Enter the Boardroom with Nurole

Experienced AIM Chair, Jeremy Asher, discusses how small cap firms can practise good governance on a tight budget. Drawing on his wealth of experience of the AIM market, including his current experience as both CEO and Chair of Tower Resources,  he considers: the art of transparency; the pros and cons of narcissistic CEOs; how to manage underperforming chairs; the role of equity in compensation, the challenges and opportunities of the combined role of CEO and Chair, and much more. Essential listening for current or aspiring non-execs at AIM or small cap firms, and anyone that enjoys a choice turn of phrase.    Host: Oliver Cummings Producer: Will Felton Editor: Alex Fish Music: Kate Mac Audio: Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web: https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom

Through the compelling entrepreneurial success story of Genius Foods, Lucinda brings to life: (i) the relationship between investment, authority and decision-making; (ii) how boards help Founders and CEOs say “No”; (iii) the importance of board rotation; (iv) the different value boards can add at different business stages, and (v) the communal, unsexy and mission-critical nature of chairing. Lucinda is a Founder, Chair, Advisor and NED with deep scale-up experience and expertise. She founded Genius Foods, and she is currently Chair at Scotland Food & Drink, Mentor at Creative Destruction Lab Oxford, Advisor at the Royal Society, NED at the ScaleUp Institute, and Advisor at the University of Edinburgh.Host: Oliver Cummings Producer: Will Felton Editor: Alex Fish Music: Kate Mac Audio: Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web: https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom

Gillian is a Chair and NED in technology, digital transformation, SAAS, retail and consumer brands, based in London, Switzerland, Europe and California. An expert in digital technology businesses and digital transformation in traditional industries, Gillian chairs Zoo Digital plc, Xpediator plc, Synalogik and jisp.com, and international entrepreneur-led technology and consumer businesses. Gillian joins Nurole CEO, Oliver Cummings, to discuss:Creating a culture for success as a ChairTime Management as a ChairThe challenges of listed boardsManaging board perception amongst executivesHost: Oliver Cummings Producer: Will Felton Editor: Alex Fish Music: Kate Mac Audio: Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web: https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom

Nicolina is a highly accomplished commercial solicitor who has spent much of her executive career offering her profound legal expertise to boards and business leaders. Her past positions saw her working at leading firms like Beale & Company as well as major corporations like Atlas Copco, where she continues to work as a Senior Corporate Counsel. She now serves as a non-executive on the Advisory Board for LexisNexis’s Halsbury’s Laws of England publication and International Womens Forum UK, is an Independent Panel Member for the Ministry of Justice, has completed a Board Apprenticeship with Aldermore Bank and previously Chaired the Croydon branch of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry.Nicolina was a Trustee at Startup Croydon and currently acts as an ambassador and speaker for Women on Boards, a network of over 30,000 people that connects boards with talented female NEDs.Host: Oliver Cummings Producer: Will Felton Editor: Alex Fish Music: Kate Mac Audio: Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web: https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom

Julius Weinberg has spent the most recent decade on the boards of Ofqual, Ofsted, Kingston University, City University, Latymer Upper School, Ormiston Academies Trust, and Buckinghamshire Culture and the Secular Society to name a few.As a former vice-chancellor, Julius has a wealth of knowledge and experience in leadership. He has led significant change management programmes which have often addressed issues such as academic promotion and progression. Julius has also been instrumental in managing the attainment gap of individuals from diverse backgrounds, establishing major building programmes and delivering financial stability.Host: Oliver Cummings Producer: Will Felton Editor: Alex Fish Music: Kate Mac Audio: Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web: https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom

As CEO of ACEVO, the growing network of civil society leaders that works to develop skills and connections within the charity sector, Trustee at the social investment trust ACCESS and the Chair of Trustees at Reach Volunteering, Jane's contributions to the charity sector have distinguished her as a devotee to social change. Join Nurole CEO, Oliver Cummings, as Jane shares how her opinion of the way to lead Trustee Boards and the CEO-Chair dynamic has changed.Host: Oliver Cummings Producer: Will Felton Editor: Alex Fish Music: Kate Mac Audio: Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web: https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom

When building a board, governance often takes a backseat to areas that may seem more pressing. The further your company progresses, however, the more obvious it’ll become that governance strategy is the backbone of performance.As a former lawyer, Chair of Adaptive Financial Consulting, CEO for the Academy of Board Excellence and Programme Lead for the Governance and the Role of the Non-Executive Director Course at the Institute of Directors, Janhavi Dadarkar knows that good governance is a staple in the boardroom.With over two decades of experience advising corporate leaders and entrepreneurs, Janhavi joins Nurole CEO Oliver Cummings to share her insights into how Chairs, CEOs and board members benefit from more structured governance.Host: Oliver Cummings Producer: Will Felton Editor: Alex Fish Music: Kate Mac Audio: Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web: https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom

Bushra Ahmed's journey to the boardroom was an unexpected and unconventional one. Having lost her family business in the 2011 England riots, Bushra mobilised to raise awareness and funding for those affected by the event. Rising to become a charity sector trustee for organisations like the Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales, the Sheila McKechnie Foundation and Home-Start UK, Bushra is a shining example of how charity boards can benefit from differing perspectives and lived experiences. Now Bushra joins Nurole CEO Oliver Cummings for a discussion of her board journey and what she describes as a reckoning for not-for-profit boards where compositions, recruitment methods and onboarding will need to evolve to reflect the changing realities of charitable giving.Host: Oliver Cummings Producer: Will Felton Editor: Alex Fish Music: Kate Mac Audio: Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web: https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom

The journey of a startup CEO should be the most rewarding yet challenging experience undertaken in a career. This is why we frequently advocate for startup CEOs to seek support, formally, from someone who has 'been there and done it'. But would does this look like in practice? As a strategic and commercial expert in digital solutions, Hema Patel has spent her career immersed in the deep tech, climate, media and creative sectors, developing an in-depth understanding of how to accelerate growth and make a disruptive impact in highly competitive markets.Lending her functional expertise to various startups to help guide them through their all-important Seed and Series A stages, Hema drives strategy on the boards of game-changing tech platforms like ReMake. Her position as a board member at Oxford Semantic Technologies also sees her involved in developing and commercialising the first market-ready high-performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine.Informed both by her current board roles and her executive career at industry-leading institutions like News Corp, Microsoft, Facebook and Adobe, Hema joins Nurole CEO Oliver Cummings for a retrospective of her journey into the boardroom that explores the advantages and opportunities SMEs and startups can unlock by investing in board-level talent from the singular perspective of a marketing professional.Whether you're a founder or CEO seeking to scale your business or a prospective board member who wants to better define their value offering, you won't want to miss Hema's insights.Host: Oliver Cummings Producer: Will Felton Editor: Alex Fish Music: Kate Mac Audio: Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web: https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom

Though he started his professional career as a city lawyer in the heart of London, Owen Eastwood is better known as one of the most in-demand performance coaches of the last few years. From his work with sports teams like Team GB and South Africa Cricket to his roles supporting corporate leaders, Owen is renowned for his unique ability to blend empathy and understanding with results-driven performance.Owen's internationally bestselling book, Belonging: The Ancient Code of Togetherness, draws on his Maori roots to deliver team-building and leadership insights grounded in anthropology and cultural traditions. Its teachings have been adopted by organisations and individuals around the world, Nurole included.Join Owen and Nurole CEO Oli Cummings as they discuss the role of belonging cues and communities in enabling performance, the importance of corporate values and culture in creating that belonging in an organisation and how plans and frameworks can be used to guide teams towards harmony and success. Host: Oliver Cummings Producer: Will Felton Editor: Alex Fish Music: Kate Mac Audio: Nick Kolt Email: podcast@nurole.com Web: https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom