IoD Northern Ireland

💡Keen to take your professional development to the next level? Our Certificate in Company Direction is designed to improve your performance by sharing the latest insights in high-performance leadership. The IoD Certificate in Company Direction is a globally-recognised, degree-level qualification and the first stage in the IoD Chartered Director Programme, it will equip you with the knowledge you need to function as an effective company director and leader. Our 5 day residential Certificate in Company Direction course is coming up on the 18 May with places going fast! The ALC provides our delegates a fast paced week of fantastic insights from our course tutors with wonderful peer to peer learning and sharing with delegates from across NI, UK, and international members all in the beautiful setting of the Culloden Estate and Spa ➡️ Find out more information and book your place here: heather.white@iod.com or https://lnkd.in/eWWxrJGe Brian Reid / DELI LITES IRELAND / Heather White / Kirsty McManus Dip IoD, MBA / Aoife McCreesh / Chelsea Brennan

IoD NI “Five Generations at Work” Breakfast with authors Patrick Dunne & Rebecca Robins CMgr CCMI Date: Tuesday 18th  February 2025 Time: 09:00am – 10.30am  Venue: EY, Bedford House, Bedford Street, Belfast   We are delighted to welcome renowned authors Patrick Dunne and Rebecca Robins to NI to share their insight, expertise and pragmatic approach as to how best we can harness multigenerational workforces.   For the first time in history, we have up to five generations in the workplace. Patrick and Rebecca will share how to maximise the dynamics of our generational diversity to create more collaborative and competitive organisations.   Sharing research from their recently published book, Five Generations at Work” - How we win together for good, they will give an energising and pragmatic overview, which unpacks six years of research and work with organisations and individuals who are taking progressive action and evidencing the value of generational diversity.   Patrick Dunne is an experienced chair, serial social entrepreneur, and author of the award-winning book, Boards. He is the former founding Chair of the EY Foundation.   Rebecca Robins is a leading advisor and expert on brand leadership, working globally with brands such as LVMH, Hugo Boss, Lego, and well as family businesses. Rebecca is committed to non-profit work and is a former Trustee of the EY Foundation. Five Generations is her third book. Thank you to EY for hosting this event Book on here: https://lnkd.in/eW7gr4iH

𝗜𝗼𝗗 𝗡𝗜 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🚩 We are delighted to announce our full speaker line-up for the Women's Leadership Conference. Susan HayesCulleton CFA, "The Positive Economist" will be back again this year to host this fabulous group of women. The day will be headlined by: 🙍♀️Baroness Helena Morrissey DBE - founder of the 30% club, financier, campaigner, author and mother of nine 🙍♀️ Lucy Edwards - RTS award-winning presenter, journalist, content creator, speaker, and disability activist 🙍♀️ Jill Gallard CMG CVO - a career diplomat who has recently returned from Berlin to London after 4 years as the first female British Ambassador to Germany. And our local leaders panel will feature the below ladies: 🙍♀️ Belinda Brown, Chief Financial Officer, SEPHORA UK 🙍♀️ Ruth McGuinness, Head of Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI), Kainos Group 🙍♀️ Dorinnia Carville, Comptroller and Auditor General, Northern Ireland Audit Office 🙍♀️ Fiona Emmett, Vice President Global Growth: International Family and Professional Care, Kimberly-Clark We're down to our last 50 tickets so get yours booked now: https://lnkd.in/eaVmm23r

Economy Minister Conor Murphy today said that significant progress has been made in delivering the first 12 months of his economic plan. Department for the Economy NI has published a year one progress report on the Minister’s economic priorities: https://lnkd.in/eM6d6fUF Read the news release: https://lnkd.in/eC4wvyCp Invest Northern Ireland | Tourism Northern Ireland | Tourism Ireland | InterTradeIreland | Ulster University | Queen's University Belfast | St Mary's University College, Queen's University Belfast | The Open University in Northern Ireland | NI Chamber | Social Enterprise Northern Ireland | Further Education Northern Ireland

Back to business as usual in IoD NI..... We had a busy morning in Bank of Ireland this morning for our first committee meeting of 2025. Our dedicated committee are always eager to talk IoD and provide us with valuable advice to help better support IoD members in Northern Ireland. Their unique insights and contributions are invaluable in fostering an inclusive and dynamic environment and together, we can drive meaningful change and innovation. We were delighted to also officially welcome our new members to the committee - Mark Osmer CDir MSc FCIPS, Lorna McAdoo, Cathy McLean, Joanne Mallon - we're looking forward to working with you over the next few years!

New Speaker announcement 📢   We are delighted that Belinda Brown, Chief Financial Officer for SEPHORA will be joining our panel session on Friday 7th March for the IoD Women's Leadership Conference 2025 in association with Herbert Smith Freehills.   Belinda, is a dynamic and accomplished finance leader, currently serves as the CFO for Sephora UK, based in London. Prior to joining Sephora, Belinda spent nearly 12 years at Diageo Plc, a global leader in beverage alcohol with operations in 180 countries and over 200 brands. A Chartered Global Management Accountant and proud working mother, Belinda blends extensive commercial and operational expertise with a deep passion for empowering people and driving meaningful change. Her leadership has been instrumental in navigating complex business challenges and delivering impactful results across global organisations.   Belinda is deeply committed to fostering diversity and inclusion, particularly in leadership. She advocates for inclusive environments where diverse racial, ethnic, socio-economic, and gender identities are welcomed and celebrated. As the co-founder of Diageo’s Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage (REACH) group, she championed inclusivity and supported the growth of ethnically diverse talent. Beyond her corporate roles, she mentors students from underrepresented backgrounds through organisations such as The Open Private School, Graduate Mentor, and Psalt.   Her achievements and dedication have earned her notable recognition, including being named a Top 10 Future Leader at the 2020 Ethnicity Awards and featured in the 2019 Power 50 Awards for senior flexible working leaders in the UK.   #wlc2025

Are you in the process of planning your 2025 goals? 📍 Maybe you want to carve out some time to focus on your own professional development and continuous improvement 📍 Improve your confidence and competence as a director 📍 Learn more about the role, responsibilities and legal duties of a business director and board 📍 clear up financial terms and concepts 📍 formulate effective strategic business plans Or you want to look at these as an option for some of your directors.... If any of this applies to you, have a look at the below professional development courses which will be hosted in Northern Ireland during 2025 ⬇️⬇️ If you are interested in discussing your options or just want to find out more get in touch with heather.white@iod.com / Heather White

Would you like to know more about how to lead the five generations currently working together for the first time in history? That's the topic we will be discussing at an upcoming event in Belfast, sponsored by IoD Northern Ireland and kindly hosted by @EY in their Belfast office. I will have the opportunity to interview the authors Patrick Dunne and Rebecca Robins CMgr CCMI and to hear about their research on how to have greater capacity to thrive when we turn generational labels into generational lenses, to learn from and with each other. Their recently published book, Five Generations - How we win together for good, is full of examples and practical advice. Please come along if you are in Belfast on 18 February for this Breakfast event. Register here, or drop me a message https://lnkd.in/edWdWiHq

We were delighted to host some of our recently joined IoD members to Pinsent Masons last thursday. This new member lunch is a great opportunity for our new members to be officially welcomed to the IoD and to hear more about the benefits included in their membership, as well as a great opportunity to begin their networking journey. Thank you to Pinsent Masons and Laura Gillespie for hosting us! Catherine Crilly / Cathy McLean / Kevin Johnston / Agrippa Njanina / Pauline Poots/ Rick Macdonald / Matthew Graham / Christian Pierce / Victoria Dunn / Alan Duncan FCIM / Katherine McDonald / Ryan O'Lynn / Federico Roa Burgos

Congratulations to IoD Member Belfast Harbour who unveiled their new five-year strategy yesterday! The ambitious new strategy outlines a programme to invest more than £300m in capital projects over the next five years, including the biggest single capital project ever undertaken by Belfast Harbour. It's fantastic to see the work Belfast Harbour is doing to invest in Belfast and Northern Ireland as a whole. Natasha Sayee / JOSEPH O'NEILL / Dr. Theresa Donaldson