Events

Influential NEDs: Building your portfolio

Tue 14th Oct 2025 - 9:00am

Join us for this 90 minute webinar drawing upon latest research on how to build a successful NED portfolio career & improve your chances of success in securing NED roles.

Designed to equip aspiring, new or existing NEDs to navigate the increasingly disrupted & predicted future market conditions to create significant board impact through a deep dive of the current key aspects of NED roles, legal and governance frameworks highlighting how you can increase influence and excel in the boardroom .

Explore ways to identify your “best fit” as an NED and showcase the skills and attributes needed to thrive in this influential position.

Our panel will include Ray Warren, Richard Chiumento and Michael Rigby who will discuss:

• Creating a firm foundation for your value proposition. Be clear on the NED role, the legal and governance frameworks.
• The Board’s expectation of you. What are you really expected to do? What are the skills and attributes needed to make it work?
• How to challenge executives in a positive way. Build your emotional intelligence.
• Identifying your “best fit”. What type of organisation are you relevant for and where can you add value?
• Update on the prevailing market trends and current demand trends for NED’s
• Making yourself relevant to the NED role you want. Promote yourself and identify opportunities. Know the market.
• How to stand out and be seen as more influential.

Michael Rigby from Connectd will present a short outline of the Transition to Portfolio programme available including:

• How to break into the boardroom and build a portfolio career
• Why it can be difficult, and what you can do in order to improve your profile & chances of success

We shall provide more details of the services available through our partners the FT NED unit, Connectd and the All Party Parliamentary Group on AI as part of an accelerated NED development programme with Rialto.

Join us for this event if you’re looking to update & develop your market knowledge, connections, and resources as part of the trajectory of your NED journey.

Who should attend?

Board & C-Level Directors, All Functional Leaders, Subject Matter Experts, HR Directors, Change Leaders, Senior HR Managers, OD Practitioners and Leadership Development Specialists all aspiring for a portfolio career.