The Governance Forum

the governance forum

Robin Pritchard

Robin Pritchard is Professor of Internal Audit, Governance and Risk Management at Birmingham City Business School and manages his own consultancy business offering facilitation, training and assessment of internal audit, risk management and governance arrangements. He is a regular conference speaker in relation to the above areas at professional, housing
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Jill Hall

Jill has 14 years’ experience as a senior management consultant in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. She specialises in using review and evaluation techniques to assist clients to improve their organisational performance and works in both single organisation and multi-agency settings. Jill offers a broad range of operational analysis
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Andy Ballard

Andy was until recently Head of Housing Practice at Birmingham based solicitors Shoosmiths, and brings that experience to his governance assignments. He was previously a partner at Cobbetts. Over the past 25 years, he has advised numerous housing providers on areas as diverse as governance and constitutional matters, strategy, mergers
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Marianne Skelcher

BA (Hons), FCIPD, Diploma in Company Direction, Di Marianne has over twenty-five years experience as a facilitator, coach and trainer, the latter half of those at Board level. She is recognised for her success in delivering business results through making work a great place to be for everyone. She has
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Patricia McCabe

MBA (Open), MCIPD, MIoD Managing Director of Central Consultancy & Training, Patricia is an experienced management and organisational development consultant specialising in strategy. With over ten years’ experience as a senior manager in Social Services and the NHS prior to joining Central, Patricia has a track record of leading large
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Christopher Stephen-Haynes

Managing Director of Bloomer Heaven Ltd, Chartered Accountants in Birmingham. Also member of CharterGroup network, chairing National Audit Group developing possible work in the public sector.  Member of The Assurance Panel  (TAP) part of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Audit and Assurance Faculty.The panel recently launched the
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Karl George MBE

Karl George is a thought leader and internationally established consultant in governance. He is Managing Director of the governance forum and creator of the Effective Board Member programmes. He works with boards and senior executives in the private, public and voluntary sectors and has over twenty years combined experience in accountancy, business
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