Risk is a core issue for all boards, but thinking on the best way to manage risk has moved on considerably in recent years. In this episode, Fiona Hathorn, Founder and CEO of Women on Boards UK is joined by Bryan Foss, Portfolio NED and founding member of the Risk Coalition to discuss how boards can shift their approach to risk and ensure they keep up with the current best practice and methodologies.

In this episode Fiona Hathorn, CEO of Women on Boards UK, is joined by Unette Spencer, Chief of Staff to Ann Cairns, Mastercard's Executive Vice Chair; trustee for the Inspiring Leadership Trust; and a member of Affinity Waters Customer Challenge Board.

Find out what's involved in two very different non-executive roles, how she got the positions and why she went for them.

In this episode Rebecca Ganz, Women on Boards' lead in the North West is joined by Carol Ann Whitehead, Helen Gilder and Erica Morriss, all of whom have landed a NED role during the pandemic. They explore how they've accelerated having an impact on their Board despite being virtual or hybrid, their views on what this means for being an effective NED going forward and their thoughts on how this positively or negatively impacts finding NED opportunities.

Debunking common misconceptions around the pay gaps - Key errors many companies (listed & not) make in their statutory gender pay gap reporting and how boards can ensure they are fully compliant - Anthony Horrigan, CEO of Spktral (the pay gap experts) shares his expertise.

Have you considered supporting an early-stage company either as an adviser, mentor or non-executive? In this episode we meet founder of Connectd.co, Sam Luckett, to find out more about the opportunities available in this space.

In this session we talk to Helene Usherwood, Partner at leading search firm, Anderson Quigley about how to best approach your board campaign. Helene shares her top tips on how to succeed in your board aspirations from considering your board value add to how to tackle your supporting statement to achieve most impact.

Listen to this session when Women on Boards CEO and Founder, Fiona Hathorn takes you through some of the top reasons why taking on a non-executive or trustee role can really differentiate you in the world of work, but also be hugely rewarding and stimulating.

In this session Fiona Hathorn is joined by Brigid Whoriskey who having had an executive career in research and innovation in the financial sector has started to build a busy portfolio non-executive career to run alongside her executive coaching business. She shares her top tips on how to achieve board success - starting with setting yourself clear goals but then also being your authentic self at interview stage.

For this episode we meet the former (and first!) female Finance Minister for the Republic of Guinea, Malado Kaba as she shares her journey to the boardroom. Bringing her solid economic background and expertise she now sits on the boards of a government agency, a bank and a charity. Her story is sure to inspire and motivate anyone who is interested in developing their non-executive careers.

For this Success Story podcast Fiona Hathorn is joined by Karen Morton, an experienced board member with Non-Executive Director experience across commercial public sector, private and not for profit organisations. Karen is currently on the board of DAA, Irish Chamber Orchestra and Water Safety Ireland. Karen was previously Chief Marketing Officer of DELL Financial Services and held executive roles in British Airways, Eir and Monster.com.