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To be eligible, each applicant must belong to one or more of the protected groups which are targeted by this programme: Our round-up for trustees and governance professionals, with useful sector updates, training courses and guidance they receive remuneration from the company in addition to director’s fees or they participate in the company’s share option or performance-related pay schemes or they are members of the pension Furthering the charity’s overall purpose, as set out in its governing document, and setting its direction and strategy.

The application form will ask you for your name, institution, role, and the name of the individual whose application you are supporting. You will be asked to write a short statement to confirm your commitment to supporting the applicant on the programme and to describe how you will make an active commitment to improve board diversity and inclusion at your institution. Please see question 12 for more information on the role of an institutional champion. We ask that you pay at time of booking for our games, this secures your session and also means you can just focus on your imminent victory on the day! Applicants and their institutional champions must both complete a form using the same link. Forms can be completed separately and do not need to be submitted at the same time.

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You will be asked to provide, in 500 words or less, details of why you think you are well suited to this programme and what you hope to achieve from it, including outlining the type(s) of boards you are interested in joining. Where the managing director is also the Chair, it is important that these two distinct roles are properly separated and that sufficient attention is given to carrying out the Chair’s role effectively. The board should not just be an executive team. Safeguarding people as well as finances, resources and property and making sure they’re used to further the charity’s purposes.

The UK Corporate Governance Code sets out its own view of the role of the board. This can be summarised as: To me, the book is like a rainbow of words. We often point out that whenever there’s a storm there’s a rainbow at the end of it. We want the book to be the rainbow you know is coming at the end of the storm,’ says Chopra. ‘So it’s like a companion [that] makes you feel better when you need it,’ he adds. make sure that it’s effectively and properly run with legal and other obligations met – and be accountable to those with an interest or a 'stake' in the charity.Where the executive director has an intimate knowledge of the company, the NED may be expected to have a wider perspective of the world at large. Where the executive director may be better equipped to provide an entrepreneurial spur to the company, the NED may have more to say about ensuring prudent control. The non-executive directors should convene regularly, as a body, with the chairman, but without their executive colleagues; and at least once a year they should meet on their own under the leadership of the senior independent director to appraise the chairman’s performance. (See: Composition and structure of the board, an OUT-LAW guide.) At a time when everyone is putting on masks, we’re taking ours off; it’s kind of symbolic,’ adds Chopra. ‘There’s going to be a lot of disappointment; we’ve told people we look like George Clooney,’ he laughs, alluding to the fact that in the beginning, the pair would wear celebrity masks when writing or wheeling out the boards. Marks & Spencer is a rare case of a major company where the roles of chairman and chief executive have been combined. This month we share reflections from our Governance Forum and introduce our new governance consultant

Please note that if you are under 16 years old, you are welcome before 6pm when accompanied by an adult. 16 and 17 year olds are also welcome before 6pm. In 2008, the chief executive, Sir Stuart Rose, was handed the chairman’s job as well – in contravention of principle A.2. Shareholders muttered that this was contrary to the Code, but the company stressed that the roles would be split again when Sir Stuart retired in 2011. In the meantime, the new chairman’s dominance would be counterbalanced by the senior independent director, who was given special responsibility for governance issues. As an adjective, onboard always comes before the noun it modifies—in the sentences above, these are GPS and system. After a verb, choose the phrase on board instead. The company-wide transition to an online application tool will significantly streamline the onboarding process. Dr Andrew Purkis, trustee, Directory of Social Change, former Charity Commission and board member and former chair or vice-chair of seven UK charitiesThe FA consists of a permanent staff, predominantly based at its headquarters at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park in Burton. In July 2022 she was awarded the Honorary Degree Doctor of Business Administration by Nottingham Trent University, in recognition of her significant contribution to business and the public sector.