Pathway to Chair: How to Develop Your Non-Executive Career From NED to Chair Appointments

Impact Boards EM and NED Career Services are co-hosting an online roundtable with Mike Clancy, founder of NED Career Services. 

In this webinar we will discuss how to develop your non-executive career from initial NED roles to chair appointments. Our expert panel will discus the key issues regarding progression from non-executive director to “chair ready” to securing a chair role.

Key topics will be:         

• Board skills development

• Board leadership

• Succession planning

• Recruiting a chair

• Onboarding a chair

Moderator:

Mike Clancy

Mike Clancy founded Walgrove in 2009 a company specialising in chair and NED recruitment. In 2018 he introduced a complementary executive to non-executive career transition service following numerous requests for direct assistance from senior executives to help with their transition. In addition to being Impact Boards EM’s partner for NED career services, he is a member of faculty for the Financial Times Board Director Programme and an ambassador for WB Directors, the networking organisation, and Nurole, the online board level hiring platform. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mclancy/

Speakers:

Alan McWalter

Following an Executive career spanning 30 years with marketing, manufacturing and retail companies, Alan has over the last 20 years held chairmanship and non-executive roles with numerous publicly quoted and private sector companies working across a range of business sectors. He is currently Chairman of Ward Security Services. He was an Executive Director at Marks & Spencer and Kingfisher Group Companies. In his earlier career he held both marketing and general management appointments with Thomson Consumer Electronics and Spillers Foods. He started his career in marketing with Unilever and is a Fellow and past Chairman of the Marketing Society and a Liveryman of the City of London.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-mcwalter-6247a68/

Lale Saral Develioglu

Independent Board Director and Board Advisor, Qualified Risk Director®, Mentor and Business Coach. She has 27 years of corporate experience at leading multinational companies such as Unilever, Turkcell and Pladis, in roles such as Executive Committee Member, Chief Marketing Officer, Global VP of Marketing and VP of International Subsidiaries. Founding board member of Women on Boards Association, Turkey. Also Angel Investor, Peer Reviewer at EQUIS and Adjunct Faculty of Marketing. Current appointments: Independent board member to 4 listed companies (Coca Cola İcecek, Anadolu Efes, Anadolu Isuzu, Aksa); Advisor to 2 family companies; Chair of 4 Risk, 2 Corporate Governance and 1 Sustainability Committees; Chair of the Qualified Risk Director® Governance Council of the DCRO Institute.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lale-saral-develioglu-a440451/

Patrick Dunne

Experienced chair, serial social entrepreneur, board advisor and author of award winning "Boards". Founder of Boardelta – a consultancy focused on making a difference to boards internationally, undertaking projects to transform board performance as well as training on board skills. Current appointments; Chair Royal Voluntary Service and ESSA-Education Sub Saharan Africa, Visiting Professor at Cranfield University, Patron of Leap Confronting Conflict and Founder of Warwick in Africa. Executive career in Chemicals and Private Equity becoming a member of the Operating Committee of FTSE100 constituent 3i Group plc.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickdunne2/