What we got up to in our last event
Modern Governance Professional
Our last OpenSpace event welcomed junior governance professionals from across the industry to delve into what makes a Modern Governance Professional.
What makes a Modern Governance Professional
Joining us at the Aviva office, was governance experts Melissa Banks ACG (British Land), Emma Jackman (Segro) and James Wickham LLB ACG (Aviva), who shared free and authentic perspectives from their career, including:
How perceptions of the governance profession are evolving and the future skillset that you need to progress
How to work effectively with technology and how to develop communication and relationship building capabilities
How governance professionals can make a meaningful impact within their organisations
What did our guests think?
“I really wanted to find out more about what other governance professionals are doing at the moment, because there’s been a lot of change. I’ve recently transitioned to an in-house role, so I wanted to meet other in-house professionals and find out how they’ve transitioned. Key takeaways include the need to be more curious about what’s going on in the industry, to meet other governance professionals and to network more. It’s really useful to have these discussions as a group.”
Emma Rumble, Hiscox, Assistant Company Secretary
“I’ve been one of the ones coming to these from the start. We started going along and found it to be a really good network of people at my level and senior, that I can lean on. Having real world experiences from the panellists is always great, as is having the ability to build relationships with people within the wider industry, having people to ask questions to, to fall back on and even just to chat through things. It’s just a nice support network.”
Samuel Jones, Ares Management, Senior Associate, Legal Governance