바카라 사이트 encourages women to pursue positions on sports바카라 사이트� boards
바카라 사이트 hosts its second high-powered networking event aimed at inspiring businesswomen to join sports바카라 사이트� boards
More than 120 senior sports administrators and businesswomen gathered at the Tower of London on Wednesday 11 March for an event designed to encourage more women with a corporate background to take up positions on sports바카라 사이트� boards.
The government-organised event, hosted by the England and Wales Cricket Board바카라 사이트檚 Head of Women바카라 사이트檚 Cricket, Clare Connor, was an opportunity for women from organisations including Clifford Chance, Bank of America and Google to meet senior individuals from a wide range of sports organisations to discuss how working together could prove beneficial.
Guests were further treated to a panel discussion chaired by Helena Morrissey (Newton Investment Management), with Jennie Price (Sport England), Liz Nicholl (UK Sport), David Gregson (LTA) ,Bill James (Triathlon England), Leigh Hine (PSD Group) and Karen Neale (England Athletics) discussing a wide range of topics.
The key message from the day was that not only sportswomen or those that have experience in the sector are successful candidates for sports바카라 사이트� boards.
Case studies of women that have made the move from the corporate sector to sports바카라 사이트� boards were handed out at the event.
Minister for Sport and Tourism, Helen Grant, said:
바카라 사이트淪port plays a vital role in the economy and culture of the UK and female athletes are increasingly matching and surpassing their male colleagues in the medal counts.
바카라 사이트淏ut it is equally important to have women represented in the boardrooms, and I want to see more women on the boards of governing bodies to really help shape sport.
바카라 사이트淭heir skills, knowledge and talents, whether it be from a sport or corporate background, are hugely valuable.바카라 사이트�
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Case Studies
Johanna Lloyd, Sport Wales Board
After studying law at the University of Nottingham and University of Texas, Johanna Lloyd trained as a lawyer at global law firm Clifford Chance LLP. She worked for them in London and New York and enjoyed advising on and managing large transactions across multiple jurisdictions, though she didn바카라 사이트檛 enjoy the long hours so much! Deutsche Bank was a major client of Clifford Chance and so Johanna decided to move in house to continue working on cutting edge challenging work while improving her work/life balance.
Looking for a change, after eight years of investment banking, Johanna took a job as general legal counsel to one of Barclays바카라 사이트� businesses based in Cardiff, which offered loans to consumers. Shortly after joining Barclays, a board position at Sport Wales was advertised. Johanna바카라 사이트檚 sister forwarded the application for the Sport Wales Board role saying 바카라 사이트測ou could do this바카라 사이트�. It really made her realise that though she didn바카라 사이트檛 know everything about sport, she still had skills that would be of benefit to a sports바카라 사이트� board.
바카라 사이트淚f you have run a business, advised on a marketing campaign, undertaken event management you have the skills a board could use!바카라 사이트� Johanna describes her corporate background as a benefit rather than a weakness. 바카라 사이트淚t doesn바카라 사이트檛 matter if you don바카라 사이트檛 know the sector. If you are prepared to listen and learn, you바카라 사이트檒l be successful. I was very open about the fact that I didn바카라 사이트檛 know everything about sport 바카라 사이트揑 was brought onto the board to provide an external lens바카라 사이트�.
It바카라 사이트檚 not just that Johanna brings another perspective to the Board, she also gets to learn from others. 바카라 사이트淭he skills that you use in the business environment are exactly the same as the skills you use on a sports board. The difference in sector was a more significant difference that the different skillset used. It has broadened my understanding and experience, which I can utilise in other areas of my career.바카라 사이트�
Johanna is really passionate about Sport Wales바카라 사이트� community sport agenda 바카라 사이트� ensuring every child has access to good quality sport provision - and believes we all have a responsibility to serve our community through using our skills in the best possible way.
Johanna believes it is absolutely critical to ask for advice about the decisions you are making in your career. 바카라 사이트淏uild a network of people who know your strengths and your flaws and who will be honest with you.바카라 사이트� Further to this, she believes that sponsors are vital to success in any organisation. 바카라 사이트淚 have definitely had sponsors in my career 바카라 사이트� people who have put their own political capital or reputation at risk for my benefit.바카라 사이트�
Johanna has 5 areas of advice for aspiring Board members: Be a leader: women are often quite uncomfortable in calling themselves a leader but you have to want to lead to be on a Board. Be confident: There are lots of good books and courses about how to be a good Board member. Do some research mainly to build your own confidence that you can do this. Be passionate: If you are going to commit to a Board in addition to your day job, pick something you바카라 사이트檙e excited about. When you바카라 사이트檝e had a long day at work and you바카라 사이트檙e sitting down to Board papers in the evening you need to passionate about the subject matter. Be resilient: you may not succeed the first time, or the second time, or the third. But keep going. And finally - Be yourself!
Jutta af Rosenborg, Non-Exec Director, PGA European Tour
After studying for her Master바카라 사이트檚 in Business, Economics and Auditing at the Copenhagen Business School, Jutta af Rosenborg began her career as a StateAuthorised Public Accountant. She went on to be the Chief Financial Officer for International Pharmaceutical company, PLC, in Denmark, who have subsidiaries around the world. A key turning point in Jutta바카라 사이트檚 career, and an important part of her progression to a board position, was when she decided to change her career as an Auditor/Consultant and became an Executive Manager. The most important knowledge she gained from this experience was about managing international companies (and thereby different cultures), how to work strategically and think about implementation of that work, and the importance of internal as well as external communication.
A crucial part of Jutta바카라 사이트檚 move to a Board position was working on various relevant body boards. Since 1998, Jutta has worked for a wide range of organisations. In 1998 Jutta became the President of The Seamen바카라 사이트檚 Club of 1856, which owns a large property in Christianshavn, Copenhagen, with some 100 tenancies occupied by seamen and she is still the President to this day. In the same year Jutta became Vice Chairman of Rungsted Primary School, a role she kept until 2006. Between 2000 and 2004 Jutta was a representative of The Confederation of Danish Industry on the Accounting Committee in Denmark as well as on the Accounting Panel 바카라 사이트� an advisory body of The Danish Business Authority. Her varied experience on these boards and keeping in contact with executive search companies were an important part of Jutta바카라 사이트檚 career path. It was in fact an executive search company that contacted her about the PGA European Tour role.
Jutta did not go specifically after a sport position but when she was approached about the position at PGA European Tour she said she 바카라 사이트渇ound it very tempting working with the combination of Sport and Business and as I am fascinated about golf I found it was the perfect match to combine this with the knowledge and experience I have gained over the years from my other board positions.바카라 사이트�
Jutta also says that 바카라 사이트渢he world of sport and the world of business can be seen as very different - but when it comes to the bottom line - it is all about getting the most out of it for the benefit of the stakeholders/ shareholders바카라 사이트�.
Jutta describes her husband and her friends as her mentors going through her career and says that her father always taught her that 바카라 사이트渨omen can do just as well as men!바카라 사이트� Jutta recommends that women looking for board positions should put themselves forward more. 바카라 사이트淜eep close contact to the executive search companies, make yourself known through speeches, articles or alike and know what your edge is - what will be your contribution to the board?바카라 사이트�
Nicola Palios, Independent Director, British Rowing
Nicola was educated in a northern comprehensive school and went on to read law at Oxford University, which led naturally into a legal career. She qualified as a barrister in England and as an Advocate in Jersey, where she worked for 20 years. 바카라 사이트淚 had wanted to be a barrister ever since watching Crown Court on TV as a 5 year old!바카라 사이트� Over the years, Nicola moved from practising law to become manager at Mourant, ultimately becoming CEO of a group which had a multi-national law firm, fund administration and private wealth management businesses, with 1,200 staff in 10 jurisdictions.
Nicola was a junior & U23 international rowing cox, an Oxford Blue, and is a fan of both football and rugby. Her father has, for many years, been on the Rugby Football Union Council, and Nicola saw the enjoyment (and challenges) that he gets from it. All of the above are part of what made her consider a different path when Mourant sold most of the business in 2010. 바카라 사이트淚 decided that from then on I would like to do a portfolio career, comprising some consultancy work with two or three NED positions.
A sporting board position was particularly high on the agenda as I have always loved sports.바카라 사이트� When deciding to take a change in direction and move to a sports바카라 사이트� Board, Nicola tailored her CV to ensure that it highlighted relevant transferable skills (in her case, law, governance, change management, stakeholder management etc.), she made head-hunters aware of her availability and scoured the appointments section of the main newspapers.
After 12 months, the British Rowing opportunity came up and they were specifically looking for someone with a legal and risk background, which suited Nicola perfectly.
While Nicola did have relevant sporting experience for British Rowing, she thinks that 바카라 사이트渘owadays NGBs recognise that a balanced board needs a skills mix and that it can be beneficial to have 바카라 사이트渙utsiders바카라 사이트� bringing fresh views and experiences.바카라 사이트�
In terms of the difference between the corporate and sport sectors, Nicola says 바카라 사이트淭he stakeholder environment on sports boards can often be more complex than on normal commercial boards, because you are trying to balance an art form (i.e. the sport) with the business, and the organisation does get a lot of public scrutiny바카라 사이트�바카라 사이트� 바카라 사이트�바카라 사이트� This is particularly true of football clubs, where the supporters can and do give very frank feedback very publicly!바카라 사이트�
When considering applying for a sports바카라 사이트� Board position Nicola would give the following advice: 바카라 사이트淪et yourself a clear target of where you want to get to. Look at your CV and see if you have skills which are particularly relevant 바카라 사이트� and if you do, highlight them, rather than expecting the reader to deduce them.
And finally, do your homework on the sport you are targeting - make sure you have a good understanding of what issues the board are likely to be grappling with and you can articulate them. It바카라 사이트檚 not enough just to know a lot about the sport itself 바카라 사이트� you need to show a real understanding of what the issues are for the Board.바카라 사이트�
Sarah Smart, Non-Exec Director, UK Athletics
Sarah Smart studied Classics at Oxford University and moved to Scotland on completion of her degree. She trained as a Chartered Accountant and then moved into Investment Management. In 2004, Sarah became a member-nominated trustee of the Standard Life Staff Pension Scheme which gave her experience of governance and operating in a non-executive capacity.
In 2006, she became Chair of the Trustees for the Macmillan Cancer Support Pension Scheme and joined the Board of Nisus Scotland. All of these were alongside her day job and Sarah describes them as invaluable in helping her be appointed to Board positions. Since 2008 Sarah has been fully self-employed as a non-executive and consultant and in 2010 she was appointed Chair of the Pensions Trust.
In 2012, Sarah jumped at the chance to join the UK Athletics Board: 바카라 사이트淭he role fitted perfectly with my requirements of wanting to do something useful and something that was really enjoyable바카라 사이트�.
Building networks was instrumental in Sarah바카라 사이트檚 move to UK Athletics 바카라 사이트淚 applied for a role in the paper in 2008. I wasn바카라 사이트檛 successful in that instance, but met the headhunter who was running the search to discuss my experience. Four years later he rang me about the UKA job! He had heard about me from a number of my Board colleagues바카라 사이트�. So remember your networks and how they can be working for you behind the scenes many years later.
Sarah doesn바카라 사이트檛 feel that her lack of sporting background was a hindrance when moving to a sports Board, 바카라 사이트淲e have a mix of people with sporting experience and those with business experience on our Board and we all work very well together. I think the skills you need are the same; getting up to speed with new information quickly, thinking strategically, challenging constructively and communicating effectively바카라 사이트�.
Furthermore, she feels that it is important to remember that the differences you have to other Board members, really help the Board as a team ensure that decisions have been fully thought through before being acted upon.
When asked what inspired her in her career, Sarah said 바카라 사이트淢ost importantly, I like to finish the day feeling I have made a valuable contribution to society in some way, rather than that I have got through my to do list and earned some money. I choose my positions carefully to ensure they give me this.바카라 사이트�
Sarah바카라 사이트檚 words of advice for aspiring Board members are: 바카라 사이트淧lan early 바카라 사이트� it is important to build up experience and this isn바카라 사이트檛 done overnight. Pro bono roles are really useful for building up experience, and if you choose a cause that you feel strongly about the sense of reward you get from it is enormous.바카라 사이트� And바카라 사이트� 바카라 사이트淣urture your network 바카라 사이트� it is more important than you could ever imagine.
But this doesn바카라 사이트檛 mean keeping up with people you don바카라 사이트檛 like or get on with because of their position 바카라 사이트� life is too short to spend with people whose company you don바카라 사이트檛 enjoy.바카라 사이트�