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The start of our Leaders Learn sessions focusses on "Navigating difficult or uncomfortably conversations productively". Whether in the Boardroom, in a Team meeting, your with peers, with your manager.... tips and techniques on how to make the outcome meet your needs are always helpful. In these sessions, we can focus on specific scenarios across the experience of the 10 senior leader attendees, and consider approaches to the examples shared. Led by a highly experienced Executive Coach with years of working with Listed Businesses, SMEs and Privately owned business, this should be a great session for personal develop, to benefit you as a leader and your organisation. Confidentiality is key at these sessions, to ensure a safe and comfortable environment. Open to Members and selected guests, the confirmed dates for in person sessions in London are: 6th November 4th December 28th January If of interest for you or a member of your senior team, please contact us at info@novacommunity.co.uk ⭐ Investing in people = Investing in your organisational success ⭐ #coaching #development #companysuccess

⭐️ Poll for our CFOs & FDs please ⭐️

⭐ Happy Belated Birthday for yesterday to our Founder, Billie! 🎉 We hope you enjoy your well-deserved celebrations. Thank you for all that you do for our members and community – we’re grateful for your vision, dedication, and leadership! 🥂 Billie O'Connor

Tues 29th October- 10.30am - VIRTUAL ⭐ What does a Management Incentive Agreement / Service Legal Agreement look like under Private Equity? ⭐ What do you need to consider? Last year, Ben Searls introduced NOVA Community to Dan Martinez at Liberty Corporate Finance. We were discussing how, when a company is being sold / selling to PE, the Management Team will need advice separate from the advisory or legal firms in place on behalf of the companies involved. We therefore set up a session to support our Women in Private Equity group within the NOVA Community, but also for any Members interested in learning more. From cap table to relevant % equity, type of equity to good / bad leaver clauses, it was an insightful session. We are delighted to have Dan back tomorrow, given the growth of the community in the last 12 months, to speaker to us again. You are welcome to join us for a thought provoking set of material! ⭐️ Not yet a Member? If you are senior female leader, looking to connect with others and also have great learnings along the way as part of an informal but powerful network.... feel free to drop us a line at info@novacommunity.co.uk and ask about our Cohorts and how to join. #Community #Leadership #PrivateEquity Billie O'Connor Charleigh Burroughs Elli Karavia Charlotte Burridge

ALL ABOUT M&A Monday 11th Nov 10am - VIRTUAL - PART 1 Weds 13th Nov 10am - VIRTUAL - PART 2 ⭐️ Why not join us for our two virtual sessions covering all things Buy & Build…. You are invited to delve deep into the dynamics of the stages from pre to post acquisition across two sessions, led by our expert partners in this space CFGI UK Earlier in the year we ran a successful “Transaction basics” session with Billie O'Connor and Sanvri Nathu, which focussed on the steps, challenges, and opportunities when selling a business (whether PE or Trade). In this session on 11th November, we will explore how steps that leaders need to consider to deliver on an acquisition. Emma Barnett will lead us through Acquisition readiness, and the Operational Prep. Ash Clifford ACA will talk to us about Capital Market -> the art of transactions and Due Diligence Parm Dhillon will then lead us through the Due Diligence process in more detail. CFGI are an international accounting advisory firm comprised of former Big 4 professionals, dedicated to supporting CFOs as an extension of their finance teams, and support some of our members already on their carve out, transformation or M&A journey. They have been a huge supporter of NOVA and it's members, upgrading to Gold Partner status this year, and continuing to support a number of Member needs. Founded in the US in 2000 and now operating in the UK, CFGI offers a range of services free from auditor independence restrictions, making it uniquely positioned to assist companies and private equity sponsors with both routine and complex business challenges. With expertise across various industries and company sizes, CFGI provides hands-on support throughout a company's lifecycle—from high-growth start-ups to established public companies. Their services include technical accounting, IPO readiness, interim management, valuation, cybersecurity, risk advisory, and more. ✏️ See your pinned post in your Group to sign up, or contact us at info@novacommunity.co.uk Greg T. Charleigh Burroughs Elli Karavia Charlotte Burridge

How to approach and make difficult conversations happen in the workplace? 💭 Our first Leaders Learn session - intimate group size, in person, led by a highly experienced executive coach, will explore real life examples of the workplace. The small format peer to peer group enables a trusted, confidential space to share experience and challenge our thinking. Wednesday 6th November 9am We all have situations where what we want to say feels awkward or uncomfortable, to the extent that we want to avoid these conversations. It just feels too risky, or too hard, or we are just unable to say what needs to be said. This can be really limiting and can also have career-limiting implications in the future, or can turn a good team or relationship into something tense and uncomfortable, or worse. It can mean that someone else is really held back, as you couldn’t address an issue or give some feedback or share some information. In this session, we will explore - • steps and techniques you can work with • getting insight into what is really holding you back from the conversation • framing your needs so someone else can hear • understanding what might be going on for the other party • evaluating your risk and minimising that • creating a manageable plan for yourself to tackle what needs to be said Email info@novacommunity.co.uk to join the session; open to Members, Guests and selected Partner referrals. Billie O'Connor Frances White

⭐️ What is NOVA and why should I join? Over 500 female leaders can’t be wrong…. Why not explore our Membership Guide? https://lnkd.in/euK6bZpJ

⭐WHAT’S ON AT NOVA – EVENTS⭐ We have very exciting events coming up in November. A mixture of virtual and in person events for you to attend.   If any of these events are of interest please see your pinned post to sign up. If sold out, please email info@novacommunity.co.uk to be on the guest list 📧 If not yet a NOVA Member but interested in us and our events, please email us for more info at info@novacommunity.co.uk 📧   💻Tuesday 29th October at 10:30 - Teams Based - Renumeration considerations. To find out more email us on info@novacommunity.co.uk   🔎 Friday 1st November at 11:00 - Teams Based - Role Search Experience Share   ☕ Tuesday 5th November at 08:30 - Breakfast - Women in HR breakfast to welcome our members after our new cohort launched.   🍇 ☕ Wednesday 6th November at 09:00 - Coaching event - Leaders Learn - MANAGING DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS To find out more information how to join, email us on info@novacommunity.co.uk   💻 Monday 11th November at 10:00 - Teams Based- M&A Activities - Identifying to Acquiring a Business - What does it involve? A session with NOVA x CFGI. For more info email us at info@novacommunity.co.uk   📉 Tuesday 12th November at 13:00 - Teams Based - Interim & Portfolio call   💻 Tuesday 12th November at 16:00 - Teams Based - "My Route to CFO".... NOVA in conversation with Becky Glover   💻 Wednesday 13th November at 10:00 - Teams Based - M&A Activities - Post the Acquisition - Now What? NOVA x CFGI . For more info email us at info@novacommunity.co.uk   📌 Wednesday 13th November at 11:00 - Teams Based -WIHR Virtual call series   🔎 Friday 15th November at 11:00 - Teams Based - Role Search Experience Share   💻 Tuesday 19th November at 09:00 - Teams Based - My Route to NED - Claire Davenport     ⭐️ Hope to see you there! ⭐️ Billie O'Connor Charleigh Burroughs Charlotte Burridge Elli Karavia

⭐️ What is NOVA and why should I join? Over 500 female leaders can’t be wrong…. Why not explore our Membership Guide? https://lnkd.in/euK6bZpJ

⭐️ GOING FURTHER, FASTER! ⭐️ Our two programmes - “Risk Management for Senior Leaders”, and “Leaders Learn” - enable us to bring together senior leaders to discuss key topics on both a technical and leadership skills basis, in a small group of trusted peers, and accelerate development and growth in these areas. This week, our Risk Management series focussed on FX & Currency. In a world where currency markets can be more volatile in short periods of times, whilst the world of industry is looking for certainty, understand the tools and levers available to a business can lead to setting the right policy based in the space FX Management to match: - An organisations appetite to risk - It’s relative value and number of currencies to “manage” - It’s baseline versus it’s strategic direction Thank you to Reece D. and GPS Capital Markets for supporting the conversation, and also some great senior finance leaders who around the table had years of experience to share and bring to the discussion. Thank you to Fortnum & Mason for excellent hosting as usual - we will be back! See comments for our NOVA Community Member brochure, first more details on these programmes - and any questions, please let us know at info@novacommunity.co.uk