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PAST SPEAKERS
ROBIN SMITH
CHIEF OFFICER,
STATES OF JERSEY POLICE
Starting his career at Brighton Police Station, Robin's early roles included the Drug Squad and Special Branch before his first taste of leadership as a Sergeant—a rank he fondly recalls as the best in the police service. Over the next two decades, Robin ascended to Chief Officer, leading through numerous high-profile incidents requiring exceptional crisis management.
His experiences include handling the tragic Shoreham air crash in 2015, the Greenwich Tube bomb, and the Croydon Tram crash. Robin also played critical roles during the Westminster Bridge and London Bridge terrorist incidents and the Manchester Arena attack.
Appointed Chief Officer for the States of Jersey Police in 2020, Robin was soon navigating the challenges of the Covid pandemic. He led responses to the Haut du Mont tragedy and Storm Ciaran and managed one of the largest operations for the Royal Visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
DR EVE POOLE
AUTHOR
Eve is adjunct faculty at Ashridge Business School and specialises in leadership and character. She has a BA from Durham, an MBA from Edinburgh, and a PhD in theology and capitalism from Cambridge. Before she joined Ashridge in 2002, her career involved working for the Church Commissioners and for Deloitte Consulting, where she specialised in change management for the Financial Services sector. At Ashridge Eve has pioneered a new approach to the accelerated development of leaders, using ground breaking neurobiological research. She is Chairman of Gordonstoun School in Moray, and of Faith in Business at Ridley Hall in Cambridge. She is a Research Associate of the St Paul's Institute in London and the William Temple Foundation in Manchester. and she serves on the boards of Theos, the think tank, and St Andrews Voices, the music festival. Eve blogs for several think tanks, and has recorded a popular TEDx about her latest book, Leadersmithing.
KEVIN CHAPMAN AND CLAIRE DALE
COMPANIES IN MOTION®
Kevin is a highly experienced coach, consultant, trainer, communication specialist and business leader with significant commercial experience designing and delivering leadership and high-performance coaching.
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Claire is a leading exponent of Physical Intelligence, international speaker and co-author of the award-winning book Physical Intelligence.
LORD DIGBY JONES
AUTHOR
Lord Digby Jones has an impressive resume, having served as the Director General of the Confederation of British Industry from 2000 to 2006 and as the Minister of State for UK Trade & Investment from 2007 to 2008. He was also a Member of the House of Lords from 2007 to 2020. Lord Jones is the author of two impactful books, "Fixing Britain – the business of re-shaping our nation" and "Fixing Business – making profitable business work for the good of all."
REAR ADMIRAL JUDE TERRY
DIRECTOR PEOPLE & TRAINING & NAVAL SECRETARY @ ROYAL NAVY
Rear Admiral Jude Terry, shared her extensive experience to explore how the principles of effective leadership remain consistent, regardless of the workplace or context.
PERRIN CAREY
FOUNDER @ COSTEER®
CoSteer® Founder, Perrin Carey, a governance and culture consultancy. Perrin shared compelling data and insights on the intricate dynamics between leadership and developing high-performing inclusive cultures.
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We were joined by a panellist of like-minded leaders. Alexis Dolling, Heidi Hibaut, Kate Wright and Divya Mahendran shared their insight and personal experiences on how they've built upon their culture and inclusive leadership.
AARON CHATTERLEY
PARTNER @ TECHSMART VENTURE PARTNERS
Jersey born Aaron Chatterley is a partner at TechSmart Venture Partners, a venture capital fund focused on early stage digital and consumer businesses, he is also Co-Founder and Deputy Chairman of Europe’s largest online beauty retailer feelunique.com, having stepped down as CEO in December 2012 following a partial sale of the business. He is an investor and Non-Executive Director in several other digitally focused companies, a speaker on entrepreneurship at Founder4Schools, a member of the Founders Forum – a private network of the world’s leading digital and technology entrepreneurs and a member of the board of governors at Rouge Bouillon School.
ALEXSIS WINTOUR
MANAGING DIRECTOR @ MARBRAL ADVISORY
Alexsis is the Managing Director of Marbral Advisory. Since its foundation it has had significant growth and has now expanded from Jersey to Guernsey and the Isle of Man, delivering change for many different sectors including logistics, financial services, telecoms and government. Previously a Director of KPMG Advisory Services and a Director of the Jersey Financial Services Commission, Lecky, as she likes to be known, pioneered the research into Leadership in Jersey through her role on the Skills Board and is also part of the 100% Human at Work initiative with Virgin Unite which encourages organisations to create people-centred organisations.
ALLAN LEIGHTON
CHAIRMAN @
THE CO-OPERATIVE
As well as his position at the Co-operative Group Allan is currently Trustee at Canal and River Trust, Chairman at Entertainment One Ltd, global leaders in film, music and television, Chairman of Wagamama the Japanese Restaurant Chain and Chairman of Element Materials Technology.
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Allan is a Patron of Breast Cancer Care and all proceeds from his books ‘On Leadership: Practical Wisdom from the People Who Know’ and ‘Tough Calls’ go to this charity as part of his pledge to raise £1million for this fantastic cause.
CAROL GRAHAM
GROUP DIRECTOR @ JTC GROUP
Carol is an HR professional with 24 years experience in the HR and Education field. She is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and is a visiting lecturer at Highlands College. Her career started in the UK public sector where she worked in Learning and Development and central HR policy units. On returning home to Jersey, she took on a HR generalist role within the States before moving into the Financial Services sector, where she has worked for 12 years.
CHRIS BRINDLEY
CHAIR @
RUGBY LEAGUE WORLDCUP
Chris is one of the foremost Business Leaders in the UK. He is no theorist, but a skilled and experienced practitioner. He is a leading authority on sales management, customer experience, employee management and satisfaction, particularly within organisations where change is a feature.
COLIN MACLEOD
CEO @
THE CO-OPERATIVE
Colin commenced his career on the shop floor 26 years ago and has been the CEO of The Channel Islands Co-operative Society since 2010. He is also a director of FRTS and is currently Vice President of Euro Coop. Recently named IOD Director of the Year for the United Kingdom; he has consistently demonstrated an ability to push performance improvement in competitive markets. Colin also has a history of delivering innovation and diversification, capitalizing on trust he and his board have cemented in their Society’s brand. A deep believer in the potential in people and a devoted father.
COLONEL
HARRY FULLERTON
FOUNDER @
SIXFIGUREGRID
Harry is an Information Age leader, combining 28 years’ service in the British Army with more recently working in a fast growing and successful information technology SME start up. His most recent time in the IT business environment has given him a unique insight and experience into the leadership and management challenges facing organisations that are going through the process of digitisation in environments full of change, uncertainty and risks.
DR ALESSIO AGOSTINIS
MANAGING DIRECTOR @ JERSEY INTERNATIONAL MINDFULNESS CENTRE
Dr Agostinis’ customer base is international, including clients from the Middle East and Asia. He is a Consultant Chartered Clinical and Registered Psychologist, Associate Fellow and listed as an expert witness by the British Psychological Society.
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Until 2014 a committee member of the Dyslexia Jersey committee and a former committee member of the Jersey Personal Injury Medicolegal Society, he enjoys both community and voluntary roles, as visiting honorary research fellow at Liverpool John Moores University and as president of the Jersey Association of Italian Culture.
DR JONATHAN PASSMORE
DIRECTOR @
HENLEY BUSINESS SCHOOL
Jonathan is a chartered psychologist and holds five degrees, including an MBA and a doctorate in occupational psychology. His doctoral thesis focused on the coaching relationships and behaviours. His current research interests include coaching supervisor and ethics, neuroscience of coaching, coach impact evaluation and coaching competences.
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Jonathan has published widely with over 100 scientific papers and book chapters, he has edited and written 30 books (including Excellence in Coaching and Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management) and delivered over 140 conference papers. He is series editor of the Wiley-Blackwell Handbook series on organisational psychology.
EMMA PANNENBORG
ASSISTANT
MANAGER @
SANNE
Emma has just completed her Honours degree in Business and Management at the University College Jersey (UCJ) in Partnership with Plymouth University. As part of her final year dissertation she undertook research into leadership development in Jersey and shared some of her findings at the Leadership Jersey conference. Emma see’s great importance in the need for good leadership and identifies the need to discuss this topic.
DR EVE POOLE
AUTHOR
Eve is adjunct faculty at Ashridge Business School and specialises in leadership and character. She has a BA from Durham, an MBA from Edinburgh, and a PhD in theology and capitalism from Cambridge. Before she joined Ashridge in 2002, her career involved working for the Church Commissioners and for Deloitte Consulting, where she specialised in change management for the Financial Services sector. At Ashridge Eve has pioneered a new approach to the accelerated development of leaders, using ground breaking neurobiological research. She is Chairman of Gordonstoun School in Moray, and of Faith in Business at Ridley Hall in Cambridge. She is a Research Associate of the St Paul's Institute in London and the William Temple Foundation in Manchester. and she serves on the boards of Theos, the think tank, and St Andrews Voices, the music festival. Eve blogs for several think tanks, and has recorded a popular TEDx about her latest book, Leadersmithing.
GENERAL SIR
PETER WALL
CEO @
AMICUS LIMITED
Sir Peter was the chief of the British Army from 2010 to 2014. His early service in the Royal Engineers took him to Rhodesia, Germany, Belize and Hong Kong. Subsequently he served on operations in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. After a spell in the equipment procurement world he set up 16 Air Assault Brigade in 1999 to develop concepts for employing the Apache helicopter, the Army’s most potent weapon system. As commander 1st Armoured Division in 2003 Peter was responsible for the stabilization of Basra after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Latterly he was director of operations in the Ministry of Defence, responsible to the Chiefs of Staff and Ministers for UK operations worldwide. As Chief of the General Staff from 2010-2014 he led Army 2020, the reduction and redesign of the Army following the Cameron defence cuts.
GRAHAM SCRIVENER
MANAGING
DIRECTOR @
APTUS CONSULTING
Graham Scrivener is the former European Managing Director of Kotter International, the Consulting firm established in 2007 by Dr John Kotter, Emeritus Professor of Leadership at Harvard Business School. Leading engagements with large organisations, Graham has day-to-day experience of he challenges leaders face in creating more agile and faster moving businesses; and as a member of Dr Jotter’s core team he has direct access to the latest academic thinking. Graham has over 20 years of commercial experience and has written multiple articles, presents at conferences and speaks on the radio about Leadership and Change.
JEAN OELWANG
PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE @
VIRGIN UNITE
Jean Oelwang is the President and Trustee for Virgin Unite and Senior Partner at the B Team. In 2003, Jean left her post as joint CEO of Virgin Mobile Australia to begin working with Richard Branson and the Virgin staff from around the world to create Virgin Unite.
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Over the last 12 years, Jean has worked with partners to create new approaches to social and environmental issues, such as the Branson Centres of Entrepreneurship and a global platform to support budding entrepreneurs. She has helped incubate a number of global leadership initiatives such as The Elders, the Carbon War Room, The B Team and Ocean Unite. In addition, Jean has been instrumental in working with Virgin’s businesses and others worldwide to put driving positive change at their core.
JEREMY WATKINS
OWNER @
JEREMY WATKINS
Jeremy Watkins (A.K.A The Barefoot Leader) is a Leadership and Performance expert, Mentor, Speaker, Facilitator and Author. He works with senior leaders, corporate executives, business owners and their teams across Australia and internationally to help them develop new insights that increase their influence and maximise their impact as leaders.
Jeremy’s mission is to free leaders and emerging leaders around the globe from default patterns of thinking and behaving, encouraging them to refocus the attention of their energies and re-train themselves for the future of work.
JOHN HARRIS
REGULATORY ADVISOR AND DEVELOPMENT COACH
John Harris, the Director General of the Jersey Financial Services Commission shared some of his views about the role of leadership in financial services and following that participated in a panel discussion with representatives of the industry.
JULIE GARBUTT
BOARD MEMBER @CITIZENS ADVICE
Julie Garbutt is the former Chief Officer for Health and Social Services. Mrs Garbutt has more than 22 years' experience in Board level positions including 7 years as Chief Executive of Southend PCT and then CEO of South East Essex Primary Care Trust, followed by 3 years as Chief Executive of NHS Norfolk from 2007.
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Most recently, Mrs Garbutt has helped ensure the effective merger of 5 primary care trusts (PCTs) into 1, paid off an inherited deficit of £50m, produced a bold and ambitious strategy for Norfolk and achieved an improvement in all competencies of a world class commissioning health organisation.
KATHERINE SALT
OWNER @
DIGITAL SALT
Katherine is based in Jersey and has been professionally social since 2010 when she discovered the benefits of social media for her bricks and clicks business, Plums Lingerie. Katherine is dedicated to scouting out the best practices and most effective tactics to help clients take full advantage of the opportunities of the new digital landscape. Her agency Digital Salt was established in April 2016 and specialises digital marketing strategy and managing online marketing to raise brand awareness and drive sales for the client.
MARGARET HEFFERNAN
PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE @
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Margaret is a CEO, entrepreneur and author, and joined Leadership Jersey in 2019 for a breakfast event. In her third book, Willful Blindness, Margaret explores why businesses and the people who run them ignore the obvious, with consequences as dire as the global financial crisis. The book was also named one of the most important business books of the decade by the Financial Times. In addition to being a successful author of five books, her TED Talks have been viewed by over nine million people and in 2015 TED published her book Beyond Measure: The Big Impact of Small Changes.
MARK COX
CEO @
THE CO-OPERATIVE
Mark joined the Channel Islands Cooperative Society in 2010 as Chief Operating Officer, this means he is responsible for all trading operations across Food, Non-Food, Travel and Care.
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Mark is a School Governor for Les Quennevais School as well as the Chairman of the Retail Committee and Vice President at The Jersey Chamber of Commerce.
MARK SPELMAN
BOARD MENTOR @
CRITICAL EYE
Mark is an international businesses leader who worked at Accenture for 26 years. He has significant experience in business and digital strategies, operating models and change management.
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His Accenture roles included being Global Head of Strategy, Global Managing Director for Thought Leadership and Executive Director for the Accenture Institute for High Performance.
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Mark was Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce Executive Council in Brussels; his current non-executive roles include Chatham House, Sport England, The Future Cities Catapult in the UK and the Chairman of Leap – a charity specialising in helping young people understand the causes and consequences of conflict. He has an MA in Economics from Cambridge University and a MBA from INSEAD, France.
MATT BIRD
CEO @
RELATIONOLOGY
We were delighted to welcome Matt Bird to Jersey to speak about relational leadership. Matt is an international keynote speaker, master class facilitator and award winning author on achieving business growth through relationships. He has spoken in 30 countries to more than 1 million people. He has authored 11 books including Relation ology 101, writes regularly for The Times newspaper and has also written for the Harvard Business Review.
MATT DE BOURCIER
STUDENT
Max, the son of former Deputy Jennifer Bridge, has been our youngest Leadership Jersey speaker, and addressed his issues with the school curriculum at one of our conferences. His comments were backed by several teachers attending the event.
MICHELLE JOHANSEN
LEADERSHIP COACH @
JOHANSEN
Michelle Johansen is a Professional Certified Coach who founded the Women’s Development Forum (WDF) in 1009 in Guernsey and 2014 in Jersey; a Not-for-Profit organisation dedicated to inspiring female potential and increasing the number of women in senior leadership.
PENNY FERGUSON
CEO @
THE LIVING LEADER
Penny is Founder of The Living Leader, a company that designs and delivers transformational leadership programmes. These programmes blend the key elements of individual personal development with results-driven corporate leadership interventions. Penny is the author of two books, ‘Transform Your Life’ and ‘The Living Leader’ and has contributed to a further four. She was also named Businesswoman of the Year 2008 in SHE Magazine’s Inspirational Women Awards.
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Penny is an inspirational speaker, connecting with her audiences in a deeply personal way. Her life experiences resonate for many people and her honesty is refreshing. As a leadership coach she has worked with many senior executives throughout the world, helping them to develop their unique abilities and create cultural shifts through their organisations.
PHIL MALE
CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS @
JT GROUP
Phil Male agreed to talk to Leadership Jersey about the challenges faced by leaders in the new economy.
Phil is probably best known in Jersey as the newly appointed Chairman of JT Global but he has been at the forefront of the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications sector for almost 30 years, founded two successful start-ups, completed two listings on the London Stock Exchange, and held executive roles at some of the sectors’ leading firms, including Demon Internet, The Press Association, Scottish Telecom, THUS, UK2 and Cable&Wireless.
RICHARD SUMMERFIELD
CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER @
HAWKSFORD
Richard Summerfield is currently the Group HR Director and Executive Board Member of JT, fellow of the CIPD accredited career coach, qualified psychometric tester, industry speaker and commentator. Having recently won the 2016 IoD Young Director of the Year, Richard was also a double finalist at the 2013 UK CIPD Awards, the 2015 and 2016 UK HR Distinction Awards, and the 2016 HR Magazine Awards for UK HR Director of the Year. Richard’s big passion is to create a better working environment for everyone, therefore giving people a greater chance of feeling happy, valued, giving their best, and reaching their full potential.
ROB NOBLE
HEAD OF COMMERCIAL CURZON AND INTERCHANGE STATIONS @
HS2
Rob joined the Leadership Trust after a period with Goldman Sachs in London running equity operations teams, having previously completed 18 years’ service in the British Army. He gained significant operational experience leading tours of duty in Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan. Alongside operational leadership, Rob also specialised in strategic planning and training whilst in the Army.
KEVIN KEEN
CO-FOUNDER @ LEADERSHIP JERSEY
Kevin Keen, our co-founder of Leadership Jersey, shared his insights with you. He knows that the solutions to many of the challenges leaders face are easy to determine but hard to execute because they always involve people.
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At this event, Kevin delved into local case studies, sharing the lessons he had learned over his decades of experience and showed you how you can apply these lessons to overcome the various challenges around change that you face in your own organisation.
BETH MOORE
CEO @ JERSEY RECOVERY COLLEGE
Beth Moore is the CEO of Jersey Recovery College (JRC), a local mental health charity that provides mental health education to those experiencing mental health difficulties and the people who support them. Prior to setting up JRC Beth was a trustee for Mind Jersey and an Ambassador for the charity, sharing her story of mental illness to challenge stigma. Beth was named Inspirational Leader of the Year at 2018’s Pride of Jersey Awards, was named on the Independent’s Happy List 2019 and was shortlisted as Director of Year – Third Sector at the IoD awards in 2022.
AARON CHATTERLEY
PARTNER @ TECHSMART VENTURE PARTNERS
Jersey born Aaron Chatterley is a partner at TechSmart Venture Partners, a venture capital fund focused on early stage digital and consumer businesses, he is also Co-Founder and Deputy Chairman of Europe’s largest online beauty retailer feelunique.com, having stepped down as CEO in December 2012 following a partial sale of the business. He is an investor and Non-Executive Director in several other digitally focused companies, a speaker on entrepreneurship at Founder4Schools, a member of the Founders Forum – a private network of the world’s leading digital and technology entrepreneurs and a member of the board of governors at Rouge Bouillon School.
ALEXSIS WINTOUR
MANAGING DIRECTOR @ MARBRAL ADVISORY
Alexsis is the Managing Director of Marbral Advisory. Since its foundation it has had significant growth and has now expanded from Jersey to Guernsey and the Isle of Man, delivering change for many different sectors including logistics, financial services, telecoms and government. Previously a Director of KPMG Advisory Services and a Director of the Jersey Financial Services Commission, Lecky, as she likes to be known, pioneered the research into Leadership in Jersey through her role on the Skills Board and is also part of the 100% Human at Work initiative with Virgin Unite which encourages organisations to create people-centred organisations.
ALLAN LEIGHTON
CEO/DIRECTOR/
AUTHOR
As well as his position at the Co-operative Group Allan is currently Trustee at Canal and River Trust, Chairman at Entertainment One Ltd, global leaders in film, music and television, Chairman of Wagamama the Japanese Restaurant Chain and Chairman of Element Materials Technology.
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Allan is a Patron of Breast Cancer Care and all proceeds from his books ‘On Leadership: Practical Wisdom from the People Who Know’ and ‘Tough Calls’ go to this charity as part of his pledge to raise £1million for this fantastic cause.
CAROL GRAHAM
GROUP DIRECTOR @ JTC GROUP
Carol is an HR professional with 24 years experience in the HR and Education field. She is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and is a visiting lecturer at Highlands College. Her career started in the UK public sector where she worked in Learning and Development and central HR policy units. On returning home to Jersey, she took on a HR generalist role within the States before moving into the Financial Services sector, where she has worked for 12 years.
CHRIS BRINDLEY
CHAIR @
RUGBY LEAGUE WORLDCUP
Chris is one of the foremost Business Leaders in the UK. He is no theorist, but a skilled and experienced practitioner. He is a leading authority on sales management, customer experience, employee management and satisfaction, particularly within organisations where change is a feature.
COLIN MACLEOD
CEO @
THE CO-OPERATIVE
Colin commenced his career on the shop floor 26 years ago and has been the CEO of The Channel Islands Co-operative Society since 2010. He is also a director of FRTS and is currently Vice President of Euro Coop. Recently named IOD Director of the Year for the United Kingdom; he has consistently demonstrated an ability to push performance improvement in competitive markets. Colin also has a history of delivering innovation and diversification, capitalizing on trust he and his board have cemented in their Society’s brand. A deep believer in the potential in people and a devoted father.
COLONEL
HARRY FULLERTON
FOUNDER @
SIXFIGUREGRID
Harry is an Information Age leader, combining 28 years’ service in the British Army with more recently working in a fast growing and successful information technology SME start up. His most recent time in the IT business environment has given him a unique insight and experience into the leadership and management challenges facing organisations that are going through the process of digitisation in environments full of change, uncertainty and risks.
DR ALESSIO AGOSTINIS
MANAGING DIRECTOR @ JERSEY INTERNATIONAL MINDFULNESS CENTRE
Dr Agostinis’ customer base is international, including clients from the Middle East and Asia. He is a Consultant Chartered Clinical and Registered Psychologist, Associate Fellow and listed as an expert witness by the British Psychological Society.
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Until 2014 a committee member of the Dyslexia Jersey committee and a former committee member of the Jersey Personal Injury Medicolegal Society, he enjoys both community and voluntary roles, as visiting honorary research fellow at Liverpool John Moores University and as president of the Jersey Association of Italian Culture.
DR JONATHAN PASSMORE
DIRECTOR @
HENLEY BUSINESS SCHOOL
Jonathan is a chartered psychologist and holds five degrees, including an MBA and a doctorate in occupational psychology. His doctoral thesis focused on the coaching relationships and behaviours. His current research interests include coaching supervisor and ethics, neuroscience of coaching, coach impact evaluation and coaching competences.
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Jonathan has published widely with over 100 scientific papers and book chapters, he has edited and written 30 books (including Excellence in Coaching and Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management) and delivered over 140 conference papers. He is series editor of the Wiley-Blackwell Handbook series on organisational psychology.
EMMA PANNENBORG
ASSISTANT
MANAGER @
SANNE
Emma has just completed her Honours degree in Business and Management at the University College Jersey (UCJ) in Partnership with Plymouth University. As part of her final year dissertation she undertook research into leadership development in Jersey and shared some of her findings at the Leadership Jersey conference. Emma see’s great importance in the need for good leadership and identifies the need to discuss this topic.
DR EVE POOLE
AUTHOR
Eve is adjunct faculty at Ashridge Business School and specialises in leadership and character. She has a BA from Durham, an MBA from Edinburgh, and a PhD in theology and capitalism from Cambridge. Before she joined Ashridge in 2002, her career involved working for the Church Commissioners and for Deloitte Consulting, where she specialised in change management for the Financial Services sector. At Ashridge Eve has pioneered a new approach to the accelerated development of leaders, using ground breaking neurobiological research. She is Chairman of Gordonstoun School in Moray, and of Faith in Business at Ridley Hall in Cambridge. She is a Research Associate of the St Paul's Institute in London and the William Temple Foundation in Manchester. and she serves on the boards of Theos, the think tank, and St Andrews Voices, the music festival. Eve blogs for several think tanks, and has recorded a popular TEDx about her latest book, Leadersmithing.
GENERAL SIR
PETER WALL
CEO @
AMICUS LIMITED
Sir Peter was the chief of the British Army from 2010 to 2014. His early service in the Royal Engineers took him to Rhodesia, Germany, Belize and Hong Kong. Subsequently he served on operations in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. After a spell in the equipment procurement world he set up 16 Air Assault Brigade in 1999 to develop concepts for employing the Apache helicopter, the Army’s most potent weapon system. As commander 1st Armoured Division in 2003 Peter was responsible for the stabilization of Basra after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Latterly he was director of operations in the Ministry of Defence, responsible to the Chiefs of Staff and Ministers for UK operations worldwide. As Chief of the General Staff from 2010-2014 he led Army 2020, the reduction and redesign of the Army following the Cameron defence cuts.
GRAHAM SCRIVENER
MANAGING
DIRECTOR @
APTUS CONSULTING
Graham Scrivener is the former European Managing Director of Kotter International, the Consulting firm established in 2007 by Dr John Kotter, Emeritus Professor of Leadership at Harvard Business School. Leading engagements with large organisations, Graham has day-to-day experience of he challenges leaders face in creating more agile and faster moving businesses; and as a member of Dr Jotter’s core team he has direct access to the latest academic thinking. Graham has over 20 years of commercial experience and has written multiple articles, presents at conferences and speaks on the radio about Leadership and Change.
JEAN OELWANG
PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE @
VIRGIN UNITE
Jean Oelwang is the President and Trustee for Virgin Unite and Senior Partner at the B Team. In 2003, Jean left her post as joint CEO of Virgin Mobile Australia to begin working with Richard Branson and the Virgin staff from around the world to create Virgin Unite.
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Over the last 12 years, Jean has worked with partners to create new approaches to social and environmental issues, such as the Branson Centres of Entrepreneurship and a global platform to support budding entrepreneurs. She has helped incubate a number of global leadership initiatives such as The Elders, the Carbon War Room, The B Team and Ocean Unite. In addition, Jean has been instrumental in working with Virgin’s businesses and others worldwide to put driving positive change at their core.
JEREMY WATKINS
OWNER @
JEREMY WATKINS
Jeremy Watkins (A.K.A The Barefoot Leader) is a Leadership and Performance expert, Mentor, Speaker, Facilitator and Author. He works with senior leaders, corporate executives, business owners and their teams across Australia and internationally to help them develop new insights that increase their influence and maximise their impact as leaders.
Jeremy’s mission is to free leaders and emerging leaders around the globe from default patterns of thinking and behaving, encouraging them to refocus the attention of their energies and re-train themselves for the future of work.
JOHN HARRIS
REGULATORY ADVISOR AND DEVELOPMENT COACH
John Harris, the Director General of the Jersey Financial Services Commission shared some of his views about the role of leadership in financial services and following that participated in a panel discussion with representatives of the industry.
JULIE GARBUTT
BOARD MEMBER @CITIZENS ADVICE
Julie Garbutt is the former Chief Officer for Health and Social Services. Mrs Garbutt has more than 22 years' experience in Board level positions including 7 years as Chief Executive of Southend PCT and then CEO of South East Essex Primary Care Trust, followed by 3 years as Chief Executive of NHS Norfolk from 2007.
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Most recently, Mrs Garbutt has helped ensure the effective merger of 5 primary care trusts (PCTs) into 1, paid off an inherited deficit of £50m, produced a bold and ambitious strategy for Norfolk and achieved an improvement in all competencies of a world class commissioning health organisation.
KATHERINE SALT
OWNER @
DIGITAL SALT
Katherine is based in Jersey and has been professionally social since 2010 when she discovered the benefits of social media for her bricks and clicks business, Plums Lingerie. Katherine is dedicated to scouting out the best practices and most effective tactics to help clients take full advantage of the opportunities of the new digital landscape. Her agency Digital Salt was established in April 2016 and specialises digital marketing strategy and managing online marketing to raise brand awareness and drive sales for the client.
MARGARET HEFFERNAN
PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE @
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Margaret is a CEO, entrepreneur and author, and joined Leadership Jersey in 2019 for a breakfast event. In her third book, Willful Blindness, Margaret explores why businesses and the people who run them ignore the obvious, with consequences as dire as the global financial crisis. The book was also named one of the most important business books of the decade by the Financial Times. In addition to being a successful author of five books, her TED Talks have been viewed by over nine million people and in 2015 TED published her book Beyond Measure: The Big Impact of Small Changes.
MARK COX
CEO @
THE CO-OPERATIVE
Mark joined the Channel Islands Cooperative Society in 2010 as Chief Operating Officer, this means he is responsible for all trading operations across Food, Non-Food, Travel and Care.
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Mark is a School Governor for Les Quennevais School as well as the Chairman of the Retail Committee and Vice President at The Jersey Chamber of Commerce.
MARK SPELMAN
BOARD MENTOR @
CRITICAL EYE
Mark is an international businesses leader who worked at Accenture for 26 years. He has significant experience in business and digital strategies, operating models and change management.
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His Accenture roles included being Global Head of Strategy, Global Managing Director for Thought Leadership and Executive Director for the Accenture Institute for High Performance.
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Mark was Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce Executive Council in Brussels; his current non-executive roles include Chatham House, Sport England, The Future Cities Catapult in the UK and the Chairman of Leap – a charity specialising in helping young people understand the causes and consequences of conflict. He has an MA in Economics from Cambridge University and a MBA from INSEAD, France.
MATT BIRD
CEO @
RELATIONOLOGY
We were delighted to welcome Matt Bird to Jersey to speak about relational leadership. Matt is an international keynote speaker, master class facilitator and award winning author on achieving business growth through relationships. He has spoken in 30 countries to more than 1 million people. He has authored 11 books including Relation ology 101, writes regularly for The Times newspaper and has also written for the Harvard Business Review.
MATT DE BOURCIER
STUDENT
Max, the son of former Deputy Jennifer Bridge, has been our youngest Leadership Jersey speaker, and addressed his issues with the school curriculum at one of our conferences. His comments were backed by several teachers attending the event.
MICHELLE JOHANSEN
LEADERSHIP COACH @
JOHANSEN
Michelle Johansen is a Professional Certified Coach who founded the Women’s Development Forum (WDF) in 1009 in Guernsey and 2014 in Jersey; a Not-for-Profit organisation dedicated to inspiring female potential and increasing the number of women in senior leadership.
PENNY FERGUSON
CEO @
THE LIVING LEADER
Penny is Founder of The Living Leader, a company that designs and delivers transformational leadership programmes. These programmes blend the key elements of individual personal development with results-driven corporate leadership interventions. Penny is the author of two books, ‘Transform Your Life’ and ‘The Living Leader’ and has contributed to a further four. She was also named Businesswoman of the Year 2008 in SHE Magazine’s Inspirational Women Awards.
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Penny is an inspirational speaker, connecting with her audiences in a deeply personal way. Her life experiences resonate for many people and her honesty is refreshing. As a leadership coach she has worked with many senior executives throughout the world, helping them to develop their unique abilities and create cultural shifts through their organisations.
PHIL MALE
CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS @
JT GROUP
Phil Male agreed to talk to Leadership Jersey about the challenges faced by leaders in the new economy.
Phil is probably best known in Jersey as the newly appointed Chairman of JT Global but he has been at the forefront of the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications sector for almost 30 years, founded two successful start-ups, completed two listings on the London Stock Exchange, and held executive roles at some of the sectors’ leading firms, including Demon Internet, The Press Association, Scottish Telecom, THUS, UK2 and Cable&Wireless.
RICHARD SUMMERFIELD
CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER @
HAWKSFORD
Richard Summerfield is currently the Group HR Director and Executive Board Member of JT, fellow of the CIPD accredited career coach, qualified psychometric tester, industry speaker and commentator. Having recently won the 2016 IoD Young Director of the Year, Richard was also a double finalist at the 2013 UK CIPD Awards, the 2015 and 2016 UK HR Distinction Awards, and the 2016 HR Magazine Awards for UK HR Director of the Year. Richard’s big passion is to create a better working environment for everyone, therefore giving people a greater chance of feeling happy, valued, giving their best, and reaching their full potential.
ROB NOBLE
HEAD OF COMMERCIAL CURZON AND INTERCHANGE STATIONS @
HS2
Rob joined the Leadership Trust after a period with Goldman Sachs in London running equity operations teams, having previously completed 18 years’ service in the British Army. He gained significant operational experience leading tours of duty in Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan. Alongside operational leadership, Rob also specialised in strategic planning and training whilst in the Army.
DR JEREMY CROSS
DIRECTOR @
BAILIWICK CONSULTING
Jeremy is an independent leadership consultant with over 15 years experience delivering accredited training and individual, team and Board level coaching. He has worked across commercial and public sectors with organisations such as Nike, LEGO and the NHS. His work draws on his background as a professional tennis player and sport psychologist and a variety of previous leadership roles as a start-up non-executive director, school governor, and President of an Olympic education association. Recently a visiting faculty at Henley Business School, he is interested in developments in digital learning including techniques such as virtual action learning.
SIR JOHN MCCOLL
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN @
COBSEO
General Sir John McColl KCB CBE DSC is a retired senior British Army officer and a past Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. McColl previously served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 2007 to 2011.
SENATOR IAN GORST
ELECTED MEMBER @
GOVERNMENT OF JERSEY
Ian Gorst is an elected member of States of Jersey since 5 December 2005 and is the Minister for External Relations. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Jersey for two terms, from 18 November 2011 until 7 June 2018. He previously worked as an accountant.
SIR DAVID HENSHAW
HEAD OF COMMERCIAL CURZON AND INTERCHANGE STATIONS @
HS2
Sir David was the Chief Executive of Liverpool City Council from 1999 to 2006. He was also Chief Executive of Liverpool Culture Company, Deputy Chair of the board of the Mersey Partnership and Chair of Liverpool Partnership Group. A Non-Executive Director of SOLACE Enterprises, a Past President of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives, a former Adviser to the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit, a non-Executive Director of the Home Secretary’s National Offender Management Board (Prisons, Probation and Youth Justice in England and Wales), He was also an adviser to the Cabinet Office Strategy Unit, a member of the Treasury’s Public Services Productivity Panel, member of the Department of Health’s External Panel, and a Board member of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
Born and educated in Liverpool, he obtained a degree at in Public Administration, and then a Master's Degree in Social Sciences at the University of Birmingham (INLOGOV). He is also an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University, and an Honorary Doctor at Sheffield Hallam University a Fellow of Liverpool University, a former Visiting Fellow of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, He was the Chairman of the Faenol Trust, and a member of the Board of the Eu.
SUZANNE WYLIE
CEO @
GOVERNMENT OF JERSEY
Suzanne began working for her local council, Belfast City, straight out of university in 1988. At that time, she was one of only a few women working in quite an operational environment which helped her develop resilience and resolve.
She later moved across local government, developing expertise in regeneration, capital programmes, economic development, health protection and customer services.
In her seven and a half years as chief executive of Belfast Council, she was the policy adviser to eight diverse political parties and reshaped the organisation and its capability to deliver against a 25-year plan, growing jobs, investment in infrastructure and community assets, putting the city on an international stage and addressing some glaring inequalities.
With a fundamental belief in the need for passionate and motivated people and teams to deliver, Suzanne has always sought out and developed talent, involved people in exciting projects making sure that they feel valued for what they do.
TRACY SINCLAIR, MCC
COACHING SPECIALIST @TRACY SINCLAIR
Thanks to support from Tracy Turmel of Channel Islands Executive Coaching we were delighted to welcome Tracy Sinclair to Jersey.
Tracy is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF). She is also a trained Coaching Supervisor, Mentor Coach and an ICF Assessor. She trains coaches and works with managers and leaders to develop their coaching capability.
WENDY DORMAN
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR @JERSEY ELECTRICITY
Wendy is the chairman of the Jersey branch of the IOD and holds a number of non-executive board positions including LSE listed funds. Until her retirement in June 2015 Wendy was Head of Tax for PwC in the Channel Islands.
Throughout her career, since qualifying as a chartered accountant in the audit department of a Big 4 firm, Wendy specialised in financial services taxation, focusing principally on collective investment, working both in London and Jersey.
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Wendy is a former President of the Jersey Society of Chartered and Certified Accountants. In 2011 she was awarded the IOD Jersey Female Director of the Year award. She is a member of the Jersey Finance Fiscal Strategy Group.
DR WENDY ORR
HEAD OF GROUP INCLUSION @ STANDARD BANK
Wendy is a Medical Doctor who has worked in the areas of equity, transformation, diversity and inclusion since 1999. Her career path turned from medicine to diversity and inclusion after she had served three years as a Commissioner on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of South Africa – a position to which she was appointed by then President Nelson Mandela. Her path to the TRC began in 1985 when, while working at the District Surgeon’s Office in Port Elizabeth, she became the first and only doctor in government employment to reveal evidence of police torture of political detainees, when she successfully sought a Supreme Court interdict against the police to stop them from assaulting and torturing political detainees. Subsequent to this she remained active in health and human rights issues, particularly in respect of the rights of political detainees. Wendy is the Group Head of Inclusion for Standard Bank Group and is responsible for three functions, namely Diversity and Inclusion, Employee Wellbeing, and Corporate Social Investment.
CHARLES CLOVER
CO-FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR @ BLUE MARINE FOUNDATION
Charles has been a lifelong campaigner for positive environmental action. He made his name as an author and environmental journalist, writing principally for The Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph, for which he was environment editor for 22 years. His book, The End of The Line, and the award-winning documentary film that it inspired, highlighted overfishing as a global problem.
He has been a regular visitor to Jersey as executive director of the Blue Marine Foundation for the past couple of years after the organisation was asked to advise the Government of Jersey on the creation of a marine park to protect Island waters.
MATT PORTEOUS
ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT, ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHER, OCEAN STORY TELLER
Matt first began to capture his experience through the small, square lens of his yellow underwater Minolta. Ever since, he has cultivated a light and spontaneous approach to life and photography through years of travel, exploration and reflection. It is thanks to this that Matt has an unmatched ability to put those in front of the camera at ease and to capture you, your family and your business at their most natural.
Matt understands that each photograph is a culmination of all those he has met, his experiences worldwide and his profound connection to his craft.
His constant desire to learn and innovate matched with an innate talent has meant that he has worked with some of the most influential brands and personalities globally.
From royalty to high profile weddings, renowned hotel chains, underwater landscapes and unknown, forgotten villages, Matt treats all those he photographs with the same intimate care and attention to detail.
Everyone has a story worth telling; Matt captures it thoughtfully and with distinct beauty.
STEVE BORTHWICK
HEAD COACH @ LEICESTER TIGERS
Steve Borthwick (left) is the head coach of Leicester Tigers, the reigning champions of England after winning the Gallagher Premiership final in June.
Mr Borthwick had a transformative effect on the Tigers after being appointed in February 2020, at which point the club were struggling in the lower reaches of the Premiership table.
Now the former England rugby union international is to share some insights into the methods he has used since starting the transition from playing to coaching in 2012.
KEVIN SINFIELD
DEFENCE COACH @
LEICESTER TIGERS
Mr Sinfield made more than 500 appearances for Leeds Rhinos across an 18-year playing career in rugby league, winning 40 international caps for England and Great Britain during that time. After retiring in 2016, he became rugby director of the Rugby Football League for two years prior to returning to the Rhinos in 2018, working as director of rugby until 2021.
Mr Sinfield was awarded an OBE for services to rugby league and charitable fundraising in 2021, having raised more than £3 million through a series of gruelling challenges to support research into Motor Neurone Disease. These efforts came after his friend and former Rhinos' team-mate Rob Burrow was diagnosed with MND.
