13th Aug 2018

In the latest of our Leadership Stories, we feature our member Jan Morgan, a multi-talented entrepreneur and former Chair of IWF London (2001 to 2005). Her varied accomplishments include founding charities and her own business, and designing gardens. Jan writes about being brave in the face of adversity, in particular significant health problems.

9th Jul 2018

In this month's Leadership Story we feature Lynne Berry, OBE, Chair of Breast Cancer Now and recipient of the 2017 Daniel Phelan Award for Outstanding Achievement for her remarkable contribution to the charitable sector. Lynne emphasises the need to build trust and a common purpose to create sustainable change.

11th Jun 2018

In this month's Leadership Story, we feature Marty Wikstrom, a top brand and retail executive with over 30 years’ experience. She was the first woman to lead Harrods and her current board roles include Fortnum & Mason, Cath Kidston and Farrow & Ball. Marty writes about managing family life and how listening leads to more considered decisions.

13th May 2018

Our next ‘Leadership Story’ is a film of Barbara Hosking CBE, one of the founders of IWF UK. She has recently published her autobiography 'Exceeding My Brief: Memoirs of a Disobedient Civil Servant' to great acclaim and will be speaking at a special IWF UK event on 31 May about her career and achievements.

13th Apr 2018

This month's Leadership Story is by Dr Elizabeth Sidwell CBE, an educational strategist and consultant. A former Schools Commissioner for England, Liz’s goal has been to raise standards, tackle underperformance and champion the growth of Academies. Liz writes about the importance of handing the next generation an organisation that can flourish.

12th Mar 2018

The sixth of our Leadership Stories is by Penny Egan CBE, Executive Director of the US-UK Fulbright Commission, and former head of the RSA, where she was the first woman to have led the organisation. Penny describes her collaborative style, her life's biggest challenge, and the importance of being yourself.

9th Feb 2018

The fifth of our ‘Leadership Stories’ is a special film of Mary Baker, one of the founders of IWF UK. Her achievements include: Chair of the London Tourist Board and Tourism For All Campaign, Non-Executive Director of Thames Television, Avon, Barclays, MFI, Camelot, President of Women in Management and a member of the Women’s National Commission.

9th Jan 2018

In the fourth of our 'Leadership Stories' series, we feature professional engineer, Sonia Brown who owns and operates Graphite Engineering, a leading firm in the Bahamas.

11th Dec 2017

In the third of our 'Leadership Stories' series, we feature civil engineer Lise Taylor. Lise leads the development of water, ground and environment services into transport markets for high-profile schemes such as the A303 at Stonehenge, HS2, and Crossrail for the engineering company, Atkins. She took part in the IWF Fellows Program in 2006.

10th Nov 2017

In the second of our 'Leadership Stories' series, we feature entrepreneur Pinky Lilani CBE DL, founder and chair of several award programmes recognising women’s leadership.

10th Oct 2017

Today we launch a series of IWF UK Leadership Stories, a key pillar of our new Legacy Project to capture and share our members' accumulated wisdom and experience. The first story features Alice Maynard CBE, an experienced non-executive director in the non-profit sector and former Chair of Scope, a £100m turnover charity serving disabled people.