Panel Discussion
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CPD
Explore what an advisory board is and how it could help your organisation
An effective advisory board may be key to your organisation’s success in today’s competitive and challenging business environment. Support and guidance from an advisory board can accelerate growth, improve financial performance, manage risk or enhance operational performance.
Kendall Langston, partner and strategic advisor at Pivot & Pace joins us to outline what an advisory board is and how it could help your business. Company founder Steve Abley will share his own experience in his changing role as the founder of an SME, working for himself as well as his advisors and governing board.
Gavin Briggs and Lucas Cawte, founder and CEO of Rainer Irrigation in Ashburton, will also join our panel discussion to share their experiences in putting an advisory board in place.
This event is especially relevant for those involved with SMEs (advisors, accountants, bank managers etc) and owners/CEOs who are currently considering governance options.
Kendall is a Partner and Strategic Business Advisor at strategic business advisors Pivot & Pace.
Kendall has been a professional leader for over 30 years, a journey that continues to energise, challenge and one that he remains passionate about. Leadership has taken him around the world as an Army Officer, Consultant, Board Chairman and Chief Executive.
Like most leaders it has not been without challenge, failure, success, highs, lows, recessions and periods of massive growth. The constant has been people and the challenge of adapting, influencing, guiding and learning from talented leaders. In his current role he gets to work closely with and positively influence business leaders at the top of their game as they seek to perform at the highest level.
Steve is a leader in the engineering community and the chief executive of the professional services firm he founded, Abley. In 2009 he undertook the IoD’s Governance Essentials course and subsequently setup the governance board of his expanding company. The firm has successfully grown and now numbers some 70 professionals providing leading advice to government and private developers.
Outside of his day-to-day role Steve holds governance and business interests in the tourism, property development and professional services sectors. He was one of the youngest people to be recognised at the leading edge of his profession when he was made a Fellow of the Institute of Professional Engineers NZ in 2011 and later received the MacLean Citation in 2015 for distinguished service.
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Sharynn Johnson
Canterbury Branch Manager
+64 3 968 6468
canterbury.branch@iod.org.nz
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