Chairpersons' Network [Online]

01 July 2021

11:00–12:30

Online

Please note online booking  for this event has now closed.  If you have any queries please contact governance@ipa.ie

Leadershift for 2021 and Beyond

Our next Chairpersons' Network event will be a facilitated session led by the Emmy-award winning former CNN anchor, Gina London. Gina is the CEO of Language of Leadership, and advises and coaches executives from the top companies in the world including Facebook, Salesforce, MSD, Oracle and KPMG.   

Gina will help Chairpersons to discover how to confidently and comfortably embody their Chairperson role through an engaging and meaningful conversation-style workshop. Among the areas explored together, expect to: 

Speakers

Gina London

Gina is CEO of Language of Leadership and is a renowned global expert on leadership communications.

With premier clients in five continents, she represents some of the top companies and executives in the world.

An Emmy-winning former CNN correspondent and anchor, Gina brings her passion for people and storytelling as she develops leaders to more positively connect and engage with their employees, their board and themselves. Her Fortune 500 clients include SAP, Salesforce, Facebook, McKesson, Merck, Pernod-Ricard, Deloitte, Daimler, JP Morgan and the United States Department of State. 

In addition, Gina provides interactive and motivational keynote speeches on the power of communicating with purpose and impact.  She brings her network interview skills when she profiles top leaders like Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford, Jr; EY Global CEO Mark Weinberger, Huffington Post CEO Jared Grusd and Nobel Peace Prize winners Oscar Arias and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. She has also facilitated or compèred hundreds of events – like the prestigious 2018 International Children’s Peace Prize in Cape Town, South Africa. 

In humanitarian roles, Gina chaired UNICEF’s International Council for two years - leading global events at the United Nations in New York and Innocenti in Florence, Italy.  Gina also worked with the first Iraqi women running for Parliament, women’s civil rights leaders in the Persian Gulf, and issues activists in Ghana, Egypt, Tunisia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Macedonia and Romania.

A published author and regular news analyst on radio and TV, Gina also currently writes the weekly business leadership column, “The Communicator” for Ireland’s largest newspaper, The Sunday Independent and has featured in a wide range of global media outlets including (New Zealand) Newstalk ZB; (Italy): Le Notizie; La Repubblica (Nigeria): The Nation, Your View, TVC, Channels TV; (Romania): In Business Today; (Egypt): The Rose; (UK); BBC; (US): CNN, Fox News, The Orlando Sentinel, The Denver Post, and Fast Company.