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‘BOARDROOM CONVERSATIONS’. CONVERSE WITH AN ACKNOWLEDGED EXPERT AND TAKE THE BENEFIT OF THEIR EXPERIENCE BACK TO YOUR BOARD

 

At this lunchtime event guests have a unique opportunity to learn from the expertise of our headline guest, who has been invited to speak on the basis of his or her work on company boards at the highest level, earning recognition in the field of board governance and their industry sector. After hearing their first-hand experience in the form of a dialogue between the speaker and a director of Bvalco, the floor will be opened for questions enabling topics of interest to be raised. The 90 minute session is divided equally between these two parts of the conversation.

 

A buffet lunch aids an informal and open atmosphere in which participants discuss board effectiveness, sharing their collective perspectives. Bvalco’s focus is on facilitating the optimisation of board effectiveness. In line with this, the session aims to get a small number of invited chairmen, company secretaries and senior board members engaging with a leading practitioner about their past experience to learn from and build on for the future.

 

Read "A Boardroom Conversation with Sir David Lees" which took place on 22 February 2012

 

Read "A Boardroom Conversation with Sir Martin Jacomb" which took place on 13 March 2012

 

 

Read "A Boardroom Conversation with Rachel Lomax" which took place on 26 June 2012

 

 

Read "A Boardroom Conversation with Sir David Walker" which took place on 1 October 2012
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A BVALCO PUBLICATION

Board Performance: Reflections on Board Review

Bvalco draw on their recent experience of conducting independent external board evaluations. Bvalco have observed diverse boards of directors including organisations in the FTSE 100. Their Bvalco board reviews have highlighted six common challenges to board effectiveness. In this paper Bvalco explain these challenges, providing an informed insight into why they arise, examining in particular the board behaviours that may be at their root.

 

Read the full paper.

 

TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2013

A Boardroom Conversation with Jim Leng

Jim Leng is Non-executive Chairman of HSBC Bank Plc and also European Chairman of AEA, an American private equity partnership. He sits on the Boards of two listed companies as a Non-executive Director: Alstom SA (French Engineering company) where he chairs the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, and as Senior Independent Director of Genel Energy PLC, an oil and gas company with its principal interests in Turkey and Kurdistan.

 

Read more about Jim Leng.

 

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TUESDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2013

A Boardroom Conversation with Sir Simon Robertson

Simon has been in Investment Banking for over 50 years, at Kleinwort Benson where he became Chairman and more recently at Goldman Sachs.  He started his own company in August 2005, Simon Robertson Associates LLP, now called Robertson Robey Associates, offering corporate finance advice to a limited number of international companies.  He is also Chairman of Rolls-Royce Group plc and Deputy Chairman & Senior Independent non-executive Director of HSBC Holdings plc.

 

Read more about Sir Simon Robertson.

 

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TUESDAY 9 APRIL 2013

A Boardroom Conversation with John McFarlane

John McFarlane is Chairman of Aviva plc. He has had a prestigious career in financial services spanning 37 years and was awared an OBE. Mr McFarlane joined us for a Boardroom Conversation on 9 April 2013 highlights of which included his fascinating ruminations on the different styles of corporate governance betwenn the UK and the southern hemisphere. Read more about John McFarlane, and for more information about Bvalco Boardroom Conversations click here.

 

 

 

 

Read Boardroom Conversations with

Sir Winfried Bischoff - 20 February 2013

 

Sir David Walker - 1 October 2012

 

Rachel Lomax - 26 June 2012

 

Sir Martin Jacomb - 13 March 2012

 

Sir David Lees - 22 February 2012

 

A summary of the Conversation with Sir David also appears in the July issue of "Governance". View a PDF version of "Governance" here.

 

Boardroom Conversations: Converse with an Acknowledged Expert and take the benefit of their experience Back to your Board

 

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