Henley MA Board Practice
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The Henley MA Practice &
Directorship is a Postgraduate
programme offered as three stages:

Postgraduate Certificate (Stage 1)
Designed to enable you to develop the skills and knowledge needed to be an effective board director.
Postgraduate Diploma (Stage 2) Designed to focus on board dynamics and offer mentoring for you as a director.
Henley MA Board Practice and Directorship (Stage 3) Designed to give more specialist sector expertise including applied research into a real-world board-level governance issue.

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Ultimate Board Education

The Programme is designed for experienced professionals from across the private, public and third sectors. The Programme may also suit senior managers with directorship potential, noting that at Stage 3 each participant needs access to a current real-world, board-level governance issue.

Practising board members (Chairs, CEOs)
Senior independent directors (SIDs)
Chief financial officers (CFOs)
Nonexecutive directors (NEDs)
Company secretaries
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Postgraduate Programme with academic accreditation recognised internationally

Delivered in partnership with Henley Business School, triple accredited by the leading UK, European and US accrediting bodies.

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You will be part of Envisia community, a high-caliber group of local directors and you will join HenleyAlumni, 87.000 members from 160 countries.

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Andrew
Kakabadse

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Envisia – Boards of Elite, President of the Director's Forum Henley Business School, member of Thinkers50

Andrew is Professor of Governance and Strategic Leadership at the UK’s Henley Business School, and also an Emeritus Professor of International Management Development at Cranfield University’s School of Management.

He is currently embarked on a major million global study of boardroom effectiveness and governance practice, with the participation of a number of governments including British Ministers of State. His top team database covers 43 nations and many thousands of private and public-sector organizations.

He holds a number of international Visiting Professorships and Fellowships and has published 45 books, over 230 articles and 18 monographs. Andrew has been made one of ten lifelong members of Thinkers50, the listing of the world’s top 50 business and policy thinkers.

Nadeem
Khan, PhD

Professor of Governance, Policy and Leadership, Henley Business School

Nadeem is Lecturer of Governance, Policy and Leadership at Henley Business School, University of Reading. He completed his PhD research at Henley Business School in the field of strategy and strategic behavior of the firm.

He has gained professional experience in the UK and international multinational environments prior to running his own business.
Current research interests include corporate firm strategic behavior; Institutional, corporate and citizen stakeholder relations; governance effects on policy innovation; global governance agendas; public and private board leadership disciplines; board and top team dynamics; ethics and CSR; sustainability at times of crisis and in volatile environments; government-business-third sector responsibilities within society.

Practical consultancy joint research experiences include: Building Trust through Governance – Institute of Chartered Secretaries (I.C.S.A.) U.K.; Discontinuous Board Leadership – Alvarez and Marsal; Executive Team Development – Tate & Lyle. Academic papers have been presented at conferences in UK, Ireland, US, Canada, Switzerland, Morocco, Japan, Sweden and Greece, along with co-authored papers published in journals and chapter contributions to books.

Chris
Ansell, CFA

International Consultant in Investor Relations and Equity Markets

Chris Ansell, CFA has many years’ experience of Equity Markets in London and New York from his time as Investor Relations Manager in BT, the UK telecommunications company, and as senior Equity Analyst at Nomura.

He is now Course Director of MSC Global Finance at Coventry University London, a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield University, consults to companies on equity markets, and is a CFA instructor to clients in Asia, Europe and North America.

Chris holds an MA in Natural and Electrical Sciences from Cambridge University, MSc in Telecommunication and Information Systems from Essex University, MBA from Cranfield University, is a CFA Institute Charterholder, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Garry
Honey

Director, Chiron Risk

Garry is a risk educator, consultant and author with experienceof senior management roles, including marketing director, head of communications and client services director. He launched Chiron 20 years ago and has worked with Henley Business School for over five years.
Garry offers an innovative approach to leadership risk, bringing his experience in industry to Henley programmes on board director skills. 
On the open Board Directors’ Programme, he explains the three critical elements of what a board director needs to know about risk: how to identify it, how to manage it and how to communicate it. 
On the postgraduate Board Practice and Directorship programme, Garry delivers seven sessions within Module 3 – each with a detailed case studyon handling risk in the boardroom. 

Nada
Korac Kakabadse

Professor of Ethics and Governance, Henley Business School

Nada is Professor of Policy, Governance and Ethics and was Head of Department, Marketing & Reputation at the Henley Business School, University of Reading.

She is elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and their representative in the UK and Brussels. She has also contributed over 90 chapters to international volumes and has published over 190 scholarly articles. She has co-authored 23 books.

Nada has worked for international organizations in Scandinavia, the Middle East and North Africa as well as the Canadian and Australian Federal Governments. Her clients have included Alliance & Leicester, Citigroup, Microsoft, Motorola, Vodafone Australia, GSK, Severstal and in the public sector a number of UK and Australian government departments.

Previously, she held the position of Professor in Management and Business Research at the University.

Dineshi
Ramesh

Director, Intelligence Board

Dineshi leads Board Intelligence’s advisory team and Academy, where she focuses on bespoke solutions to boardroom issues. Dineshi is Chair of Thrift+, a circular fashion retailer.

Prior to Board Intelligence, Dineshi was a strategy consultant for 20 years at Credo (acquired by Teneo) and Coba (acquired by PWC). She holds an MEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College, London.

She was born in Sri-Lanka and now resides in London with her husband and son.

Filipe
Morais

Professor of Governance and Reputation, Henley Business School and Partner at AMROP

Dr. Filipe Morais is a Lecturer in Governance and Reputation at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK and the Chairman of Risk Insights Independent Ratings Committee for South Africa.  

Filipe regularly produces impactful research commissioned by a variety of private, public and third sector organisations in the UK, US, Portugal and other European countries. He is the co-author of the books “The Independent Director in Society” and the forthcoming “Handbook of ESG and Corporate Governance”, and numerous others book chapters, articles, reports and case studies.  

Dr. Filipe is the Programme Director for Henley’s MSc in Management for Future Leaders, for corporate clients that include Lloyds Banking Group, Cabinet Office, UK Ministry of Justice, the NHS, Post Office and other large employers. He teaches corporate governance, corporate responsibility and ethics and strategic management topics in various programmes in and outside Henley, including INSEAD, Porto Business School, Universita Degli Studi di Padova and Lisbon Law School.  

Filipe is also Advisory Board Member to the practitioner-based Governance Magazine (UK) and sits on the International Editorial Board of California Management Review and on the editorial board of the Journal of Business Governance and Ethics.  
 

Nadeem
Khan, PhD

Professor of Governance, Policy and Leadership, Henley Business School

Nadeem is Lecturer of Governance, Policy and Leadership at Henley Business School, University of Reading. He completed his PhD research at Henley Business School in the field of strategy and strategic behavior of the firm.

He has gained professional experience in the UK and international multinational environments prior to running his own business.
Current research interests include corporate firm strategic behavior; Institutional, corporate and citizen stakeholder relations; governance effects on policy innovation; global governance agendas; public and private board leadership disciplines; board and top team dynamics; ethics and CSR; sustainability at times of crisis and in volatile environments; government-business-third sector responsibilities within society.

Practical consultancy joint research experiences include: Building Trust through Governance – Institute of Chartered Secretaries (I.C.S.A.) U.K.; Discontinuous Board Leadership – Alvarez and Marsal; Executive Team Development – Tate & Lyle. Academic papers have been presented at conferences in UK, Ireland, US, Canada, Switzerland, Morocco, Japan, Sweden and Greece, along with co-authored papers published in journals and chapter contributions to books.

Karen
Foy

Lecturer in Coaching and Behavioural Change at Henley Business School

Karen Foy is a Lecturer in Coaching and Behavioural Change at Henley Business School.

She has fifteen years' experience as a coach and holds an MSc in Coaching Psychology from the University of East London and a degree in Psychology from the University of Sheffield. Karen is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) with ICF and is a certified coach mentor. As a past UK ICF Board Director she has led the professional development for UK Coaches and supported the local coaching groups around the country. She has worked with aspiring coaches from global organisations to support their development and learning towards becoming accredited coaches, providing training, mentoring and supervision.

As an Executive Coach Karen provides coaching to support executive board teams and individuals of complex organisations to navigate their way through a constantly changing environment. Her facilitative style steers her clients towards a more systemic view of the business to create and deliver a more strategic vision. Karen has significant experience in the NHS, providing board level and leadership coaching to managers and clinicians. She has designed and delivered bespoke change programmes to improve performance and uses a range of diagnostic tools to help individuals, teams and organisations to develop. She weaves creativity into her knowledge of psychology and change management to deliver innovative solutions for individual and organisational issues.

Andrew
Kakabadse

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Envisia – Boards of Elite, President of the Director's Forum Henley Business School, member of Thinkers50

Andrew is Professor of Governance and Strategic Leadership at the UK’s Henley Business School, and also an Emeritus Professor of International Management Development at Cranfield University’s School of Management.

He is currently embarked on a major million global study of boardroom effectiveness and governance practice, with the participation of a number of governments including British Ministers of State. His top team database covers 43 nations and many thousands of private and public-sector organizations.

He holds a number of international Visiting Professorships and Fellowships and has published 45 books, over 230 articles and 18 monographs. Andrew has been made one of ten lifelong members of Thinkers50, the listing of the world’s top 50 business and policy thinkers.

Nada
Korac Kakabadse

Professor of Ethics and Governance, Henley Business School

Nada is Professor of Policy, Governance and Ethics and was Head of Department, Marketing & Reputation at the Henley Business School, University of Reading.

She is elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and their representative in the UK and Brussels. She has also contributed over 90 chapters to international volumes and has published over 190 scholarly articles. She has co-authored 23 books.

Nada has worked for international organizations in Scandinavia, the Middle East and North Africa as well as the Canadian and Australian Federal Governments. Her clients have included Alliance & Leicester, Citigroup, Microsoft, Motorola, Vodafone Australia, GSK, Severstal and in the public sector a number of UK and Australian government departments.

Previously, she held the position of Professor in Management and Business Research at the University.

Filipe
Morais

Professor of Governance and Reputation, Henley Business School and Partner at AMROP

Dr. Filipe Morais is a Lecturer in Governance and Reputation at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK and the Chairman of Risk Insights Independent Ratings Committee for South Africa.  

Filipe regularly produces impactful research commissioned by a variety of private, public and third sector organisations in the UK, US, Portugal and other European countries. He is the co-author of the books “The Independent Director in Society” and the forthcoming “Handbook of ESG and Corporate Governance”, and numerous others book chapters, articles, reports and case studies.  

Dr. Filipe is the Programme Director for Henley’s MSc in Management for Future Leaders, for corporate clients that include Lloyds Banking Group, Cabinet Office, UK Ministry of Justice, the NHS, Post Office and other large employers. He teaches corporate governance, corporate responsibility and ethics and strategic management topics in various programmes in and outside Henley, including INSEAD, Porto Business School, Universita Degli Studi di Padova and Lisbon Law School.  

Filipe is also Advisory Board Member to the practitioner-based Governance Magazine (UK) and sits on the International Editorial Board of California Management Review and on the editorial board of the Journal of Business Governance and Ethics.