Monthly Meeting
Monday 1st July 2013 – 6pm
Address Details:
Nabarro LLP, Lacon House, 84 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8RW
Jean Pousson
‘Squaring up to the FD/CFO’
Ignorance of financial matters is no excuse. Nor is blind faith on the FD/CFO. Directors, in law, have a duty of care to understand financial matters as it appertains to their organisations. This short presentation will highlight directors’ duties in the field of finance, what to expect from their FD/CFO, what are elements of a solid Financial Strategy and will look at many examples of good and bad practice.
To book please go to: www.theexecutivenetwork.org
The cost for members is £10
Guests who meet the membership criteria of The Executive Network are most welcome. Please send a brief biography/LinkedIn profile to Joan & Sue.
The cost for guests is £10
Cancellations must be made by notifying us by email at [email protected]. Members and guests who cancel at least 3 days prior to the event will receive a full refund.
Jean Pousson is a Director and founding shareholder of Board Evaluation Limited (www.board-evaluation.co.uk), a specialised consultancy practice set up in 2011 which provides board evaluation,strategic health checks,and various training and consultancy services to an international client base.
Jean Previously held the position of Director of Studies at the TSB Group Management College where he was responsible for overall academic leadership, but with direct responsibility for finance and strategy programmes and consultancy activities.
Jean spent two years in the City of London with DC Gardner & Company(now Euromoney plc) as Assistant Director, Corporate Banking. His banking career at Barclays Bank spanned 15 years and within the last five years he occupied various management positions within retail and corporate banking.
For the last 25 years, Jean has lectured and consulted on issues of strategic planning and implementation, risk and finance to an international client base consisting of financial services organisations,SME’s, multinationals, charities, housing associations, professional firms and public sector bodies. Some examples of past and present clients: ACAS, British Medical Journal,Callaway Golf,Credit Suisse, Esso Europe, ICL (Ireland), KPMG, Ministry of Defence,nhs Medway Kent, Nedcor Bank (South Africa), Ptsb Bank (Ireland), Serco Group plc, Veritas Software (Ireland), Wragge & Co.
As well as maintaining his own client base Jean is a regular contributor to the Institute of Directors Director Diploma based programmes on Strategy and Finance and is currently the lead finance consultant.He also contributes to programmes run by The Institute of Credit Management and speaks regularly at Vistage,the San Diego based, Chief Executive network which is the largest in the world.
He has a B.Comm degree from the University of Witwatersrand(South Africa),is a Chartered Member of The Institute of Bankers in South Africa(CAIBSA),received a distinction of the joint Barclays/University of Witwatersrand Senior Management Programme(a nine month long executive programme) and obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration from The University of Warwick(1996)
A keen sports enthusiast he has run over 20 marathons including 3 ultra marathons.Loves travel,history and a good comedy.(www.jeanpousson.com)
For a more details ,including video downloads,blogs, and articles written,please see www.board-evaluation.co.uk.
