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Christmas Opening

Please note that the East of England Office at the Bradfield Centre in Cambridge will not be manned between Christmas and New Year, however members are still welcome to enjoy the facilities during this period.

The Centre opening times during the Christmas period as follows:

24th December - 10am to 2pm

25th December - Closed

26th December - Closed

27th December - 10am to 2pm

28th December - 10am to 2pm

31st December - 10am to 2pm

1st January - Closed

IoD East of England Director of the Year Awards 2019

Entries and nominations are now open for Director of the Year Awards 2019. We are looking for inspiring and pioneering business leaders from all corners of the region to enter the 2019 East of England Director of the Year Awards.

Our annual Awards has grown over the past years to represent the pinnacle of leadership and business excellence, highlighting the significant contribution business leaders can make to society and economic prosperity in the region.

Director of the Year – Non-Executive
Director of the Year – Innovation
Director of the Year – Young
Director of the Year – Public
Director of the Year – Third Sector
Director of the Year - Family Business
Director of the Year – Inclusivity
Director of the Year - International
Director of the Year – Corporate Social Responsibility
Director of the Year – Start-Up
Director of the Year – Small-Medium Business (up to £50 million turnover)
Director of the Year - Large Business (more than £50 million turnover)
Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Director and Board Practice

New categories have been added for 2019 to recognise the Young Director of the Year and the leading director of a business with a £50 million-plus turnover.

If you have accomplished great things in 2018, this is a great opportunity to showcase your achievements!

Deadline to enter is 01-03-2019

Enter now

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.

Latest events calendar

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Behind the Scenes at BBC Look East 4 December Find out more	Christmas Lunch with Guest Speaker Feargal Sharkey 7 December Find out more	Charity Christmas Lunch with guest speaker Hannah White 11 December Find out more
Chair's Christmas Breakfast with Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards 14 December Find out more	January Mastermind Group 7 January Find out more	Hertfordshire Mastermind Group 14 January 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
Suffolk Suffolk
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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 team within Suffolk is led by a team of volunteer Ambassadors. 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.