Gillian Camm

Gillian is the co- author of the best-selling book Board Talk – 18 crucial conversations that count inside and outside the boardroom. She has published in the Financial Times and The Journal of General Management. Gillian has had over 30 years working at board level in a wide a variety of settings – from the private sector PLC environment through to a family-owned company. She was the senior independent director at Wessex Water, a main board director at Clerical Medical Investment Group and a world-wide partner of the Hay Group. She has conducted several governance reviews in a range of different sectors. Throughout her working life she has been instrumental in building boards for a large number of different organisations. 

She was chair of the Leadership Foundation and of the University of the West of England. In all these roles she has been actively involved in working with investors, regulators, and consumer groups and in reviewing and redeveloping systems of governance. Gillian now has her own consultancy and coaching business working with organisations to improve their board and governance effectiveness. She also coaches founders, chief executives and senior leaders through crucial transitions such as business sales, organisation or personal transformations.