This online panel discussion will elevate your approach to advisory boards.

From understanding nuances of and common challenges when joining an advisory board, to navigating relationships and developing effective ways in which to engage as an advisory board member, including as the businesses your serve matures, this session aims to share practical examples for those starting out on, or adding to their advisory board portfolio.

Panel speakers:

• Siobhan Clarke – Siobhan’s 25 year background spans across London, Singapore, and San Francisco, in scale ups, venture capital (ex Partner Episode 1 Ventures) and large Enterprise (ex Cisco, ex VP bp) in science, education & leadership, digital technologies and energy.  She’s been serving on public, not for profit and private boards in UK and US for over 10 years as NED and Chair. In Advisory Board terms, as an executive she has setup and run an advisory board at BP and as CEO of a charity. In her current portfolio, she serves on an Advisory Board for a venture capital fund and is an advisor and mentor to a range of start-ups and scale ups from pre-revenue to £30m.
• Andrea Wareham – sharing a practical example of joining a start-up in an informal capacity, formalising the role and some of the actions taken in the process is Andrea Wareham. Andrea is a Non-Exec, Advisory Board Member and Mentor to CEOs and Senior Leaders. Her purpose is to support businesses to have effective people initiatives in place so that they have the right people in the right places and employees are engaged and happy, contributing brilliantly to the achievement of the organisation’s strategy. In her Non-Exec capacity Andrea is on a number of Boards of small to mid-size high growth consumer businesses such as Pizza Pilgrims (www.pizzapilgrims.co.uk), Psycle (www.pscylelondon.com) and Drop-In (www.drop-in.com). In addition to her Board responsibilities she individually supports the CEOs and People Leaders in these businesses to navigate complex issues such as organisation and team design, ways of working and leadership succession planning. Until March 2023 Andrea Wareham was Chief People Officer for Pret A Manger where she worked for 23 years. During the last 10 years with Pret, Andrea was a Trustee of the Pret Foundation which manages the donation of food from Pret shops to the homeless, as well as offering direct support to homeless charities and an employment scheme for disadvantaged people.
• Amanda Vine – biography to be shared shortly

To Attend: 

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Dial-in details will be distributed the day before the event.