Executive Education Symposium
Meeting client needs in a changing world

09:30

Registration and refreshments

10:00

Welcome and introductions

Dr Phil Considine, Director Of Executive Development. Strathclyde Business School (Symposium Chair)

10:20

Driving competitive advantage through learning & development

In this session we bring together a panel representing a spectrum of executive education client organisations. Our guest speakers will share thoughts about some of their strategic priorities and day-to-day business challenges; and about how learning & development can support these strategic priorities and drive competitive advantage. This discussion will offer context to the following sessions in which we drill-down into the specifics of how executive education can support clients of all sizes and across a range of sectors in the UK and elsewhere.

Mark Fairweather, Managing Director, D2E International VT Consultants Limited

Jenni Jones, Principal Lead, Leading to Change Delivery Team, NHS Education for Scotland

Anthony Sturgess, Director Corporate Development, Liverpool Business School

Vincent Traynor, Associate Professor of Change Leadership, Sheffield Business School

Moderator: Dr Pamela Yeow, Assistant Dean, External Engagement, School of Business, Economics and Informatics, Birkbeck University of London

11:20

Break

11:50

Meeting client needs through impactful executive education

In this session we will explore some specific ways in which organisations are using executive education programmes to nurture staff development, drive productivity growth, improve organisational agility and support a range of other business objectives. Particular attention will be paid to the different modes and forms of delivery of executive education, and to associated practical issues such as how best to align L&D activity with strategic priorities, how to roll-out L&D provision across a hybrid working workforce, and how L&D provision can be responsive to changing market conditions.

Stella Bowdell, Programme Director, Help to Grow, Huddersfield Business School

Noureddine Djidi, Global Market Intelligence & Business Development, Holcim – Corporate France

Jo Fowler, Director of Professional Education, Interim Director King's Online, King's Business School

Matt Rose, Founder and CEO, Tratech Consulting

Moderator: James Clark, Course Leader Executive MBA (Fashion), University of the Arts London

12:50

Lunch

13:50

Welcome back

Dr Phil Considine, Director Of Executive Development. Strathclyde Business School (Symposium Chair)

14:00

Breakout Discussion Groups

In this session participants will divide into sub-groups to reflect on the ideas and initiatives presented in the morning's sessions; to discuss the specific issues that are keeping them awake and night; and to discuss what action they will undertake at their institutions in response to the topics discussed.

Discussion facilitators:

Dina Dommett, Dean of Faculty (Ashridge campus) & Doctoral Programs, Hult International Business School

Dr Pamela Yeow, Assistant Dean, External Engagement, School of Business, Economics and Informatics, Birkbeck University of London

James Clark, Course Leader Executive MBA (Fashion), University of the Arts London

Judith Parsons, Professor of Practice: Leadership & Management, Hult International Business School (Ashridge)

Anthony Sturgess, Director Corporate Development, Liverpool Business School

15:00

Break

15:15

Feedback and forward planning

In the final part of the programme the group will reconvene to feedback on the discussion points from the earlier group discussions.

Dr Phil Considine, Director Of Executive Development. Strathclyde Business School (Symposium Chair)

15:30

Close

Noureddine Djidi
Global Market Intelligence & Business Development, Holcim – Corporate France

Noureddine has a finance, economics and general management educational background and 10+ years of experience within Holcim where he has held various key positions both at business unit and global levels. His areas of expertise include strategy, business development, performance improvement and general management.

Passionate about people development, Noureddine is leading Holcim’s Global RMX Managers’ Course, a post-graduate tailor-made programme developed and delivered in partnership with the University of Derby.

Mark Fairweather
Managing Director, D2E International VT Consultants Limited

Mark has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry with specialist knowledge in the vertical transportation sector in areas such as; technical design, product development, training, strategy, marketing, and project management.

He began his career in the lift industry within the marketing department of a major lift company before progressing through a variety of roles within the construction industry. After 10 years of helping grow the D2E business, Mark joined the executive board as a director of the company in 2015 before being appointed Managing Director in 2020.

Jenni Jones
Principal Lead, Leading to Change Delivery Team, NHS Education for Scotland

Jenni is a leadership and organisation development consultant and executive coach, employed by NHS Education for Scotland (NES).  In her 28-year career to date, Jenni has worked across in a variety of Health Boards, working across the spectrum of health and integrated care.  She has had the opportunity to hold both strategic and operational roles in People and Organisational Development.

Jenni joined NHS Education for Scotland, in 2018.  She relishes all the opportunities she has had since taking up her role to work with leaders, across social care, social work, and health in Scotland.  Her workload is varied and includes, supporting Executive Onboarding, Career Conversations for Aspiring Senior Systems Leaders, co-leading the successful community-led Leading to Change digital series.  Jenni alongside her fabulous colleague Joanne, has co-designed and leads on the delivery of Scotland’s first next generation senior/executive leadership development programme “Developing Senior Systems Leadership” along with faculty from HULT Ashridge.

Jenni practices as both an executive and team coach.  She has extensive experience coaching all levels of leaders across health and social care, leading and facilitating strategic change programmes, NHS Board development, senior team facilitation and action learning.  Jenni was instrumental in the design and development of the well-known ‘Leading for Future’ programme now widely available to middle managers across social care and health in Scotland.

The Spring Executive Education Symposium will take place at:

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms

61-65 Great Queen St,
London
WC2B 5DA

Accommodation

Participants are responsible for making their own accommodation arrangements. Recommended hotels will be available shortly.