chief Product and Marketing Officer of Nationwide and CEO of The Mortgage Works subsidiary. She is one of the leading brand and marketing experts of her generation, winning a number of prestigious industry awards.

Sara is now well into career chapter three, focussing on Board and advisory work. She has been a Non-Executive Director of the Lawn Tennis Association since 2018, is Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Committee of Management for Wimbledon. She joined the Boards of The West Brom Building Society, DUAL UK and The Openwork Partnership in 2023. In 2024 she also joined the Board of Equifax UK where she Chairs the Risk and Audit Committees.

She runs her own brand, marketing, mentoring and training consultancy offering discreet advice and acting as the overflow brain for a number of CMOs and advertising agencies. (Find her at sarabennison.com)