Purpose
The Student Forum is an advisory body which was launched in September 2017. The purpose of the Forum is to enable a formal and constructive relationship between the The Institute and the student body in the UK, to provide feedback on the UK student experience, act as a sounding board to the learning team about how The Institute can enhance what it offers and to facilitate a student member network.
Structure
The Student Forum consists of ten student members to best represent a wide cross-section of the student body including Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme and short course students, masters students, university graduates, people becoming a governance professional as their second or third career and those with a mix of age, background and gender. There are also four ex-officio members of the team.
| Forum Members | |
|---|---|
| James Wickham (Chair) |
Company Secretarial Assistant, British American Tobacco |
| Nick Ivory (Deputy Chair) |
Company Secretarial Assistant, National Grid |
| I. Stephanie Boyce |
Director, Stephanie Boyce Consulting Limited |
| Samira Chambas |
Company Secretarial Assistant, Aviva |
| Rory Herbert |
LLM Corporate Governance and Law/GradCG Master’s student, University of Portsmouth |
| Arun Hothi |
Corporate Secretary, Deutsche Bank |
| Bhavini Kundaiker |
Assistant Company Secretary, AngloGold Ashanti |
| Charlotte Mepham |
Assistant Company Secretary, Balfour Beatty |
| Stuart Riddick |
Senior Company Secretarial Assistant, Royal Horticultural Society |
| Amber Tighe |
Company Secretarial Manager, World Remit |
What the Forum has achieved so far:
- December 2017 - The Forum provided feedback during the decision process to source a new London exam venue
- July 2018 - The Forum was invited to join The Institute's branch chairs summit
- July 2018 - The Forum is now holding student-focussed sessions at The Institute's Annual Conference
- October 2018 – The Forum organised a student member networking event at The Institute's headquarters in London which was attended to full capacity
- November 2018 – The Forum had an article published in the Governance and Compliance magazine
- May 2019 – The Forum held its second student member networking event in London
Timing
The Student Forum meets twice a year, shortly after each exam session.
Get involved
The UK Student Forum gives student members the opportunity to get involved and strengthen the student voice.
Please take advantage of this and attend one of our student events, meet your peers and develop your profile. You can also get in touch by contacting us at studentforum@icsa.org.uk.