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Reflecting on Board Performance: Enhancing Governance with an IoD Ireland Board Evaluation | Business Post
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Join our upcoming webinar exploring the pivotal role of board evaluations in enhancing board effectiveness and strengthening governance across organisations. Taking place from 1:00pm to 2:00pm on Tuesday, 26th November 2024.
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The webinar will feature Dr. Margaret Cullen, Governance Advisor at IoD Ireland, in conversation with Sarah McLaughlin, Group Secretary and Head of Corporate Governance, Bank of Ireland.
Margaret will draw on Sarah's extensive governance and company secretary expertise to obtain a pivotal lens on optimising the board evaluation process. Their discussion will be valuable to Company Directors, Board Chairs and Company Secretaries of companies who are both mandated to conduct an external board evaluation and/or are exploring the potential benefits of doing so for their boards and wider organisation.
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights into how board evaluations can be transformed into a powerful tool for organisations success.
Dr. Margaret Cullen Governance Advisor, IoD Ireland
Dr Margaret Cullen holds a PhD in governance from University College Dublin (UCD). She is a specialist in the areas of corporate, bank and investment fund governance. Margaret is a governance adviser to the Institute of Directors (IoD) in Ireland, an experienced Board Assessor with IoD’s Board Evaluation Service and and member of IoD’s faculty for the delivery of customized governance education and workshops. Margaret is Programme Director of UCD Smurfit Executive Education’s Diploma in Corporate Governance. She lectures on the programme in the areas of governance paradigms and practice, role and responsibilities of the board, sustainability and stakeholder management, investor stewardship, behavioural aspects of boards and executive remuneration and incentives. Margaret is Academic Director for the Institute of Banking’s (IoB’s) Certified Bank Director Programme on an associate basis and lectures bank governance on the programme. She is a fellow of the IoB.
Sarah McLaughlin Group Secretary and Head of Corporate Governance at Bank of Ireland
Sarah McLaughlin has served as Group Company Secretary and Head of Corporate Governance at Bank of Ireland since September 2019, joining the Group Executive Committee at that time. She oversees the Board’s governance, ensuring it has the resources, policies, and guidance needed to function effectively. In collaboration with the Chairman, Sarah regularly reviews and enhances governance processes to support the Board's evolving needs. With extensive experience in corporate governance and company secretarial roles, Sarah previously held a similar position at AIB, where she worked for nearly 15 years in governance, finance, and banking. Named ICSA Company Secretary of the Year in 2017, Sarah is a University College Dublin graduate in Economics & Geography and holds qualifications as a Qualified Financial Advisor and licensed Compliance Officer.
