IoD Midlands Summer

INTRODUCING... OUR
REGIONAL AMBASSADORS
Clive Bridge
A Chartered Director and
Fellow of the IoD, Clive has
a wealth of Board
experience across Midlands
based manufacturing and
financial services businesses, including
Toyota and Wesleyan, a financial services
mutual.
Currently director of Virtue Business
Services, a start-up company focussing on
helping SMEs securing contracts and
building sustainable businesses, he is also
mentor and lecturer on the Nottingham
Business School MBA programme.
Peter Watson
Peter Watson is
managing director
and co-Founder
of Distract, an
innovative and
award-winning
marketing agency based
in the Lincoln. Distract offers paid search,
paid social and digital PR services as well
as an in-house creative team that
encompasses web design and
development.
Peter is also
Managing Director
of Featured, a seed
fund incubator
company
specialising in
helping start-ups
launch.
Carole Harvey
Carole has held senior roles at Boots,
Staffline Group and Halfords, where she
has been a consistent champion of
diversity, believing that companies with a
diverse workforce and leadership team
out-perform their rivals.
Currently she has her own business,
Nous Consulting, as well as roles
mentoring FDs and CEOs. Carole also
guides Mastermind boards for the IoD.
Carole is also a trustee at a number of
charities supporting young people.
More East Midlands
Ambassadors, and
news of IoD West
Midlands: see overleaf
Let’s celebrate the
power of connection
by Alexandra Slack
Over the past year, the landscape
for events has drastically
changed. In the technological
era that we live in, we have
been able to adapt well to live
both personally and
professionally in the virtual
world that Covid-19 has
created.
For some, this will have created
many positive opportunities for
business as people have realised that they
don’t have to meet in person or even be
on the same time zone to network,
connect and do business.
Having said that, I’m sure many of you
are missing the human interaction we get
from face-to-face meetings and events
and are looking forward to getting back
into the swing of things in person, myself
included!
Perhaps I should introduce myself: I am
Alexandra Slack, the IoD East Midlands
Regional Ambassador (Connect & Events).
I like to help members connect with each
other and make sure that they have great
events to attend.
I will be supporting Cari Grice, Branch
Manager of the East and West Midlands,
in the events that she puts on for the IoD.
I am also the founder and MD of The
House of Lifestyle Management, a luxury
lifestyle business (now in its third year of
business), which supplies household staff,
VAs/PAs, a concierge service and private
and corporate events.
In addition I am the founder and CEO
of The Circle Club, a private members
business club that currently operates in
the East Midlands. I focus on coaching
and speaking on time management,
networking and lifestyle maximisation
and manifestation.
My main goal is to help people meet
and collaborate with others. I strongly
believe in the power of connection and
reciprocity to achieve our full potential
both personally and in our
business lives.
I have an extensive career
background in events
management, charity
management and
fundraising and networking
creation, and I guess this is
why I was approached by Gary
Headland to join the IoD, to help
members connect better and
support with events.
With that in mind, I want to know how
you perceive working with clients and
other members moving forward. Do you
aim to meet in person for one-to-ones and
events? Would you prefer to keep them
online? Or would hybrid events be the
best way to satisfy everyone?
Please let me know. Remember, this is
YOUR membership, and we want to make
sure that you are getting what you want
out of it!
Follow the QR Code
here and fill in the survey.
We want to establish
how you would like to see
events being organised going forward.
This will hopefully shape the way IoD
Midlands will run moving forward, and we
want to make sure that your voice is
heard!
If you have any ideas for events, or want
to host your own event, feel free to
connect and get in touch. I look forward to
hearing from you.
Contact me at
Email: alex@thehouseoflm.com
Tel: 01664 784011
https://www.thehouseoflm.com
https://the-circle.club
IoD Ambassadors: Want to get involved?
We are currently seeking the following Ambassadors:
Policy & Governance: Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire
Chartered Director and Professional Development: Leicestershire &
South East Midlands and Greater Lincolnshire & Rutland
• Logistics and/or Agrifood: Greater Lincolnshire & Rutland
Contact cari.grice@iod.com for more details
www.iod.com/westmids/events
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