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Inside 34 31 29 27 21 13 10 09 04 02-03 January/February 2016 www.iod.com Published for members of the Institute of Directors Northern Ireland Public services – delivering more for less Page 16-19 02-03 Diary dates 04 NI’s Directors of the Year 09 IoD at work Unbeatable 10 IoD Young Directors Forum at keeping your calls 13 NED Register launched connected 21 The Twinterview – Jeremy Biggerstaff 27 Irish win Rugby World Cup For verifi cation, see vodafone.co.uk/network 29 The Role of the Chair To enjoy competitive Vodafone business rates call 31 Wow your customers Rainbow Communications today on 0800 012 1420 34 New IoD Hub in Omagh INSIDE 20006 - Vodafone Enterprise 95x36mm button v3.indd 2 06/02/2015 12:00 IoD NORTHERN IRELAND NEWS IoD NORTHERN IRELAND NEWS New Directors Boot Camp The Annual Dinner Being an entrepreneur Diary dates (Derry~Londonderry) 11 February 6 February (CPD hours) Events 6 February Given December’s UN climate change The latest in our series of joint events with the Irish Rugby Union Players Association (IRUPA) Role of the Company Chairman agreement in Paris, the first of our guest is a briefing on what it means to be an entrepreneur. Local entrepreneurs will talk about 2016 Our next Boot Camp will be held at the speakers for the Annual Dinner is very their experiences of establishing, growing and selling a business – the highs and the lows. 20 January North West Science Park. The half day January topical. Leo Johnson specialises in making workshops use a masterclass format to business sense of sustainability, identifying IoD members and their guests will be joined by players from the Ulster Rugby squad, who 20 The Role of the Company Do you know what a Company Chairman provide an introduction to what it means environmental and social megatrends and are putting in place the foundations for life after rugby. Chairman (7) needs to know? The Chairman has a critical to be a director and why a company the risks and opportunities for business influence on a Board’s style, composition, needs an effective board. A panel of local 25 **New member lunch leaders. balance and performance so if you aren’t leaders share their experiences of the ups 28 Mindfulness workshop (3) sure about the answer to this question, then and downs of the director role, and there Leading for the Future Leo has hosted the BBC World Show the IoD Role of the Company Chairman is is an interactive case study session to “Down to Business” helping scale up BBC 11 March essential CPD for you. make delegates really think about a tricky World Challenges ground-breaking small February boardroom situation. An easy introduction businesses, including Green Gold in the Speakers at this year’s Women’s Leadership 09 **New Director Boot Camp – The one day course will provide practising, to the legal role of the director is provided Colombian jungle and bio-gas from waste Conference will cover such topics as agile newly appointed or soon-to-be Chairs with by an expert from Arthur Cox. Suitable for Derry (3.5) in Kenya. He has commented and written working, improving performance, recruiting an opportunity to understand the role and anyone who is new to the director role or guest columns for the BBC, CNN, CNBC, the Generation Z, tackling new markets, and 11 The Annual Dinner current good practice. The objective is to would like a refresher, whose company has Financial Times, and Wall Street Journal. the impact of changing technology. 16 Being an entrepreneur (1) help board Chairs to lead and create more not yet established a working board or who effective boards that will contribute to the is advising new start companies. 23 **New member lunch organisation’s success. Once again IoD NI and the Chief Executives’ Forum are organising the Sponsored by Arthur Cox Our presenter, Francis Bergin, is not only conference at Titanic Belfast, where the March a very experienced presenter, he has also speaker line up will include Deborah 11 Women’s Leadership served as a Chairman and non-executive Mitchell, founder of the global skincare Conference (6) director for a number of private companies empire, Heaven; Colette Kidd, Head and a national charity, and was Chartered of Talent Development at Kainos; and Secretary at Unilever plc. Dame Mary Peters, President of the Mary June Peters Trust, which supports rising new 03 Young Directors Conference (4) sports stars. The team from Planet K2 Mind Your Own Business will apply their expertise in the sporting workshop arena to performance improvement in the September 28 January workplace. 27 IoD Annual Convention Find out how mindfulness can profit your Susan Hayes Culleton will host the day, business at this half-day workshop facilitated by which will feature the popular Marketplace Leo Johnson **free to IoD members Frank Liddy of the Belfast Mindfulness Centre. showcasing the produce of companies run by local business women. Book online at The Conference is supported by Pinsent www.iod.com/northernireland Masons, The Spa at The Merchant, Regular Boot Camp presenter Lynsey Clarendon Executive, Lexus and KMPG. Deborah Mitchell Mallon of Arthur Cox. If the event you are looking for does Are you keeping up-to-date? New member lunches not appear online, please telephone Various dates the IoD office at 028 9068 3224. Advertise with IoD activity is aimed at providing leaders with professional development opportunities to retain your Chartered Director status, contribute to CPD points You don’t have to be a brand new member IoD or hours for other professional bodies, and generally to keep you to attend the New Member Lunches up-to-date with developments relating to your role as a director and For information on advertising in sponsored by Director Development decision maker. CPD hours are indicated (in brackets) in the list of IoD Northern Ireland News or IoD Ireland, and if you haven’t been to one Diary Dates in IoD Northern Ireland News. sponsorship opportunities, contact already the lunches provide a great Linda Brown on 028 9068 3224 or opportunity to meet other business leaders IoD events also provide valuable opportunities to network with and Follow IoD Northern Ireland email [email protected] and some members of the IoD Northern learn from other business leaders. on Twitter @iodni Frank Liddy Ireland Committee. * cleaning Flexible and affordable from postgraduate study hygiene Discounts at Ulster available IT’S OUR BUSINESS TO SUPPORT YOURS laundry ulster.ac.uk/learnyourway security *Exclusions apply. Terms and conditions apply. Tel: 028 9442 9717 www.robinson-services.com 2 — January/February 2016 January/February 2016 — 3 IoD NORTHERN IRELAND NEWS IoD NORTHERN IRELAND NEWS Success for NI directors at Chairman’s message UK Awards by Paul Terrington, Chairman IoD Northern Ireland As we prepare to bid farewell to 2015 the dramatic about-face on the tax Northern Ireland recorded our best ever results in the IoD UK Director of the Year Awards 2015 gaining wins in 3 categories, a Highly and welcome 2016, our particular hope is credit plans was the big surprise, and Commended and the overall Director of the Year for the second time. that the new year brings better fortune families across Northern Ireland, who than the old one we’re leaving behind. rely heavily on tax credits, will be hugely relieved. However, the impact of Universal We entered 2015 with the recently minted Credit should not be underestimated. Stormont House Agreement already Back in 2013 the Department of Social tarnished and rapidly devaluing and we’re Development (DSD) estimated that, for the entering 2016 in the hope that the Fresh majority of households, the introduction Start agreement does exactly what it says of Universal Credit would have either on the tin. However, always mindful of the no impact or would leave them better late Seamus Heaney’s warning that, “… off. Nevertheless, DSD suggested that a anyone born and bred in Northern Ireland substantial number of local households, can’t be too optimistic,” we should look perhaps as many as 80,000, would find carefully at some of the highlights of 2015 themselves less well-off. and be prepared for the impact of these in 2016. Challenging times If we analyse the detail of Fresh Start in SR2015 also confirmed that, in cash comparison to Stormont House, it is difficult terms, the overall financial settlement for to see precisely where a solid year of Northern Ireland between now and 2019-20 negotiations has made a material difference is broadly flat, but in real terms inflation to the finances and economic prospects of will turn that into a 5% cut in the block First to the stage to collect her award for Public the region. And if we add the combined grant. Not the axe-wielding cuts some had Sector Director of the Year was Marie-Therese McGivern, Principal and Chief Executive of Mike Mullan of Moy Park was the second impact of the Chancellor’s post-election expected, but it amounts to a challenging Belfast Metropolitan College. The judges said Northern Ireland winner in the category Summer Budget, the Autumn Statement few years for the Executive, particularly the she displayed brilliant leadership as well as of Director of the Year for Leadership in Highly Commended in the SME category was and Spending Review, there is no shortage as Northern Ireland is not recovering as great ambition, passion and vision. Corporate Responsibility. Jeremy Biggerstaff from Flint Studios. of challenges for the Executive in 2016 – quickly as other regions in the UK. This particularly with an election just under six means that productivity - the elephant in New IoD NI months away.
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