GGI National NHS NED Development Programme: Peer to Peer Weekly Meeting | 12 November 2021

As part of its mission to promote good governance, GGI will host these facilitated, weekly virtual meetings to give NHS non-executive directors an opportunity to share their concerns, challenges and ideas as we rethink the future of health and social care. The goal is to collectively think about the role NEDs play as part of the controlling mind of their organisations, to discuss immediate safeguarding issues and to ensure we all learn from this experience to assure better outcomes for citizens in the future. If you would like to join this meeting, please email events@good-governance.org.uk.

ABOUT

Hosted by: Professor Andrew Corbett-Nolan, Chief Executive, Good Governance Institute

Chair: Dr Usman Khan, GGI Special Advisor, Good Governance Institute

In Conversation with: Jeremy Vanes, Chair, Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Saba Gondal, Non-Executive Director, Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

'From diversity on a Board to diverse Boards – a step-by-step guide’

• Why do we need to take further steps on the road of Board Diversity?
• What is transformational diversity and how can you deliver it?
• What can we learn from Black Lives Matter and the Me Too movement as well as from LGBTQ and Disability Rights campaigning?
• How do Boards know when they have reached a tipping point on diversity?
• What are the challenges to Board diversity and what micro steps can we taken to overcome them?

Biographies

About Jeremy

Jeremy is a chartered manager with a public service leadership specialism (after discovering Fine Art Painting which he describes as lovely but lonely). In his career he has been CEO in four voluntary organisations since age 28, working on social justice, legal aid, health improvement, frontline operations and refugee support.

Jeremy has also been a NED and chair of four NHS Trusts since 2006, eg integrated acute at Royal Wolverhampton and mental health/learning disability across Black Country. Jeremy was appointed as joint chair on 1 October 2019 and took over as chair of Black Country Healthcare on 1 April 2020.

Jeremy grew up with the Clash and Slits in 1970s, has four kids, fostered six more and he says that he often comes to work for a rest!

About Saba

Saba is an accomplished transformational leader with extensive experience in the public and private sector including the NHS, local authorities, strategic commissioning and the education sector.

Passionate supporter of public services, Saba is keen to bring innovative approaches to organisational transformation in order to address inequalities and modernise services.

In the last few years, Saba has been working with active investors, in a consultant capacity and co-investor to develop a range of businesses. She has a track record of developing and delivering highly effective strategies in complex environments to turnaround services and build reputation for quality.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This meeting is by invitation and is open to all NHS Non-Executives Directors, Chairs and Associate Non-Executive Directors of NHS Providers. Others may attend by special invitation.

For further details, comments, questions and suggestions please contact: events@good-governance.org.uk