What makes a great non-executive director? | 10 May

As part of its mission to promote good governance, GGI has been hosting facilitated virtual meetings to give NHS non-executive directors an opportunity to share their concerns, challenges and ideas as we rethink the future of health and social care.

The goal is to collectively think about the role NEDs play as part of the controlling mind of their organisations, to discuss immediate safeguarding issues, and to ensure we all learn from this experience to assure better outcomes for citizens in the future.

The event on Friday 10 May at 10.00-11.00 will address the question: What makes a great non-executive director?

One thing would be what is a real art for non-executives: getting the best from their executives. Also important would be securing the trust and respect that will allow the candour, and helping the executives to be open to new ideas and avoid groupthink.

The webinar will look at the range of non-executive skills and contributions, and will cover issues such as making a whole career of experience in one industry and then making this useful in another, and building a great board team that adds value.

There's so much on the agenda for non-execs, ranging from the inevitable shortage of resources to known issues ahead such as the assisted dying legislation.

Non-executives are critical to the NHS, and former chief executive of the NHS and Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health Sir David Nicholson will lead the discussion, drawing on his executive and non-executive experience.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This meeting is by invitation only and is open to all NHS non-executive directors, chairs and associate non-executive directors of NHS providers. Others may attend by special invitation. For further details, comments, questions and suggestions please contact: events@good-governance.org.uk.

To register for this event, please click the link below:

We hope that you will join us for what will be an interesting and insightful discussion.

Should you have any questions, please contact events@good-governance.org.uk.

Sir David Nicholson
Chair of Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. Previously chair of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Sir David Nicholson’s career in NHS management has spanned more than 40 years and included the most senior posts in the service. He was chief executive of the NHS for seven years from 2006-2013 and then, following a major national restructure, became the first chief executive of the organisation now known as NHS England from 2013-2014.

Since his retirement from the NHS in 2014, he has taken on a number of international roles providing advice and guidance to governments and organisations focused on improving population health and universal healthcare coverage.

He has worked in China, Brazil, the USA, Europe and the Middle East, independently, and in association with the World Health Organisation, and World Bank. Sir David chaired the State Health Services organisation of the Republic of Cyprus and more recently was also the chairman of the Metropolitan Group of Hospitals, Nairobi.

Sir David is Chairman of the Universal Health Coverage Forum of the World Innovation Summit for Health. Other roles include adjunct Professor of Global Health at the Institute of Global Health Imperial College, Advisor to the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin and Lancet Commissioner to Global Surgery.