Director Podcast

In our latest Directors’ Briefing podcast, the IoD’s Director of Policy and Governance Dr Roger Barker speaks to Seamus Gillen about his new book, Building Better Boards: How to lead and succeed in a changing world.

After a career working as a Chartered Secretary, a company secretary and company director, and as Policy Director of ICSA, the Chartered Governance Institute, Seamus Gillen has spent the past 15 years advising clients around the UK, and internationally, on their governance journeys. He is the founder of Value Alpha, a resource network for those working in the field of corporate governance.

Seamus’ new book – ‘Building Better Boards: How to lead and succeed in a changing world’ – is being published on 7th July 2022.

The book is a reflection on working with boards, and directors, from jurisdictions all over the world – some the very best, others struggling.  And how it is possible to move from the latter to the former. It references progressive thinking from regulatory guidance, Code principles, thought leadership and case studies to argue that commercially-focused governance is a business enabler, an underpin for organisational success, and the source of lasting value creation.

Lord Shinkwin interviews Steve Ingham, CEO PageGroup, on the importance of diversity in the workplace. 

In this episode of the Directors' Briefing podcast, Hugo Legh, Kitty Ussher and Alex Hall-Chen discuss 'The Green Incentive: how to put net zero at the heart of business planning'. This policy paper sets out four specific medium-term recommendations which would incentivise businesses, and particularly smaller businesses, to play their part in decarbonising the economy.

In this Director Role Model podcast, we interview Brendan Digney, an IoD Young Directors’ Ambassador for Northern Ireland and IoD Student Director of the Year Finalist, about launching a business at 22 years old while studying for a Masters.

The IoD’s Director of Policy, Dr Roger Barker, was joined by the following expert panel:

In this Directors' Briefing podcast, we discuss the British Chambers of Commerce campaign that we are supporting, calling on the Government to stop using the outdated word ‘chairman’.

In this Director Role Model podcast, we interview Harry Panter, an IoD Ambassador for Manchester, about launching a business at 21 years old.

In this episode, we discuss the forthcoming rise to National Insurance contributions and the IoD's campaign against it, #ScrapTheJobsTax.

You can sign the online #ScrapTheJobsTax petition here: https://chng.it/zNg8fXgdpY 

In this episode, we discuss ESG priorities for companies in 2022, following the publication of an IoD Policy Paper on the issue. In addition to the report's author, Dr Roger Barker (IoD Director of Policy and Corporate Governance), we are joined by Gillian Karran-Cumberlege (Co-founder of Fidelio Partners and Board Member of Chapter Zero, the Directors’ Climate Forum), Yanos Michopoulos (IoD corporate governance and leadership course leader and Chair of the Board of Directors of DESFA) and Chris Hodge (senior adviser to the IoD’s Centre for Corporate Governance).

In this episode, we discuss the prospects and priorities for 2022 with Dr Roger Barker, Director of Policy, and Kitty Ussher, Chief Economist.