Cecile Gillard

Thank you so very much for your help. We are hugely grateful. We really appreciated the detailed analysis of the situation.’

Nigel Osborne

Trustee of the Sawa Foundation
‘Many thanks to Cecile Gillard for her excellent work as Chair and advisor for the ICSA Charity Governance Conference’

Maria Isidro, Senior Events Producer

The Governance Institute

Experience

I lead our Company Secretarial services, aiming to support your charity, social impact or commercial organisation in its effective core legal administration. I love seeing organisations thrive and bring benefits to the wider community in which they operate.

Communities of purpose can generate powerful solutions. That’s why I am a voluntary director of a CIC that seeks to empower people to reach their potential, particularly focusing on young people and those who face particular challenges in their lives..

Areas of expertise.

Charity legal and regulatory issues
Governance and constitutional matters
Transparency, accountability and reporting
Company secretarial administration and related company law

Helping scope, plan and deliver the ICSA Charity Governance Conference

Subjects considered included improving gender and ethnic representation on boards, the importance of healthy thought diversity, effective meetings, the Charity Governance Code and governance in the context of modern slavery and the supply chain.
Writing the new second edition of Charity Checklists

An easy to use guide to key areas of charity administration and regulatory compliance.

Company Secretarial

Charities

LLB Hons (Law), University of the West of England
My previous roles include posts with commercial groups, international legal services suppliers and chartered accountants