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Upcoming Events

IoD East of England holds many engaging and informative events and networking sessions across its branches. Below are a few events which we think you will be interested in. Below is a selection of the vast portfolio available and we have also uploaded our latest event flyer.

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IoD Director of the Year Awards UK Finals 2018

The finals of the Director of the Year Awards attracts some of Britain’s top business talent and recognises exceptional leadership and good governance.

Open to directors across the business spectrum, the occasion brings together the winners from our regions and nations, to determine who is the ‘best of the best’ in British business.

The awards are judged by a panel of experts and senior figures from both the IoD and across the wider UK business community.

Strategically Selling or Acquiring a Business Conference

Acquiring or selling a business is a major financial decision, and it can feel like an overwhelming prospect. The process is complex, with multiple considerations and decisions to be made along the way.

With an abundance of information and guidance out there, it can be difficult to cut through the noise and find the specific support needed to achieve your end goal. It’s one of the reasons M&A – and particularly acquisitions – is under-utilised as a means of creating shifts in business strategy.

Suffolk Mastermind Group 16th October Find out more	Cyber Security Panel Breakfast 17th October Find out more	CPD - Practical Tips for Becoming a NED 19th October Find out more
Tesla Driving Day 25th October Find out more	IoD Connect & 99 Social 31st October Find out more	The Big Debate: AI, Threat or Opportunity? 1st November Find out more

East of England branches

The region encompasses five separate branches in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire (includes Middlesex and parts of South Bedfordshire), Norfolk and Suffolk.

Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire
Essex Essex
Hertfordshire Hertfordshire
Norfolk Norfolk
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About Cambridgeshire branch

The Cambridgeshire branch is ably led by its chair Carolyn Rand who, with the help of IoD staff and the volunteer committee, supports local members and organises inspirational and valuable business events in the area.

The IoD Cambridgeshire branch covers the whole county, as well as the PE postcodes of South Lincolnshire, and has a membership comprising a diverse cross-section of business leaders and senior executives. The branch’s role is to provide for the needs of local members within the scope of the IoD charter.

Under the leadership of Carolyn Rand, the committee, which represents local members' interests, puts together a diary of events to appeal to a wide range of people. These include networking meetings, company and industry visits and social activities. We work with neighbouring branches in the IoD East of England region on key events and to allow region-wide to access all events for our respective members.

The branch also has plans to engage more with the local business community, link with media organisations, improve connections with education and work hard to develop its appeal to diverse groups. We are particularly working on ways to improve communication with members and support for not-for-profit organisations such as charities.

All Cambridgeshire events can be attended by IoD members from other branches and in many cases non-members are also welcome to come along.

About Essex branch

The Essex branch of the Institute of Directors strives to ensure that the voice of Essex business leaders is heard and recognised within local, national, international and political arenas.

The branch is ably led by its chair Christine Bhatt who, with the help of her Ambassador group supports members and organises inspirational and valuable business events in the area. The branch events programme includes networking occasions, social opportunities and director development courses to further your business education and leadership skills.

The IoD is a membership organisation which helps business leaders become even better business leaders.

About Hertfordshire branch

The Hertfordshire branch of the IoD has around 1,400 members and is ably led by its chair, Richard McBarnet who, with the help of the Ambassador group and IoD staff, supports local members and organises inspirational and valuable business events in the area.

The Hertfordshire branch covers all areas within Hertfordshire and also parts of Middlesex and Bedfordshire. It has the largest number of members in the East of England and represents a diverse cross-section of business leaders and senior executives.

The branch hold a range of events throughout Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire aimed at providing business insights to enhance skills and knowledge and also quality local networking opportunities. All of our events can be attended by any IoD member (not just Herts members), their guests and in some cases non-members.

About Norfolk branch

Welcome to the Norfolk Branch of the IoD

In Norfolk we have one of the most vibrant IoD branches in the UK. We have developed a wide ranging event programme which is designed to meet the needs of as many members and fellow business professionals as possible, with breakfast, lunch and evening seminar and social events, major corporate functions and mini-conferences - the IoD Norfolk Annual Dinner is usually the biggest event of its type from the IoD outside London.

The branch aims to provide a ‘community’ or ‘club’ in which any member is welcome and is likely to meet with and get to know their business peers at events – in a relaxed and informative setting, not a forced ‘networking’ environment.

If you are a member in Norfolk, and want to be updated on what's happening in the branch, make sure you have opted into local e-mails to receive full details of our events. We aim to have fun; add value to our businesses and ourselves; and do some good in our community.

About Suffolk branch

The volunteer Ambassadors of IoD Suffolk is led by Graham Kill. The branch aims to provide insights and networking that members cannot get locally elsewhere.

IoD Suffolk not only is creative in its events programme, it also partners with different organisations to deliver something different for its members.

Important partners include MENTA, that together with IoD Suffolk created a mentoring scheme called Expert Connections to match business owners who are in the infancy of their business with experienced business leaders. This not only benefits both businesses, but contributes towards members’ CPD. The scheme has caught the attention of other IoD Branches that are evaluating adopting the scheme.

Members also give generously of their time to support local students with projects that aid their studies. The partnership with Suffolk One was one of the first such sixth form college relationships for an IoD Branch. We look forward to welcoming existing, new and non-members to our events.

Could you be our next IoD Suffolk Chair?

Our Suffolk Chair leads the IoD Ambassador Group for the Suffolk Branch. This is an exciting and rewarding voluntary role. To be appointed as our next Chair, you will have a track record in senior leadership and a network of established contacts within Suffolk.

You will be a strong advocate for good governance and responsible business practices amongst Directors, with a desire to give back to the business community. You will promote the positive impact of business on society, whilst actively supporting IoD members in their drive to grow purposeful, responsible organisations.

You will work alongside the IoD Head office team and our East of England Regional team. We hope you will bring fresh ideas to promoting the IoD to the Suffolk business community, public sector and policy makers.

Find out more

To arrange a call to discuss the role with the Head of Regional Relationships - East of England, please email Simone Robinson