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The 5 essential qualities of a non-executive director

The key qualities required to be a successful non-executive director.
28 July 2016
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Voices in Governance - Women supporting Women: International Women’s Day 2024

The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘inspiring inclusion’. This blog is focused on how women can support and inspire women through mentoring, and we have asked members to share their experiences.
7 March 2024
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Diversity, equity and inclusion
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What does good governance really look like?

Trina Hill FCG gives us her view on what good governance looks like and what companies should focus on to achieve this.
23 January 2020
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Navigating the Board Evaluation Process: Key Stages and Insights

This virtual CPD event took place on Wednesday 7 May 2025.
7 May 2025
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North West of England
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Celebrating women in governance

We marked International Women’s Day 2021 with a webinar ‘Celebrating women in governance – beyond the glass ceiling’. Our panelists shared their thoughts and experiences of working with the board.
9 March 2021
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Data governance in a cloud-native world

Who governs your data? How do you know your 'customers' data is protected? And can those questions help grow your career?
19 October 2020
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Careers Development
Law, regulation and compliance
Technology and AI
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Coffee Break with a CoSec: Habibunnisha Patel

Habibunnisha Patel is General Counsel & Company Secretary at Cancer Research UK. She trained as an M&A lawyer and spent 10 years at Slaughter & May before building a portfolio career in international development. Her first General Counsel & Company Secretary role was at Save the Children UK – and she moved to her current role in 2022
26 March 2025
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Building knowledge and professional networks at CGI branch events

CGIUKI branches are places for members, students and non-members interested in governance to meet, learn and feel part of a governance community.
14 May 2024
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Careers Development
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Remote working competencies

Competencies have been used to help organisations recruit, manage and develop their employees for decades.
8 July 2020
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