Dear Members of the Perrett Laver RISE Leadership Network,
We are pleased to share with you the latest developments and opportunities within the Network and wider Perrett Laver business, which we hope you will find interesting for yourselves as members and also for your contacts and colleagues; please do feel free to share with those you think may wish to engage with this month’s news.
April content summary:
- Relaunching the Network
- Board experience opportunities: Perrett Laver Governance Apprenticeship Programme
- How To Stay In Academia: Perrett Laver sponsors the 2022 BME Early Career Researchers Conference
- Spotlight opportunities: Trustee, Surrey Cricket Board
- Perrett Laver April 2022 live roles
As ever, we welcome your thoughts and suggestions on how we may best support you going forward, and look forward to working with you all on more networking opportunities in the not too distant future.
We would love to hear from you and as a reminder you can reach us at our dedicated email inbox BMENetwork@perrettlaver.com.
Stay safe and well!
Perrett Laver RISE Leadership Network Team
Relaunching the Network
We have alluded over the last couple of newsletters to some changes taking place behind the scenes here in the Network team, as we strive to align our activities more closely with what members have indicated they would like to see from the Network.
We are focusing keenly on bringing our members Insight, Opportunity, and Connection to support your career development in the mission driven sectors that Perrett Laver works with. We work with a globally leading suite of organisations that we can help our members to connect with for executive and non-executive opportunities, and we are committed to providing insights and tools to equip you for success in leadership competitions.
You will note one major change is our name – the Perrett Laver BME Leadership Network is now the Perrett Laver RISE Leadership Network. We have been mindful of the Network name and brand in terms of inspiring our members, reflecting positivity, and the success we aim to support Network members to achieve in their careers, through joining with us here. We hope you like the new name and branding, and we will shortly be launching a website to gather the range of opportunities and events on offer in one new home.
Board Experience Opportunities
Perrett Laver’s Governance Apprenticeship Programme (GAP) was launched in 2021 in partnership with the higher education sector to address the lack of diversity at board level and of a diverse pipeline of board members in the sector. GAP connects talented individuals with the opportunity to shadow a board for one year, such that they are part of a sustainable pipeline of accomplished individuals who will strengthen the diversity and outlook of boards in the future.
We are shortly going to be launching the 2022 cohort of GAP apprentices, and this year we are expanding the opportunities available beyond higher education into the arts and cultural sectors. We are bringing this development to RISE Network members first – we will be opening the applications portal for potential apprentices officially next month but should you wish to find out more about participating (either as an apprentice or as a host organisation) then please do email the network at BMENetwork@perrettlaver.com.
You can find out more through the GAP website https://www.diversitygap.co.uk/ and read our 2021 impact report here.
Book Your Place at the 2022 BME Early Career Researcher Conference
Perrett Laver and the RISE Leadership Network are delighted to be sponsoring the 2022 Black and Minority Ethnic Early Career Researcher Hybrid Conference: How To stay In Academia, which will take place on 7th July.
Founded by RISE Leadership Network member Dr Bernadine Idowu-Onibokun and now in its 6th year, the conference is co-hosted by King’s College London and University of West London. This year’s theme is Making The Invisible Visible.
The underrepresentation of Black and Minority Ethnic staff in academia is noticeable as the student body is not reflected in the staff teaching them. Disparities in outcomes occur across the academic journey as observed in degree-awarding gaps for BME students and the underrepresentation of BME academics in senior roles. For example, currently, there are 22,795 University professors in the UK, from those 6,340 are women and from those only 40 are Black women.
By attending the conference, you will have the opportunity to hear how BME academics have navigated their journey, network, get a mentor and empower yourself through the workshops.
You can find out more about the speakers and book your place here.
Spotlight Opportunities
Trustee, Surrey Cricket Foundation
An invitation: collaborate with us
We are always pleased to discuss how we may support members’ work in their own organisations and with their local staff networks. We are already speaking with some of you about supporting your in-house events and welcome the chance to work with more of our members on a local level, sharing insights into executive search, advice on applying for leadership opportunities, and supporting you to develop wider networks. If you would like to discuss collaborating with the Perrett Laver BME Leadership Network, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Perrett Laver April 2022 Live Opportunities
| Title | Company | Location | Date expires |
| Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor – Equality, Diversity and Inclusion | University of Salford | Manchester, UK | 26/04/2022 |
| Board Chair | Avaaz | Flexible | 23/04/2022 |
| Board Director | Leicestershire County Cricket Club | Leicestershire | 17/05/2022 |
| CEO | National Star | Ullenwood, Gloucestershire | 05/05/2022 |
| Chair | Maudsley Charity | London | 26/04/2022 |
| Chair and Professor, Department of Computer Science | University of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | Never |
| Chair in Management | The University of Manchester | Oxford Road, Manchester | 21/05/2022 |
| Chief Capacities Officer and Chief Program Officer | NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) | Position will be based in one of NRDC’s office locations. | 14/05/2022 |
| Chief Development Officer | WHO Foundation | Geneva | 17/05/2022 |
| Chief Executive Officer | Methodist Independent Schools Trust (MIST) | London | 29/04/2022 |
| Chief Executive Officer | International Science Council | Paris, France | 30/04/2022 |
| Chief Executive Officer | KSI Education | UK | 13/05/2022 |
| Chief Executive Officer | Concern Worldwide | Dublin, Ireland | 14/05/2022 |
| Chief Operations Officer | Practical Action | UK, or in Bangladesh, Kenya, Nepal, Senegal, or Zimbabwe | 24/05/2022 |
| Clinical Director, Small Animal Services | University of Cambridge | Cambridge, England | 17/05/2022 |
| Committee Members | RYA Midlands | Midlands | 10/05/2022 |
| COO | Langley Park Learning Trust | London | 29/04/2022 |
| Dean of the Goodman School of Business | Brock University | Ontario, Canada | 31/05/2022 |
| Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Enterprise) | Australian Catholic University | Melbourne, North Sydney, or Brisbane | 14/05/2022 |
| Director General and CEO | Japan House | London | 16/05/2022 |
| Director of Advancement | University of Aberdeen | Aberdeen, Scotland | 22/04/2022 |
| Director of Development | Scottish Chamber Orchestra | Edinburgh | 14/05/2022 |
| Director of Human Resources | University of Winchester | Winchester | 21/04/2022 |
| Director of the School of Chinese Medicine | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 23/04/2022 |
| Director, MBA Programmes | University of Bradford | Bradford, England | 28/04/2022 |
| Director, School of Social Work | University of British Columbia Okanagan | Kelowna, British Columbia | Never |
| Director, University of Nottingham Food Systems Institute | Nottingham | 23/05/2022 | |
| Director, Walanga Muru | Macquarie University | Sydney, Australia | 02/05/2022 |
| Executive Director | Ruby Central | Remote | 30/04/2022 |
| Executive Director PACE | World Resources Institute (WRI) | The Hague, the Netherlands | 10/05/2022 |
| Five (5) Members of the Board of Trustees | Brock University | St. Catharines, Ontario | 30/04/2022 |
| Head of School of Management and Marketing | University of Westminster | Central London | 17/05/2022 |
| Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery | University of Plymouth | Plymouth | 26/04/2022 |
| Home Bursar | Worcester College, University of Oxford | Oxford | 10/05/2022 |
| Independent Board Members | Buckinghamshire Cricket | Buckinghamshire | 04/05/2022 |
| Institute Director: The MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences | UKRI / Medical Research Council / Imperial College London | London, United Kingdom | 31/05/2022 |
| Is-ganghellor/Vice-Chancellor | Bangor University | Bangor, Wales | 09/05/2022 |
| Middle Leaders’ Network | n/a | Never | |
| Office of the Vice-Chancellor | University of Cambridge | Cambridge | 26/04/2022 |
| Principal and Vice-Chancellor | University of the West of Scotland | Paisley, Scotland | 17/05/2022 |
| Principal Director | The George Institute for Global Health | Australia | 20/05/2022 |
| Pro Vice-Chancellor/Head of College – Central Saint Martins | University of the Arts London | London, England | 03/05/2022 |
| Professor and Head of Department, Civil Engineering | Monash University | Clayton Campus, Melbourne, Australia | 12/05/2022 |
| Professor of Computer Science | Deakin University | Victoria, Australia | 04/05/2022 |
| Professor of Dementia Studies and Director of the Association for Dementia Studies | University of Worcester | Worcester, UK | 01/06/2022 |
| Professor of Pathology | University of Cambridge | Cambridge | 10/05/2022 |
| Professor/ Clinical Professor, Director of the School of Public Health | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 15/06/2022 |
| Professors of Architecture | Deakin University | Geelong, Australia | 18/05/2022 |
| Programmes Director | ILGA – Europe | Brussels, Belgium | 30/04/2022 |
| Programming and Communications Lead | The Dan David Prize | Tel Aviv (potential for remote working) | 06/05/2022 |
| Provost | HKUST | Hong Kong | Never |
| Provost and Vice-President Academic | University of British Columbia Okanagan | Kelowna, British Columbia | 30/04/2022 |
| Rector | University of Graz | Graz, Austria | 11/05/2022 |
| Secretary General, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands | Ramsar | Gland, Switzerland | 17/05/2022 |
| Senior Vice President, Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science | Conservation International | Flexible; Arlington, VA or Seattle, WA preferred | 03/05/2022 |
| Supervisory Board Members | Aidsfonds – Soa Aids Nederland | Amsterdam | 29/04/2022 |
| Trustee | Surrey Cricket Foundation | London | 30/04/2022 |
| Trustee | Bristol Zoological Society | Flexible with in-person meetings in Bristol | 21/05/2022 |
| Vice President (Partnerships & Engagement) | Singapore Management University | Singapore | 28/04/2022 |
| VP, Policy & Content Review | Oversight Board | San Francisco, USA | 10/05/2022 |
Live Opportunities
All of Perrett Laver’s current live searches are visible on the Perrett Laver vacancies section of the website. Please use the following link to access them: https://candidates.perrettlaver.com/vacancies.
