Leadership and governance: insights as a CEO and Board Director

Understanding the key differences between the responsibilities of the Board and the Executive is essential to effective governance. Changing needs of the sector require governing body members to be agile, which can see people transition between different roles.

This episode will explore the transition of a governing body member from the board into an executive role. Chris Stewart transitioned into the CEO role of Helping Hand and will share his experiences and lessons learnt having been both a board member and now chief executive officer. 

Chris Stewart has extensive executive level leadership experience across diverse sectors including professional services, financial services and healthcare and has experience in corporate governance for over 20 years.  Chris was a Board Director of Helping Hand for nine years and chaired the Finance and Property Committee from 2012 to 2015. In 2019 he took on the position as the CEO of Helping Hand.

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