This free event organized by Foot Anstey law firm and leadership company Excellencia aims to help business leaders understand how to assess the effectiveness of their company's board and the value that independent directors can provide. The event will cover topics like good corporate governance adding business value, company secretarial compliance benefits, why independent directors are essential for growth, and how dysfunctional boards harm businesses. Attendees include chairs, CEOs, finance directors and company secretaries of growing companies.

1. Is your board
Fit for Business?
Find out how you can add value to your business with a corporate governance health check
Wednesday 22 May 2013, Foot Anstey, 100 Victoria Street,
Bristol BS1 6HZ 5:30pm to 8:00pm
Come along to this Free event organised by leading law firm Foot Anstey and leadership
development company Excellencia to find out how good corporate governance can add value to
your business.
If you are the Chair, Chief Executive, Finance Director or Company Secretary of a growing business
then this event will help you to understand how you can assess the effectiveness of your company’s
board and the value that qualified independent non-executive directors can add.
Programme:
17:30 Registration and networking
18:00 Welcome from the Chair Judith Levy
and introductions Group Chairman, Vistage
18:05 Good corporate Steve Hill
governance makes good Chartered Director, Managing Director at
business sense Systems Engineering and Assessment Ltd.
Bristol
18:25 Company Secretarial Simon Levingston
compliance –the benefits Consultant - Foot Anstey. Chartered Secretary
in Public practice providing advice & support
to directors and companies
18:45 Having an independent Bryan Foss
Non-Executive Director Independent Non-Executive Director, Risk &
on your board is Audit Chair, Board And Business Development
essential for growth Adviser, Visiting Professor Bristol Business
School
19:05 A dysfunctional board David Doughty
means a dysfunctional Chartered Director, Chief Executive at
business Excellencia
19:25 Refreshments and networking
20:00 Close
Although the event is free,
places are limited – to book
your place on-line now click
here