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This Cityzone networking event takes place on Friday, 27th March, from 9.00 a.m - 12.30 p.m. @ Regus, Portland House, Stag Place, London SW1E 5RS (2 minutes from Victoria tube station). Location Map.
Agenda
09.00 Registration. Advice Zones. Teas / coffees.
09.30 Non-Exec Clinic
- "The Non-Executive Director - a place for the courageous" Tony Drury, Non-Executive Chairman, Sunrise Biotech Holding (PLUS Market).
- "The Combined Code: Where are we now?" Nigel Gordon, Partner, Corporate / Commercial, Fasken Martineau LLP.
- "Key issues in the relationship between the Financial Director and Non-Execs" Ash Mehta, Financial Director, Northbridge Industrial Services PLC (AIM); Chief Executive, Orchard Growth Partners; Director, NEDA.
10.30 Networking. Advice Zones. Teas / coffees.
11.00 Espresso Mentoring
12.00 Networking. Advice Zones. Teas / coffees.
12.30 End of event.
Speakers
Anthony (Tony) Drury
Tony is a past director of a number of PLUS Markets and AIM-listed companies. He founded St Helen’s Capital Plc in 1998 and built it into the leading PLUS market corporate advisory firm, acting for some of the most successful PLUS-quoted companies including Ashpool Telecom Plc and Espro Information Technologies Limited, the first Israeli company to join PLUS. In 2006 he led the £2.8 million fund-raising for Quercus Publishing Plc. He completed the Chairmanship of St Helen’s Capital Plc in June 2006 and is curently UK Chairman of Sunrise Biotech Holding - a Chinese based producer of mulberry leaf products and the largest Chinese company on the PLUS Market. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (FCIB) and a Member of the Securities Institute (MSI). He is the author of a number of finance books including 'Investment Clubs: the low risk way to stockmarket profits'; ‘The St Helen’s Guide to the Ofex Market’ (now the PLUS market).
Nigel Gordon
Nigel is a Partner, in the Corporate / Commercial at Fasken Martineau LLP. Nigel's practice focuses on capital markets and a combination of capital raising and mergers and acquisitions. He also regularly represents entrepreneurial growing companies, both public and private. Nigel has been actively involved in the AIM Market since its inception in 1995, and has acted as company secretary to a number of listed and AIM companies, including The Evolution Group (an investment bank listed on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority). More...
Ash Mehta
Ash is Chief Executive, Orchard Growth Partners. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG London, and has worked in finance and commercial roles for Eli Lilly, and Parexel International, a NASDAQ-quoted services company. He has also been FD and Stategy Director of growth companies both Full-listed and AIM-listed, including Ultrasis plc and Raft International plc. He currently sits on the Executive Committee of the Quoted Companies Alliance, and on the board of Northbridge, an AIM-listed industrial services company. More...
Advice Zones
LEGAL: Fasken Martineau LLP
Team at event: partners in the Corporate Department
Issues: The main principles and provisions of the Combined Code on Corporate Governance (which sets out standards of good practice in relation to issues such as board composition and development, remuneration, accountability and audit and relations with shareholders); the latest developments/consultations; a comparison with the code of the Association of Investment Companies; the view of the FSA; some topical thoughts e.g. in relation to RBS.
Target: NEDs, companies and organisations – whatever their size, type or industry sector; anyone thinking of becoming an NED; the newly appointed NED; and Individuals, such as Company Secretaries.
NEDs: Non-Executive Directors Association (NEDA)
Team at event: NEDA Board member; Board member of Full-listed and AIM-listed companies; QCA (Quoted Companies Alliance) Executive Committee member.
Issues: technical and training support; where NEDs fit into the corporate governance framework of their organisation; Legal updates and business information; D&O Insurance cover and advice; Recruitment.
Target: NEDs, companies and organisations – whatever their size, type or industry sector; anyone thinking of becoming an NED; the newly appointed NED; the Board looking at NED succession planning; and Individuals, such as Company Secretaries.
WORKING OFFICE SOLUTIONS Regus
Team at event: property advisers, centre managers, Regional Director.
Issues: buy, lease or rent? Control cash flow / reduce expenditure through property management. Overseas expansion. Teleconferencing, videoconferencing, pay-as-you-use meeting space. Virtual office. Secretarial support. Outsourcing. Disaster Recovery.
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