Thursday, February 20, 2020
University Women’s Club invites Wharton Club members to join its speaker’s series ‘A Duty Beyond Our Pockets’ by Dr Maggie Semple.
We have a duty beyond our pockets. Drawing on her extensive corporate and business career, Maggie will explore how having a strong purpose is good for business. She will look at the language of inclusion and encourage the audience to rethink some assumptions. The session will be interactive and engaging and participants will leave with a few tips for immediate action.
Dr. Maggie Semple, OBE, FCGI, PhD (Hon), MA, B.Ed
Maggie is a successful businesswoman and entrepreneur. She is described as gently formidable – a voice of reason. She is a thought-leader on agile frameworks, cultural change, diversity, inclusion & ethics with a particular emphasis on leadership development and governance. She is regularly asked to chair international conferences, facilitate private meetings and negotiate difficult deals.
FREE ADMISSION
Thursday 20 February 2020
6.30pm – Drinks Reception (Pay Bar) / 7pm – Talk
Optional Buffet Supper: Members £23.00 / Guests £27.00
Booking in advance
The University Women’s Club
2 Audley Square, Mayfair, London W1K 1DB
https://www.universitywomensclub.com
Speaker Profile:
Dr. Maggie Semple, OBE, FCGI, PhD (Hon), MA, B.Ed
Maggie is a successful business woman and entrepreneur. She is described as gently formidable – a voice of reason. She is a thought-leader on agile frameworks, cultural change, diversity, inclusion & ethics with a particular emphasis on leadership development and governance. She is regularly asked to chair international conferences, facilitate private meetings and negotiate difficult deals
Formerly an academic, Maggie began advising governments in the 1990s. She has been a member of several high-profile UK Government and European Union task groups and represented the UK in Greece and Hong Kong. From 1997-2001 Maggie was Director of the Learning Experience at the Millennium Dome and from 2001-2008, a Civil Service Commissioner responsible for upholding the values of appointment on merit.
Maggie established The Experience Corps Ltd (TEC), a global consultancy firm in 2001. TEC provides strategic advice on facilitating agile approaches, business ethics, leadership, cultural change, organisational effectiveness, board development, women’s development and exploration of new markets. TEC has a team of global associates with clients in the professional services, financial, technological and energy sectors. Maggie also works with a family office in the Middle East.
In 2010, Maggie founded the Semple brand comprising a luxury bespoke womenswear business with a working atelier in Covent Garden, London, an online magazine with over 8m viewers and an events programme.
Maggie serves on a range of Boards. She is a NED of Jamaica National UK Ltd, NED University of Cambridge, member of the Queen’s Counsel Selection Panel, a Trustee of the South Bank Arts Centre and Chair of the Kerry Nicholls Dance Company. She was formerly a Non-Executive Director of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) where she chaired the Audit and Risk Committee.
Maggie is a Fellow of the City & Guilds Institute, one of 500 Fellowships awarded since 1878, is cited in International Who’s Who and was awarded an OBE in 2001.
