23 June 2009, One Great George Street, London SW1
A one day conference organised by Whitehall & Westminster World and supported by the Government Equalities Office
09:00
Coffee and Registration
09:50
Chair’s Welcome and Introduction
Meg Munn MP, former Minister for Women & Equality
10:00
Understanding the Public Appointments Landscape and the Challenges Ahead
Janet Gaymer CBE QC, Commissioner for Public Appointments
10:20
The Government’s Diversity Agenda – Meeting the new Targets
Jonathan Rees, Director General, Government Equalities Office
11:00
Closing the Gender Pay Gap
Baroness Haleh Afshar, Commissioner, Women’s National Commission
11:30
Refreshment Break
11:50
Achieving High Impact Quick Wins
Andrea Sutcliffe, Chief Executive, The Appointments Commission
12:30
Lessons from the wider public sector diversity programme
Jennifer Hutton, Head of Civil Service Diversity, Cabinet Office
13:00
Lunch Break
14:00
Making better use of your public bodies to diversify your public appointments – a case study presentation
Simon Mitchell, Head of Public Appointments & Honours Unit, DCMS
Danny Herbert, Public Appointments Advisor, DCMS
14:30
Getting the most from your Executive Search partners
Robin Staveley MBE, Director, Non-Executive Practice, Tribal Resourcing
15:15
Refreshment Break
15:45
Insights from the FTSE 100 Cross-Company Mentoring Programme – Getting non traditional candidates onto UK Corporate Boards
Peninah Thomson, Partner, Praesta Partners LLP
16:00
The Successful Appointee’s Story
A series of short presentations from successful candidates for public appointment who come from non traditional backgrounds or under represented groups. There will thereafter follow a question & answer session.
Nitin Dahad, Board Member, East of England Development Agency
Rolande Anderson, Non Executive Director, Genesis Housing Group
16:45