Dr. John E. Brothers

Author, adjunct professor and Senior Fellow at Support Centre for Non Profit Managers

John Brothers is a recognised leader in the non profit and philanthropic arena with over 20 years experience. He has worked with a number of governments internationally to advise on relationships with the third sector and is an Adjunct Professor at New York University and the Hauser Centre for Non-profit Organisations at Harvard University. He is the Editor of the Journal for Non Profit Management, a blogger at Stanford Social Innovation Review and has contributed to a book on non profit leadership and authored Building Non-profit Capacity; Strategic Tools for Managing Change published October 2011. John will speak about the life cycle of non profit organisations and how to ensure effective leadership and change in moments of transition, crisis or opportunity.

Rick Moyer – Daring to Lead - the US Perspective

Vice President for Programmes and Communications
Meyer Foundation, USA

Since 2003 Rick Moyers has directed the Meyer Foundation’s widely recognised programmes to strengthen the management and leadership of the Foundation’s grantees and strengthen the non profit sector in Washington DC. He also now leads the foundation’s communications and grant making team. Rick has a background in non profit leadership, and is the author of The Non Profit Chief Executive’s Ten Basic Responsibilities (2006) and co-authored A Snapshot of American’s Nonprofit Boards. He has also co-authored Daring to Lead 2006 and Daring to Lead 2010, which is a national study of over 3,000 non profit leaders in the US. Rick comes to the conference to share key trends and reflections in non profit leadership from Daring to Lead, such as how organisations and leaders have coped in the recession and how boards have coped with succession and transition.

Majella McCloskey, Chief Executive CO3

Leadership at the Crossroads

Majella has been CO3’s Chief Executive for 6 years. Almost 300 charity chief executives and directors hold membership of CO3. The organisation has deepened its work in leadership development and capacity building, undertaking the development of the unique third sector leadership competency framework to follow up on the CO3 Leadership research. The organisation also continues to support its members through moments of enormous challenge. Majella will connect CO3’s leadership development work with the reality of running third sector organisations in the current climate.

Michael Tripp - Group Chief Executive, Ecclesiastical

'Leadership for mission and margin - social enterprise insurance'

Michael is Group Chief Executive of Ecclesiastical which is a global insurance organisation founded almost 125 years ago by the Anglican Church and which donates all profits to the AllChurches Trust. Michael joined Ecclesiastical at the beginning of 2007 from global professional services practice, Ernst and Young, where he was responsible for the firm’s Property and Casualty Actuarial team for the UK company market. A qualified actuary, he has more than 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry. Prior to joining the consultancy profession in 1999, Michael held director level appointments at Guardian Royal Exchange in its UK general insurance business as well as strategic planning and business development, including the establishment of Guardian Health. Michael now oversees Ecclesiastical’s UK and international businesses and is responsible for over 1,000 staff. Ecclesiastical is the UK’s 7th largest corporate donor. Michael will share his reflections on leadership for mission and margin and how it has been possible to run a global business whilst still making a significant contribution to the community.

The Conference also includes

• Question Time discussion with figures from local government and political parties
• Master classes
• Walk the Peace Bridge active workshop
• Conference Gala Dinner including The Voyager Awards for Third Sector Leaders