Katy Amberley

As the chief exec of a large charity with a social justice agenda which focusses on the rights of women and girls globally, Girish Menon brings a broad view to the challenges of leading through turbulent times, relevant to all of us. Katy Amberley is the chief exec of the British Society for Haematology and was keen to invite Girish to speak to us at Society Street to explore what increased global uncertainty means for those of us leading our mission-driven organizations: both for the organizations, but also for us as individuals.

Join us in conversation with societies about their governance, discussing the need for an evolving governance structure that meets the needs of our changing organisations. Is your board of directors or trustees made up of 30 people or three? (And which is better?) Who on your board has responsibility for communications or finance? Do they have the appropriate expertise? If not, what should the society do about that? Do members feed in to the decision making at the society? How? Which ways work best?