Wed 11 May 2022 - The benefits of Mindfulness and self-awareness have regularly featured in some way in the media over the past few years. It has long been recognised by practitioners that mindfulness leads to a calmer and clearer state of mind, and better interaction with others around us… But what about the impact of mindfulness in the demanding professional context and senior governance roles?
Join us for this inspiring event with our speaker, David Butcher, to explore what mindfulness really is, and how it can make a difference to your professional effectiveness as well as your overall life. David is a mindfulness specialist, as well as having extensive governance experience in the pensions and investment industry.
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At the IFoA, Sophie is Deputy Chair of the Risk Management Board and Chair of the Committee for Lifelong Learning in Risk Management, as well as member of the Designated Professional Body Board. She is also a member of the Audit, Risk and Investment Committee at Engineering UK.
Sophie has expertise in business strategy and risk oversight in the financial services sector. She has held senior roles at international investment banks BNP Paribas, JP Morgan, and ABN Amro over 25 years. She has led global process improvement projects, collaborating with multicultural teams to improve risk management and business performance.
As a risk and strategy advisor, Sophie has mainly focused on the key topics of governance and risk oversight, digitalisation and cognitive diversity and inclusion. She is a member of various NED networks, including: BDO Financial Services NED, Nurole+ & Women on Boards UK, as well as London Business School leadership forums as an MBA alumna.
David has more than 40 years’ experience in the pensions and investment industry. He has been a Chief Executive Officer three times including at Invesco Perpetual Pensions and both the retail and intermediary divisions of Flemings/Save & Prosper, now part of J P Morgan Asset Management.
He has substantial governance experience having served on 16 different boards over 30 years including as a Non-Executive Director of BlackRock Pensions, a Trustee Director of the Legal & General Master Trust, and both a Trustee of the Master Trust and Member of the Independent Governance Committee at Scottish Widows. He is also a Member of the Advisory Board of the Fund Boards Council.
David is a mindfulness specialist and has been practising mindfulness for over 35 years.