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gliff.ai To Move To Next Stage of Development
With Support from Board Advisory Talent Sourced By The Experience Bank
How to Build a Brilliant Board
This blog draws upon several papers written about building high performing boards along with my own observations from many years spent supporting board creation and development for a wide variety of SMEs and charities.
The Purpose of a Board and Board Effectiveness in SMEs and Charities
Peter Neal and Andrew Marsh of The Experience Bank Group were invited recently by both The Entrepreneurs Forum and the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment to participate in online, round table discussions on the Purpose of a Board and Board Effectiveness.
Is Your Board Fit For Purpose?
A boardroom can have a wide array of individual talents within it, but without efficient structure and cohesion, it may not be worth the sum of its parts.
SJOG Bolsters Board and Senior Team Thanks to Support from Experience Bank Group
Over the last 18 months, Experience Bank Group has been integral to bringing new talent to SJOG (St John of God), introducing new board and senior team leaders to the team.
Is Your Board Ready to Bounce Back Higher?
Towards the end of the first lockdown last year, a survey of 632 SME board executive and and non-executive directors carried out by Directorbank* showed that 95% would be adversely affected (40% severely) and that 72% were rewriting their business plans.
Arif Takes Board Position
Business leader Arif Shahab is delighted to be using his experience to drive forward one of the region’s manufacturing companies, thanks to Peter Neal at Experience Bank Group.
Cascade Cash Management
The Experience Bank Group Preps New Board Ahead of AnnouncementCascade, the region’s leading cash management company, has invested in support from The Experience Bank Group ahead of an expected announcement of its new board structure. Andrew Marsh, who heads up EB...
Corterum
Specialising in the design and documentation of derivatives linked to mutual funds, hedge funds, equities and indices, Michael talks scaling the business, and moving to the next step.Corterum enables you to effortlessly manage all your Senior Manager and Certification...
Experience Bank Group Looks to 2021 For The Region’s Leaders
Peter Neal and Andrew Marsh of Experience Bank Group have joined forces for this latest advice column for Northern Insight readers. The topic for this special December and January double edition is on looking forward to 2021 and how to stay positive when looking at...
Par Equity
Par Equity and The Experience Bank Group have created a new partnership to back the region’s most ambitious entrepreneurs with a powerful network of advisers and investors.As part of its bid to build world class companies in the North of the UK, Par Equity works with...
JG Renewables
New Entrepreneur Benefits from Philanthropic SupportIn the last financial year, nearly 700,000 new business were started in the UK. With the advent of lockdown, furlough and redundancy this year, thanks to the current pandemic, it is estimated that the number of...
Philanthropic Organisation Expanded To Be Beacon of Light
A philanthropic organisation, The Experience Bank, has expanded in a bid to raise further funds, which in turn can help more start-up companies, growing SME’s and charities with senior recruitment, board positioning and board effectiveness. Originally set up by Peter...
Even NEDs have to start somewhere
An interview with Angus Kidd, former Director of Risk Management at Credit Suisse.Tracey Wilson interviews Angus Kidd at the beginning of his journey as a NED. Angus candidly discusses his experience as an aspiring NED, utilising his 25 years of experience in the...
NEDs: the benefits far outweigh the challenges
An interview with Andrew Marsh, Vistage Chair, Non-Executive Director, CEO and CEO Coach.In the fourth interview of the series, Professor Philip Shrives and Tracey Wilson ask Andrew Marsh about his experience with NEDs. Andrew shares the benefits and challenges he has...
Fiona Cruickshank: A personal experience with NEDs – the positive, the difficult & the negative
An interview with experienced entrepreneur, angel investor and non-executive director, Fiona Cruickshank.In the third interview of this series, Fiona Cruickshank shares her first-hand experience of employing NEDs and of being one very much in demand, with Professor...
NEDs: they come in all shapes and sizes
An interview with Matthew Briggs, serial NED, chair and business adviser.The second interview of the series sees Professor Philip Shrives and Tracey Wilson talk to Matthew Briggs about his experience as a NED. Matthew discusses how NEDs vary significantly and that...
The Experience Bank: It’s about putting people in touch with other people
Finance director of Inflo, Justin Januszewski, discusses the company’s involvement with the Experience Bank; detailing how they made the initial connection and what benefit they gained.Forming in late 2015, Inflo has grown from a start up to a well-established and...
Perception is no longer enough…Data has to be KING!
Jason Turner, Director at DATA2ACTION LTD on perception and data driven companies ... With nearly 25 years operational experience, I’ve been lucky to lead some significant transformational change programmes. Whilst conventional thinking and previous experience have...
NE Fin Tech start up finds specialist expertise in The Experience Bank…
Experience Bank member, Angus Kidd, tells the story from his perspective... As a Banking professional with 25 years International experience and originally from the North East, I was introduced to the Experience Bank in July 2018...
The Accidental NED
In this first in a series of interviews, Toby Bridges talks to Tracey Wilson from Newcastle Business School about how an application for funding for training was the catalyst for the introduction of non-executive directors into his family business.
Becoming investor ready…
Founding entrepreneur, Chris Reed, explaining why The Experience Bank is invaluable to him….
Northern Engineering Solutions Limited
The Directors of NESL identified that they had reached a capacity ceiling and recognised the need to review and refocus the business to ensure that growth did not plateau….