Jim Benson

Background

About Jim Benson

Key Skills-Corporate Governance. Governance professional fully conversant with UK corporate governance best practice gained as executive/Company Secretary and Board member-Legal Advisor/Practitioner. Qualified Arbitrator with significant legal compliance experience gained in higher education institutions, public organisations and through dispute resolution-CEDR Accredited Mediator-Board Management. Chair, Secretary and Member (executive and non-executive) of a range of Boards, Committees, semi-Judicial Panels and dispute resolution bodies-Strategy, Operational and Financial Management. Experienced in the strategic development of higher and medical education bodies at executive board level. Understand the processes necessary to enable effective operations to achieve optimum performance and improve service user satisfaction. Worked with consultancy companies and independently to develop new strategies to maximise institutional performance-Sector Experience. Gained in education and health institutions, professional bodies, national and international sports associations, public companies and private equity backed businesses-Trustee, Rio Ferdinand Foundation -Consultant, Association of University Administrators