Cavendish is hosting a series of invite-only breakfasts for the non-executive community throughout the year. These breakfasts are designed to brief NEDs on our insights and experience, based on ongoing deal flow and conversations within our network, to help empower board room debate and are hosted by Lisa Gordon (of Cavendish Financial plc).
Our upcoming events
29 April 2026
Insights from Leading NED Authors
(focus: Investment Trusts)
Time: 8.30am (for a 9am start) until 10.30am, with optional networking until 11am.
Join us for an in-person session bringing together three leading Investment Trust NEDs – all respected authors discussing:
– Practical perspectives on how boards navigate rapid change
– A deeper understanding of AI’s real investment implications
– Long-term perspectives from investment trust history
– Peer discussion and post-event networking
Our expert panel includes:
– Shefaly Yogendra – Uncharted Spaces: Reset the Agenda. Reimagine the Boardroom
– Sandy Nairn – AI Unpicked
– John Newlands – Finsbury G&I – 100 Years Investing in the Future
30 April 2026
Remuneration
(focus: Capital Markets)
Time: 8.30am (for a 9am start) until 10.30am, with optional networking until 11am.
Cavendish will be joined by Matt Higgins and Sahul Patel, expert remuneration consultants from FIT, who will share an update on the latest remuneration trends and provide an opportunity for Remuneration Committee members to ask questions.
17 June 2026
Culture, Governance & Lessons from Corporate Failure
(focus: Relevant to all)
Time: 8.30am (for a 9am start) until 10.30am, with optional networking until 11am.
Join us for an interactive workshop exploring the critical link between corporate culture and organisational failure, drawing on lessons from the Carillion case.
Our expert panel includes:
– Richard Mendoza, Of Counsel, Dispute Resolution, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
– Natasha Johnson, Partner, Dispute Resolution, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
– Sally Clark, Strategic Adviser and Non-Executive Director (Citigroup Global Markets, Allied Irish Bank, Influence at Work and Kore Labs)
– Geoff Rowley, Chief Executive officer, FRP Advisory
The panel will explore the causation between corporate failure and cultural shortcomings, and provide practical insights for Non-Executive Directors on understanding and influencing culture within boards.
9 July 2026
Navigating a Cyber Attack: A Real-Time Cyber Incident Response Simulation
(focus: Relevant to all)
Time: 8.30am (for a 9am start) until 10.30am, with optional networking until 11am.
We are hosting a live, interactive session that brings a cyber incident to life, demonstrating how events unfold in real time and the decisions senior leadership teams must make under pressure.
This is not a technical exercise or a test. It is a fast-paced, immersive simulation designed to be both engaging and thought-provoking.
The session will feature a live, end-to-end incident response simulation led by Oliver Burnand, Director of Incident Response at Assured, the specialist cyber insurance broker and consultancy. Oliver has played a leading role in responding to several high-profile cyber incidents and brings this real-world experience to a simulation that is both practical and highly memorable.
10 December 2025 – “The ghost of Christmas past…”
27th November 2025 – Autumn Budget Update
9th June 2025 – Cybersecurity: Exploring the Board’s Role in Governing Communications
1st May 2025 – Directors’ Duties in the Evolving Corporate Landscape: Lessons from Carillion
26th March 2025 – Remuneration Trends: AIM and Main Market
30th January 2025 – Cyber Security with Assured and Ashurst
21st November 2024 – ESG: What matters now for your business
13th November 2024 – Talking NEDs
17th October 2024 – Update to the QCA code
19th September 2024 – Shareholder Activism
11th September 2024 – Meet the new AIC Chair
25th June 2024 – AI: Strategy and Governance
21st May 2024 – UK Listing Reforms
25th April 2024 – Remuneration
29th February 2024 – Stakeholder Engagement
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