Former England footballer Les Ferdinand is coming to KPMG’s Birmingham office to speak about barriers to career advancement and the benefits of a programme designed to promote diversity in the boardroom.

Mr Ferdinand will be highlighting the benefits of the ‘On The Board’ Effective Board Member (EBM) programme and explaining how he believes it helped him secure a recent return to his former club Queens Park Rangers.

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Read here why leading governance consultant, Professor Karl George MBE thinks diversity in the boardroom is important and why he created the Effective Board Member programmes to help change the face of the nations boards. This feature profiles graduates from Get On The Board.

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