Our Board

The Officers and Board members are elected by the membership to lead and guide the development of IWF UK, focusing on key areas such as membership, events, communication, international links, and support for next generation leaders. All officers and Board members are Directors of IWF UK Ltd.

The Board meets six times a year and holds its AGM in July.

The Chair, Company Secretary, Treasurer and other Board members serve renewable two-year terms.

Lara Leigh-Wood
Co-Chair of Programme Committee VeryConnect Co-Chair of Programme Committee VeryConnect

Lara Leigh-Wood

As Global Director Business Development at Chapel & York, and also in her role as the Founding Managing Director, Beacon Gainer Group, Lara is respected by clients for her strategic thinking, commercial management, team and relationship skills which develop broad successful commercial collaborations, sustaining networks of high value opportunities.

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