ChairX & Connectd : Discussion: Zoom -" The Advisory Board- Challenges & Opportunities" w/Dr Richard Hargreaves

( John Harte has been taken ill)

Thursday 02/07/2026 @1:55 PM BST

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Presentation & Discussion: Zoom --" The Advisory Board- Challenges & Opportunities" w/Dr Richard Hargreaves 02/07/2026 @1:55 PM BST

Advisory Boards- Tips, traps and opportunities.

This practical and contemporary session will look at the developing expectations of this critical role, the competencies, mindset, behaviours and skills demanded for effective leaders of boards. 

Join us for this informative and practical seminar and discussion full of tips to enable leaders of boards to be more successful and effective. 

It is designed to be one conversation with the opportunity for all delegates to be involved and get to know each other.

We look forward to meeting you or re-connecting.

Caroline Hayward

Dr Richard Hargreaves

Richard Hargreaves has a PhD in Electrical Materials Science but spent most of his career the unquoted company funding world. He spent 10 years at (now 3i plc), which was the principal source of long-term capital for UK private companies until the late 1980s. He then founded Baronsmead plc, which he developed over 13 years until its sale in 1995. During this period, Richard was actively involved in the growth of the venture capital industry through the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA), where he became chairman. At BVCA he was involved with their tax incentive lobbying, which saw the birth of the Venture Capital Trust, and Barons mead's name is still on several of the best performing VCTs.

More recently, he co-founded Endeavour Ventures Ltd, which invests in young technology companies for its client base of high-net-worth individuals. He retired from Endeavour in 2018 to focus on being a professional business angel investing only in B2B software-driven opportunities.

Richard has nearly 50 years’ experience investing in young companies and helping them to grow. He is an experienced non-executive director and professional business angel with significant understanding of the US market.

This event has been sponsored by our Network Partners  

Connectd is a marketplace that connects startups and scale-ups with fractional talent. At Connectd, fractional work includes board advisors, non-executive directors, and part-time functional leaders.

The company’s mission is to help businesses and individuals transition into and succeed in the future of fractional work. For startups, this means accessing senior expertise without committing to full-time hires too early. For individuals, it means repositioning experience into flexible, outcome-driven roles. Find out more: https://www.connectd.com/fractional

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