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John Crawley (External Associate at GCC Board Directors Institute NPIO)

John Crawley

External Associate at GCC Board Directors Institute NPIO

John is a business turnaround, risk and governance expert, a high-impact contributor with extensive experience in a range of disciplines including Risk Management, Organisational Strategy, Business Turnaround, Boardroom management and Finance. Well respected professional with considerable expertise in advising businesses organisations in the private and public sectors. Trading as Expert Partners, John is currently a Strategy and Risk Advisor to a number of organisations and a Master Trainer for the Institute of Risk Management (UK) and the GCC Board Directors Institute (UAE) globally.

An out-of-the-box thinker with proven ability to devise wide-ranging solutions for resolving complex business issues including stakeholder disputes, risk management framework issues, financial restructuring, business turnaround and crisis management.

John has extensive experience in a broad range of industries across the world including Financial Services, Energy, Public Sector and Charities / NGO Sector.

John recently advised a number of Financial Institutions on Conduct Risk and Operational Resilience as a Fellows of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and drawing from his 25 years banking experience in a range of Executive, Board and Non-Executive positions.

Dr. Chris Pierce (Senior External Associate at GCC Board Directors Institute)

Dr. Chris Pierce

Senior External Associate at GCC Board Directors Institute

Dr Pierce is a senior GCC BDI external associate and the CEO of Global Governance Services Ltd. He works with policy makers, directors and boards in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, the US and South America. Previously, Dr Pierce was the Director of Professional Standards and Development at the Institute of Directors (IoD) in the UK. He has also held senior management positions in the Overseas Development Administration, British Airways and Leeds Business School. Over the last fifteen years Dr Pierce has worked as an advisor to the boards of many of the largest listed companies, banks, sovereign wealth funds, stock exchanges and financial institutions around the World. He has chaired the World Bank Corporate Governance Code Development Workshops for the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) on a number of occasions in Egypt and Jordan. In 2014 he was awarded the Bertin Medal in Sweden by the International Academy for Quality for his contribution to Corporate Governance worldwide over the last decade.