CPD 360 Conference

Focussed learning, face-to-face, is the best way to learn.

We have designed a busy agenda for this exciting conference, covering leadership, business, technical, digital and people skills - so you can achieve your CPD in one day!

Expert speakers will cover:

• Running a business
• How to use AI Language Models (eg ChatGPT)
• Effective forecasting
• The traits of a high performing leader
• Growth mindset

The day will be fun with an added (optional) zoo discovery walk . You will also have complimentary access to the zoo when the conference is over until it closes at 6pm.

Book before April 30 and you will benefit from an early bird discounted price of only £70.00 inc VAT.*

The day would also suit a team building day and we have a special price of five tickets for the price of four.

Non-members welcome.

Dress code casual.

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Location

Chester Zoo, Gate House & Events Centre, Caughall Rd, Upton, Chester CH2 1LP

Speakers

Clare Haynes

A professional speaker, coach and facilitator for more than two decades, Clare Haynes specialises in helping people feel valued by putting the human into being at work. Working in organisation restructuring, Clare has worked broadly in team development and in helping directors and CEOs achieve success. She holds a degree in psychology and qualifications in marketing, performance, neuro-linguistic programming, coaching and Advanced Treatment of Trauma and Complex PTSD. Her prior career spanned television, sport, charity, and the social sectors. Clare has worked with finance teams and organisations such as CIMA for more than 15 years.

Joe van Gelder

Joe van Gelder is the CEO and founder of www.powdr.co.uk; first-of-its-kind financial forecasting software. Powdr builds three statement models that are simple to use, easy to update and unbreakable by design. Joe's mission is to make “big business forecasting tools” available and affordable to SMEs and startups.

Having started his career in a restructuring team in a bank, Joe was often provided with poor quality financial information that he had to make a complex lending decision over. Being in the bank, he couldn’t do anything directly to help clients fix this. To change this, Joe retrained as an accountant whilst working for a global consultancy firm in corporate finance. He became a specialist in his field, building incredibly high-quality, easy to understand, three statement integrated models for large corporates.

In 2017 Joe set up his own consulting firm, helping SMEs and large corporates build stakeholder ready forecasts and analysis. Most of Joe’s clients have been businesses in distressed situations or healthy companies looking to raise debt or equity. He works with and for PE, VCs, debt funds and all major banks.

Recognising the need for KPI driven forecasting in all businesses, Joe set out to build his modelling techniques into software. After 2 years of development and testing, in September 2023 Joe launched Powdr.

Emma Willder

Emma established Beyond Profit in 2017 having taken the leap into self-employment. She has worked in the charity sector for over 15 years managing multidisciplinary teams ranging from finance to marketing.

Beyond Profit helps charities thrive by providing outsourced finance and governance support. With a proven track record in both these areas she is passionate about sharing this with others.

Emma has grown Beyond Profit from a solo enterprise into a team of 9. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and holds their Members in Practice Certificate. She also holds a certificate in Charity Law and Governance from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators and is an affiliate member of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners. Emma is Vice Chair of CIMA’s Member in Practice Committee, is a Trustee of Wood Street Mission and is Treasurer of both Bolton Cancer Voices and Howfen FC.

Gary Cox

Gary has a diverse background of senior leadership experience. His story demonstrates that anything is possible in your career if you convert to a growth mindset and take ownership of your career.

He was a Senior Director at Johnson and Johnson Ltd, leading Business Strategy, Strategic Marketing, Information Technology and Finance for 18 years across EMEA.

During this period, he helped achieve geographical market growth by creating strategies based on becoming more competitive and responsive to the market challenges. His Finance and cross functional leadership background helped him develop investment programs and build capabilities to deploy strategies across EMEA. He encouraged teams and individuals to think beyond any constraints and usual ways of thinking to deliver results never seen before.

He followed his passion and is now a full-time business coach, mentor & conference speaker with a purpose. He delivers coaching sessions to help senior leaders develop capabilities within their organisation. He also mentors’ individuals to help them advance in their careers. He worked on the governments,” Help to grow scheme”, as an SME Business Mentor.

In 2023, the Executive Dean at Leeds University honoured him with an award for his work Mentoring students at Leeds Business School.