East Midlands Inspirational Leadership
Venue: The National Space Centre, Leicester
Date:Monday 5th December 2005
Speakers
Karen Woodward
Regional Skills Director LSC
The majority of Karen's career has been in the Public Service sector, including the Inland Revenue and Department for Employment, she joined a development team responsible for establishing one of the first Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) in the Country.
On secondment to the Derby and Derbyshire Enterprise Agency as Executive Director she was responsible for a complete turnaround in the organisation's profitability. Karen joined the LSC in Derbyshire as Head of Employer and Schools Liaison. She was instrumental in helping Derbyshire secure one of the first ever Employer Training Pilots in the Country. Karen was then promoted to the role of Regional Skills Director for the East Midlands' LSCs.
Samantha Gemmell
Board Member, East Midlands Development Agency (emda)
Samantha is Managing Director and cofounder of Creative Media Matrix Ltd, a Nottingham based media production company. In 1993 she was honoured as one of the Women of the Year. She is a former member of the CBI's SME Council and a director of EM Media.
She was one of the founder members of the Small Business Council and Chair of the skills group with a remit to advise the government on policy and strategy for entrepreneurs. Her responsibilities as a board member of emda are Learning and Skills and Business Support.
Sam has a particular interest in SME workforce development and support for young entrepreneurs.
Michael Davis
Managing Director, Centre for Enterprise (CFE)
Centre for Enterprise is a public interest company that fosters wider reflection and debate on innovation in the implementation of public policy. Prior to joining CFE in 1999, Michael was Policy Team Leader at TEC National Council, assisting in the development of policy in relation to workforce development, economic development and economic competitiveness.
Michael holds numerous Non-Executive Director roles including the Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative (SFEDI), an independent company which works to raise the standard of small business learning and skills support.
Michael graduated from Lancaster University in 1994 with a BA (Hons) in Economics.
Richard Worsley
Director, The Tomorrow Project
Centre for Enterprise is a public interest company that fosters wider reflection and debate on innovation in the implementation of public policy. Prior to joining CFE in 1999, Michael was Policy Team Leader at TEC National Council, assisting in the development of policy in relation to workforce development, economic development and economic competitiveness.
Michael holds numerous Non-Executive Director roles including the Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative (SFEDI), an independent company which works to raise the standard of small business learning and skills support.
Michael graduated from Lancaster University in 1994 with a BA (Hons) in Economics.
Nigel Crouch
Senior Industrialist, DTi Innovation Group
Nigel has held a number of senior marketing positions with Cadbury Schweppes, both in the UK and internationally and was on the Board of Reckitt and Colman as New Business Director of their Household Products Division. He moved into general management with Ciba and was then Managing Director of the Evo-Stik Adhesives and Sealants Business of Evode Group plc for almost nine years.
He currently runs his own Investment Business and spends part of his time working with the Innovation Group at the Dti, where he is leading on Leadership Issues and the Sunday Times "100 Best Companies to Work For" Programme.
Chris Corbin
Managing Director, Ashfield Healthcare Limited
Chris holds a strong belief that people are its most important resource and implements strategies to reward success and motivate his staff. Chris began his career as a medical representative and, during 20 years working for pharmaceutical companies he gained extensive experience in sales and management. In 1997 he started his own business, Ashfield Healthcare, supplying contract sales teams and nurse advisors to the pharmaceutical industry. Ashfield is now one of the leading contract service organisations in the UK with a turnover of £47 million and has successful divisions in the Republic of Ireland and the USA.
Ruth Regan
Director, The Regan Consulting Practice Ltd
Ruth has been enabling leaders develop their skills for over 15 years. During the 1990's she was, as well as being a director of Southern Derbyshire Chamber, the managing director of Blackbook House Ltd. a very successful management training centre. During this time she also held a number of non-executive directorships within various SMEs. For the last four years she and her husband have worked together establishing their own organisational development consultancy.
She believes that successful business stems from the behaviours of it's leaders, and spends time coaching managers to enable them to recognise the impact they have on their employees own behaviours at work.
Simon Caulkin
Management Editor, The Observer
Simon writes mainly on management and business for the Observer and on many other subjects for a wide range of UK and foreign publications. A former editor of Management Today, he has also contributed articles on the theatre for the Economist, the film industry for the New Statesman, men's health (Men;s Health), birds and wine (Country Living), photography (Company) and England for a Belgian newspaper.
He has edited several books for gurus and numerous reports. He was also editor-in-chief of a ground-breaking management website.
