Building and maintaining an effective board relationship is one of the most important and often most challenging aspects of nonprofit leadership. In this exclusive CEO only session, Gerry Egan will explore how charity leaders can build stronger, more strategic boards through strategic board recruitment and induction, better planning, clearer communication, focused workplans, and effective agenda setting. The session will also examine how CEOs can anticipate governance challenges before they escalate and create the conditions for productive board engagement and decision making.

Taking place at the Stephen's Green Club on 23 June from 1pm to 3pm, this confidential session will be held under Chatham House Rules and will include facilitated roundtable discussions, giving CEOs the opportunity to openly share experiences, challenges, and practical insights with peers in a trusted environment.

About the faciliator:

Gerry Egan has worked as a consultant and trainer to charities, sports bodies and social enterprises for decade. He specialises in corporate governance, data protection and strategy development and implementation.   

Previously Gerry held senior leadership roles in Coillte, the State forestry company and was Group Director of Strategy and Governance and Company Secretary as well as being Chairman and a Director of several subsidiary and associated companies.

He was the first external Director to be elected to the Board of Dóchas, the Irish Association of International Development Organisations (2014-20) and was as a Director of Carmichael 2017-23. He is currently a director of Life Credit Union. 

Gerry holds a M. Sc. (Mgmt.) degree from Trinity College and qualified as a Chartered Director in 2017. Gerry has also been a judge in the Good Governance Awards since 2017.

Please note that this sessions is restricted to CEO's.