Director Podcast

In this episode, we discuss the prospects and priorities for 2022 with Dr Roger Barker, Director of Policy, and Kitty Ussher, Chief Economist.

Hosted by Andrew Griffiths, Chair of the IoD's National Sustainability Taskforce (and Director of Planet Mark), this Directors' Briefing podcast was recorded as part of a webinar on the business implications of COP26. Andrew is joined by: IoD Senior Policy Advisor, Alex Hall-Chen; John Scott, Head of Sustainability Risk at Zurich Insurance Group; and Gillian Karran-Cumberlege, Co-Founder of Fideli...

Chief Economist Kitty Ussher discusses the Budget and Spending Review with Director of Policy Dr Roger Barker.

IoD Policy Advisor Emma Rowland discusses the Northern Ireland protocol

In this episode of the Directors' Briefing, Hugo Legh talks to Chief Economist Kitty Ussher about the Directors' Economic Confidence Index

Dr Roger Barker, the IoD's Director of Policy, interviews new Chief Economist Kitty Ussher on the outlook for the UK economy.

Dr Roger Barker (Policy and Corporate Governance Director), Amin Aboushagor (Policy Advisor on corporate governance) and Chris Hodge (Senior Advisor to the IoD’s Centre for Corporate Governance) speak to Hugo Legh (Media and Comms Lead) on the ‘Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance’ White Paper. You can see our response to the White Paper here: https://www.iod.com/news-campaigns/press-...

The Institute of Directors' Governance and Policy Unit provides timely updates, insights, and commentary on the key issues impacting business leaders. In this episode, Joe Fitzsimons, Senior Policy Advisor, speaks to departing Chief Economist, Tej Parikh, reflecting on his 4 year stint in the role in a period spanning Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this episode, Tej Parikh, Chief Economist, and Joe Fitzsimons, Senior Policy Advisor, discuss 'levelling up' reflecting on the IoD's Connected Economies, People and Places report.

The Institute of Directors' Governance and Policy Unit provides timely updates, insights and commentary on the key issues impacting business leaders. In this episode, Tej Parikh, Chief Economist, and Joe Fitzsimons, Senior Policy Advisor, discuss the reopening of the economy, and its implications for business and policy.

The IoD's Business Barometer Breakfasts tackle key questions raised by members on the Policy Voice survey platform. In this episode, Tej Parikh, Chief Economist, and Joe Fitzsimons, Senior Policy Advisor, answer queries from business leaders ranging from the green economy, to Brexit and the return to work.

On 18 March, the Government launched a long awaited White Paper: Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance - Proposals on Reforms. In this IoD Podcast, Roger Barker, Deborah Morton-Dare and Steve Giles explore the key points of this wide-ranging consultation document, and consider if it can be viewed as a ‘game changer’ for company directors and auditors. Dr. Roger Barker is Director of Po...

The Institute of Directors' Governance and Policy Unit provides timely updates, insights and commentary on the key issues impacting business leaders. In this episode, Lisa Townsend, Media and Communications lead, speaks with Tej Parikh, Chief Economist, Joe Fitzsimons, Senior Policy Advisor, and Roger Barker, Director of Policy and Corporate Governance, about this week's Budget, alongside the...

The Institute of Directors' Governance and Policy Unit provides timely updates, insights and commentary on the key issues impacting business leaders. In this episode, Joe Fitzsimons, Senior Policy Advisor, speaks with Tej Parikh, Chief Economist, about what we may be expecting from the Budget on Wednesday.

The Institute of Directors' Governance and Policy Unit provides timely updates, insights and commentary on the key issues impacting business leaders. In this episode, Joe Fitzsimons, Senior Policy Advisor, speaks with Tej Parikh, Chief Economist, about the much-awaited roadmap to re-open the economy, and what directors are looking for from it.

The Institute of Directors' Governance and Policy Unit provides timely updates, insights and commentary on the key issues impacting business leaders. In this episode, Joe Fitzsimons, Senior Policy Advisor, speaks with Tej Parikh, Chief Economist, about the long term factors affecting the UK's economic recovery from the pandemic. 

The Institute of Directors ' Governance and Policy Unit provides timely updates, insights and commentary on the key issues impacting business leaders. In this first episode, Joe Fitzsimons, Senior Policy Advisor, speaks to Tej Parikh, Chief Economist, about the latest Covid-19 developments, the economy, and the forthcoming Budget in March.