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Make an Impact – Professionally, Personally, Socially

March 18, 2026
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
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Make an Impact – Professionally, Personally, Socially
Wednesday 18 March, 18:30 – 21:30

 

How a charity role can accelerate your career, help you give back to society, and allow you to indulge your passions. Our C-suite panel of experienced Trustees and NEDs will share how board-level roles in arts and culture have enriched their careers – enhancing strategic thinking, governance capability, communication, and decision-making, and how these skills translate directly into stronger performance, greater visibility, and broader influence across corporate and entrepreneurial environments.

 

We’ll explore how using your professional expertise for a cause you care about can bring personal reward, purpose, and stronger community connection. We’ll outline the roles available, what’s expected, the time commitment, and how your specialist skills can provide vital support to charities facing increasing pressures. If you want to grow as a leader, build a portfolio career, and apply your knowledge where it truly matters, this event will help you take the next step.

 

Jolyon Barker (MBA 94D) is a Deloitte Partner with a portfolio of board roles. Formerly on the Deloitte Global Executive and previously their global Technology, Media and Telecoms leader, he combines strategic transformation expertise with deep commercial insight to both commercial and charitable organisations. His Board experience covers Glyndebourne Opera, INSEAD, the Contemporary Art Society, the British Council, the Clore Foundation and the ChangeTheFace Alliance, advancing diversity in the global technology sector. He is also a member of the Royal Foundation Business Taskforce for Early Years Development.

 

Bernard Donoghue OBE is Chair, Director, Trustee and Ambassador for Tourism, Heritage and Culture Organisations. A highly successful communicator, policy analyst, lobbyist and strategist, he works at CEO level representing the UK’s most iconic and important cultural, heritage, and tourism organisations. He has over 30 years board experience, working with some of the UK’s best-known and well-regarded NGO’s.

 

Clare Gough (MBA 94D) is a Trustee of Art Fund and Director of The Garfield Weston Foundation, which donates around £100m p.a. to UK charities. She was formerly on the Senior Leadership Team at the National Gallery, and more recently a Founding Director of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, leading the restoration of Sir John Soane’s country home.

 

Andrew Woodward (MBA 93J) is a Board Advisor for consumer-focused scale-ups and Deputy Chair of the Chelsea Physic Garden, London’s oldest botanical garden, where he sits on several sub-committees and is NED of its trading subsidiary. He is also a Trustee of the Fashion & Textile Children’s Trust and a NED at Digital Boost. Prior to pursuing a portfolio career, he spent 30 years in marketing and commercial roles across retail, ecommerce and financial services, including John Lewis, Selfridges, MasterCard, and Hush.

 

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