Advisory board

The Socia Advisory Board extends the reach of Socia's approach to collaboration by pooling the knowledge of highly experienced and respected group of leaders. The Board members all have first-hand experience of leading businesses that have depended on collaboration for their success. This experience is used to challenge and inform Socia’s work with clients. 

	The Advisory Board is chaired by Julie Baddeley, who, following a career in consulting both in her own business and at Accenture, has held executive and non-executive board positions in FTSE 100 companies, the Department of Health and the Department for Work and Pensions.

The other members of the Board are:

	Charles Jamieson, until recently CEO of Premier Oil, with experience of forming successful long-term global partnerships in the oil sector.
	Kate Nealon, previously Head of Risk for Standard Chartered Bank and currently non-executive director of HBOS, Cable & Wireless and a member of the health regulator, Monitor.
	John Yard, who created several large-scale outsourcing partnerships as Head of Information Technology at the Inland Revenue.

As well as bringing their personal insights to inform Socia's approach, the Board members are available to work as mentors to clients on Socia projects. The Board also host discussion forums throughout the year on key partnering issues.