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Official Partners
London | Keltie LLP
Dublin | Global Leadership Institute at Boston College
Previous Guest Speakers include:
The Chairman of Goldman Sachs International | The Deputy Worldwide Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi | The CEO of PayPal (MENA) | The CEO of Hogan Lovells | The CEO of O2 / Telefonica | The CEO of Saatchi & Sa atchi (MENA) The GC of MetLife Inc. | The GC of Pearson Plc | The GC of Manchester United FC | The GC of the Intercontinental Hotels Group | The GC of The Weir Group plc | The GC of Network Rail | The GC of Carillion plc |
Jonathan Bowman-Perks MBE
CEO’s Trusted Leadership Advisor, Mentor
& Master Coach for major global
corporations & their top teams
Guest Speaker
at our exclusive private-dining event for
General Counsel
Mayfair, London | Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Sponsor | Invest Northern Ireland
Good evening,
I am absolutely delighted to announce that Jonathan Bownan-Perks MBE will be our guest speaker at our exclusive private-dining event for influential General Counsel in Mayfair, London sponsored by Invest Northern Ireland. It promises to be a very special and enjoyable evening.
-Colin
Jonathan Bowman-Perks MBE
Jonathan Bowman-Perks, the “CEO’s Trusted Leadership Advisor”, is valued by leaders for his expertise in inspiring them to positively impact their teams and organisations. He is a master coach, executive team facilitator, motivational speaker, philanthropist and author.
Jonathan focuses on high performance leaders and teams in the Corporate, Financial, University, Entrepreneurial and Retail sectors; bringing commercial acumen and leadership tips from his wide experience of development. He works with his wife and Business Partner Leigh Bowman-Perks and also Dr Reuven Bar-On (Emotional Intelligence expert) and the three of them together developed the “Inspiring Leadership” model and 21st-century leadership psychometric. He advises and coaches CEOs and leaders to recognise and use their talents and vulnerabilities in order to transform their businesses.
Jonathan is Visiting Professor in Leadership at the Cass Business School in London. He teaches on the Global Executive MBA Programme at Manchester business School. He has also taught leadership programmes with practical tips and techniques at University College London and Les Roche International Management School Switzerland.
Jonathan is respected for the work he has done with CEOs and executives across many private and public sector organisations such as: Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Mars Inc, HSBC, KPMG, John Lewis, Siemens, Asda, Nestle, Christies, Sainsbury’s, Barclays, O2/Telefonica, Vodafone, Hilton worldwide, Amazon, The Economist, Oracle, Airbus, Rio Tinto, Lloyds, the Foreign Office and Cambridge University.
He is the author of Inspiring Leadership: Leadership Lessons from My Life (2010), and contributed to the book published by Leigh Bowman-Perks Inspiring Women Leaders (2014). All profits go to their charity the Inspiring Leadership Trust helping vulnerable women and children around the world.
He was Assistant to the Head of the British Army, Chief of Staff of the Army’s largest Brigade and commanded his Company on 3 operational tours. He worked in PwC, IBM and as Penna PLC’s MD of Board and Executive Coaching. HM the Queen awarded him the MBE for his services to leadership in training UN leaders who helped prevent the East Timor massacre.
Jonathan and Leigh live and work in the City of London during the week and relax in the beautiful Lincolnshire countryside at the weekends with their four children-2 daughters at Cambridge and Bangor University, a daughter in Teaching and their son with the Metropolitan Police.
Previous General Counsel Dining Club Events: Testimonials from our General Counsel Guests
- Colin, apologies that it has taken until now for me to email you – it has been ridiculously busy. Nevertheless, I should have been in contact with you sooner to let you know what an enjoyable evening I had at the LBDC dinner. You were a fantastic host, [ ] discussion was thought-provoking, the other guests were very engaging and the venue was exceptional. It also provided [ ] and I with an excellent opportunity to catch up and we managed to squeeze a few pints in after the dinner. I would like to hear more about future LBDC events. I hope you have had a good weekend and I look forward to speaking with you again soon.”
- “Colin, you did it again! That was a great dinner last night – a fantastic setting, an energising and challenging speaker, a great group of people and outsanding food. Above all it was fun and thought provoking, always a great combination. Thanks again for the invitation and I was really pleased I could make it this time. It was great to see you again and I will make sure I don’t leave it so long before we meet up again.”
- “Dear Colin, thanks again for the wonderful organisation and the invitation. I had a very enjoyable evening chatting to you and other guests and everyone I spoke to seems to have had a brilliant time! We also found [ ] talk very helpful and well balanced. I promised to keep in touch with [ ] to help him to navigate…. [ ] , me and [ ] also talked about a girls lunch sometime. We will certainly keep you posted as you were the connector of these all! Enjoy the beautiful sunny day!”
- “Colin, many thanks for your hospitality on Wednesday evening. I thoroughly enjoyed the GC event and meeting both you and my fellow guests. I was at a busy seminar in [ ] yesterday morning, and shamelessly applied the techniques which [ ] shared with us!”
- “Colin, a big thank you for organising last night’s event. A lively discussion, interesting people, great venue, great food – what’s not to like! See you soon”
- “Hi Colin, thanks for a great night last night. It was a really good presentation and discussion. Some interesting views expressed. Best regards”
- “Colin, thanks again for an interesting and enjoyable evening. See you soon.”
- “Colin, a really enjoyable evening! Very many thanks.”
- “Dear Colin Thank you for inviting me. The venue was lovely and the debate was really good. I thoroughly enjoyed myself.”
- “Colin just a quick note from me to thank you and Julie-Ann very much for a most enjoyable evening on Wednesday. I thought it was excellent. Look forward to seeing you again at some point in the future. Best wishes.”
- “Colin, thank you very much for your hospitality on Wednesday. I had a very enjoyable and useful evening. It was nice to meet some GC’s from other organisations. I found the speaker very interesting with good sensible advice we can all use to good effect. Best wishes”
- “Hi Colin, many thanks for the invitation to last week’s GC event. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and thought your choices of venue and speaker were terrific, as usual. Speak soon.
- “Thank you Colin for arranging another great event today which I very much enjoyed. I was just sorry that I couldn’t contribute more to the debate given the parlous state of my vocal chords! I will look forward to seeing you at the next one….! Thanks also to Julie Ann and Karena for sponsoring this morning.”
- “Great session – insightful topics delivered by even more interesting characters. I could well have spent longer as there was clearly further ground to cover/develop. How you manage to consistently attract speakers of such depth and breadth is impressive – are you sure you should not be the one speaking on “Networking”?! Look forward to seeing you Thursday morning.”
- “Hi Colin, I enjoyed the meal, the speakers and the discussion – a great combination! And also a big thank you to Karena and Julie-Ann for sponsoring the event – great location!”
- “Colin, thanks again for another brilliant event. Terrific venue and food, and great speakers! Enjoy St Patricks Day, and I look forward to catching up again soon.”
- “Colin, really enjoyed the event. Excellent venue, two really interesting speakers and good conversation before, during and afterwards. Thanks to you and Invest NI. Enjoy the rest of St P’s day and see you on Thursday!”
- Hi Colin, I enjoyed the GC event very much. A big thank to you, Julie-Ann and Karena for organising it. I look forward to seeing you all at the next event.”
- “ I really enjoyed it and found it very thought-provoking. So sorry I had to run off. Unfortunately, I can’t make Thursday but hope I can make another meeting in future?.”
- “Dear Colin, it was great to see you at your event. I greatly enjoyed it and found the conversation of both speakers very interesting and stimulating. Thank you very much for inviting me, unfortunately, I won’t be free this Thursday morning as I will be in [ ]. However, please do stay in touch and invite me to future events.”
Sponsor: Invest Northern Ireland
” As the regional business development agency, Invest NI’s role is to grow the local economy. We do this by supporting new and existing businesses to compete internationally, and by attracting new investment to Northern Ireland.
We are part of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment and provide strong government support for business by effectively delivering the Government’s economic development strategies.
Invest NI offers the Northern Ireland business community a single organisation providing high-quality services, programmes, support and expert advice.
We principally support those businesses that can make the greatest contribution to growing our economy. These are businesses that have ability to grow and drive productivity in the economy and are keen to export their goods and services outside Northern Ireland. “
My thanks to Karena Vaughan (Director of Europe) and Julie-Ann Brace (Business Development Director) at Invest Northern Ireland for sponsoring this exclusive LBDC event.
Colin Carroll
CEO
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