Lunch & Learn Session: Q&A Board Governace
Square Circle | Lunch & Learn: Board Governance Q&A - NED Experience
📅 17th of April
⏰ 12pm (UK)
💻 Online Session - meet.google.com/aub-uozi-qzz
Square Circle is hosting a Lunch & Learn session focused on Board Governance in practice, featuring an open Q&A conversation with experienced board leaders.
This session is designed for Board Directors, NEDs, Chairs, C-suite executives, founders, fractional leaders, and investors, as well as those starting or evolving their board and advisory journey.
Rather than a traditional presentation, this will be an interactive Q&A session, giving participants the opportunity to ask direct questions and explore how governance works in real boardroom environments.
What we’ll cover
The real role and purpose of a board
Board dynamics and decision-making in practice
Governance across different environments (enterprise, regulated, scale-up)
Common governance challenges and how boards navigate them
Career paths into board and NED roles
Open Q&A on Corporate Governance topics raised by participants
Speakers
Alessandro Hatami
Non-Executive Director and board advisor with extensive experience across banking, fintech, and digital transformation. Former senior executive at PayPal, Lloyds Banking Group, and GE Capital. Brings deep expertise in governance within regulated and technology-led environments.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aehatami/
Kelly Kuhn
C-suite executive, independent Non-Executive Director, and board committee chair with over 30 years of global leadership experience. Serves on multiple boards across listed and multinational organisations, with deep expertise in governance, remuneration, and board effectiveness.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-l-kuhn/
Host - Mario Rivas
Founder, entrepreneur, and business advisor with over 20 years of global leadership experience. Led operations and teams of up to 8,000 people and managed P&L responsibility exceeding £200M across multiple sectors. Founder of Square Circle, a community of board-level leaders focused on governance, leadership, and decision-making. Brings deep expertise in business integration and automation.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariorivassanchez/
Format
Short introduction
Live Q&A session
Interactive discussion with participants
This is a small, focused session designed to create honest, practical conversations around governance, not theory.
Link for the session - meet.google.com/aub-uozi-qzz
Link for our executive community on whatsapp - https://chat.whatsapp.com/EB9Z75Hu6OS1wR22ZPSMB6?mode=gi_t