Helios Dinner Group
We host a dinner group for chief executives, directors and trustees from not for profit organisations which provides a forum for informal and sometimes confidential discussions on issues relevant to the third sector under the confidential Chatham House rule. Our members are detailed below. Please email us at plj@heliosconsulting.co.uk if you would like to join us.
We meet twice a year at Central London venues – our hosting venues have included the Royal Institute for Public Health; UBS; and Flemings’ Hotel. Costs of the dinners are divided between those who attend.
Guest speakers and their topics over the last few years have included
- David King, formerly Finance Director of Cancer Research UK, about “The Challenges of Merge - : Bringing together Cancer Research and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund”.
- Andrew Hind, Chief Executive of the Charity Commission, on “The Governance Priorities for not for profits.”
- Mike O’Donovan, formerly Chief Executive of the MS Society, on “Managing Roles in the private and third sectors – the similarities and differences.”
- Tony Redmond, Local Government Ombudsman for England, talking about “Developing partnerships between local government and the third sector.”
- Mark Wolpert, Chief Executive of the Wellcome Trust, about “The Difficult Art of Giving.”
- Professor Paul Palmer, then at South Bank University, about “Performance Standards in the Not for Profit Sector.”
- Chris Stanford, partner in charge of recruitment in the public and not for profits sectors at Odgers, discussing “The Changing expectations of Chief Executives in not for profit organisations.”
- Jon Rouse, then CE of the Housing Corporation, about the challenges of moving to “Regulating in the Tenants’ Interests”
- Chris Bones, Principal of Henley Management College, on the topical issue of Ethical Leadership.
