An Age of Opportunity - Professor Lynne Berry OBE
Thursday 12th November 2015
Venue: Lucy Cavendish College
Category: Talks & Classes
One Liner: Age of Opportunity
Price Info: FREE
Time Info: 18:19.00
Professor Lynn Berry OBE is the Chair of Breast Cancer Now, Chair of the Commission to the Voluntary Sector and Ageing, Deputy Chair of the Canal and River Trust and Chair of Bwrdd Glandŵr Professor Lynn Berry OBECymru (CRT in Wales); founder of Public Benefit; an associate of Civil Exchange and until recently a non-executive Director of Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust.
Professor Berry works with a number of universities including Cass Business School, City University London, where she is a Visiting Professor, and Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, where she is a Fellow Commoner, to link the corporate and voluntary sectors, support social enterprise and to encourage women’s leadership and professional experiences to be valued in all sectors.
She has been Chair, Chief Executive, Trustee and Non-Executive Director of many public and third sector bodies and an advisor to enterprises, the corporate sector and community businesses. She have been named by Cranfield University as one of the ‘100 Women to Watch’ in relation to the Boards of the FTSE100.
Until September 2011 she was Chief Executive of WRVS (now RVS) and previous posts include Chief Executive of the General Social Care Council, the Equal Opportunities Commission, and the Family Welfare Association and Executive Director of the Charity Commission. She has served on many Government bodies including the Office of Civil Society Advisory Board and several Better Regulation Taskforces, most recently to reduce burdens on charities and social enterprise. Current trusteeships include Cumberland Lodge and Pro Bono Economics. She has been a trustee of many other organisations including NCVO and the National Centre for Social Research and was chair of CPAG. She was Vice Chair of the Deakin Commission on the Future of the Voluntary Sector and have received a number of honours including an OBE and a number of Honorary Doctorates and Fellowships.
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