The new initiative will provide updates on stay awake issues for NEDs, access to influential speakers and an informal networking environment for the senior business leaders to build and extend relationships.
Jackie Henry, Office Senior Partner at Deloitte in Northern Ireland said: “We have been running our own Non-Executive Director programme in Northern Ireland since 2010, supporting some of the most influential business leaders in the UK by sharing knowledge and bringing in high level speakers to discuss topical issues. Our exciting new partnership with the IoD will broaden our reach and the positive contribution we can make.
“We have seen first hand in that time just how important the objectivity and experience NEDs bring to organisations. But while the NEDs in Northern Ireland are of the highest calibre, we need more senior figures from the local business, voluntary and the public sectors to consider becoming a NED.
“An increasing number of SMEs and family owned businesses are recognising the benefit of having non-executives on their boards and we hope this new partnership will also bolster the ranks of the NED in Northern Ireland.”
The network and events programme is pitched at NEDs of Northern Ireland’s leading organisations and seeks to both support and challenge those with Board and Committee responsibilities.
Kirsty McManus, National Director at IoD NI, said: “We are very pleased to launch a new series of networking events for Non-Executive Directors with Deloitte. These will provide new opportunities for NEDs at companies from across Northern Ireland to meet together and learn best practice from one another in a social setting.
“Non-Executive Directors provide invaluable support to businesses of all sizes, bringing new levels of expertise, independent oversight and constructive challenges to company boards.
“NEDs can make a real difference to the future prosperity of any business, its employees and the economy as a whole.”
IOD Award winning NED and Chair of the NI Fire and Rescue Service, Carmel McKinney, OBE pictured with Jackie Henry, Office Senior Partner at Deloitte and Kirsty McManus, National Director of the IOD NI.
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