Getting the Best from Board Performance Reviews

Sangita Shah, Non-Executive Director, Kinovo 

Sangita Shah is the non-executive Chair of AIM traded Kinovo plc and RA International plc, lead board director of NASDAQ listed Forward Industries Inc. and serves on the board of Inspired plc and Ten Entertainment Group plc. Additionally, she serves as investor director on a small portfolio of private companies.

Sangita has extensive experience in corporate finance, journalism and senior consultancy. She has held numerous senior roles within blue chip organisations, including Unilever, Mars, Ernst & Young and KPMG, was a former board director of Swindon Town FC and a past President of the Chartered Institute of Journalists. She has consulted to a number of organisations that include HM Cabinet Office, HSBC and other blue chip companies.

Sangita is a qualified accountant and a frequent keynote Chair and speaker in forums for the Windsor Leadership Trust and in the past the European Parliament and European School of Management.

Inderpreet Kaur Bedi FCG, FCS, MCSI, Principal and Governance & Secretariat Lead, Barnett-Waddingham

Inderpreet is a qualified Chartered Secretary from the Chartered Governance Institute UK and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Inderpreet is a Principal at Barnett Waddingham and leads the Governance and Secretariat team providing consultancy and advisory services to corporates, funds, charities, and legal entities. In her current role, Indepreet has been driving the Governance with a healthy balance of tech and subject matter expertise to offer unique and efficient solutions to the clients which are being highly appreciated.

Before joining BW, she managed Company Secretarial (Cosec) and Administrator services for FTSE-listed funds across jurisdictions with the Apex Group, and brings expertise in governance advisory, strategy, and DEI to her role.

She is an experienced professional with a demonstrated history of working in the renewable, infrastructure, and financial services industry in India and the UK and has held the position of Head of Company Secretariat for the Indian Joint Venture of EDF Energies and Total EREN.

With the ability to manage operational structure, develop strategies, lead, supervise, and deliver projects with quality and high precision combined with strong skills in assimilating complex information, drafting annual reports, analyzing, identifying, and resolving gaps she has been able to become a trusted advisor in the Boardrooms.

Laura Nuttall ACG, Director and Head of Governance, One Advisory

Laura started her professional life as a corporate lawyer, qualifying as a solicitor with Denton Wilde Sapte (now Dentons) in 2000. Following 5 years at Dentons, including an 8-month stint in the Tokyo office, Laura moved to the McGrigors (now Pinsent Masons) corporate department where she worked on domestic and international M&A, joint ventures, IPOs and secondary fundraisings. During her time at McGrigors, Laura completed an 8-month secondment to the Corporate Finance Department of Evolution Securities and was a member of the legal committee of the QCA.

Laura joined One Advisory in 2011 and has turned her attention to how transactions and governance work “in real life”, aiming to identify and implement solutions for clients which are accessible and workable as well as academically sound. She is keenly aware of the resources gap between SMEs and listed giants and looks for ways to help One Advisory’s clients navigate their compliance and governance challenges as constructively and painlessly as possible.

Laura believes in the benefits of good governance and considers that many boards and their companies can benefit enormously from some relatively small shifts in approach, practice and behaviours. The 80:20 rule applies!

Laura holds ACG Chartered Governance Professional status from The Corporate Governance Institute (formerly ICSA) and is Deputy Chair of the QCA Corporate Governance Committee.

James Ashton, Chief Executive, QCA 

James Ashton is Chief Executive of the Quoted Companies Alliance, the members’ organisation that champions small and mid-sized companies whose shares are publicly traded. James was City Editor and Executive Editor of the Evening Standard and Independent titles and before that City Editor of the Sunday Times. He is the author of several business books and chairs Oscar’s Book Prize, the annual search for the UK’s best picture book. James is also a non-executive director of Finsbury Growth & Income, the FTSE 250 investment trust.