Exploring Board Roles

Overview

Board service is a career opportunity many executives explore. Is it right for you? Please join us in a joint meeting with the CWRU Weatherhead School of Business Executive MBA Program and Cleveland Chapter of the Private Directors Association to find out. 

A panel of professionals will share insights in three relevant areas:

1. What boards look for in new board members. How important is specific industry or functional exposure? What types of executive leadership experience are valued? What attracts boards to certain individuals?
2. How to land a board role. What’s different about a board resume? What networking skills are helpful in finding a board role? What questions are asked in board interviews?
3. Success in a board role. What does “nose in, fingers out” mean and how does it apply to board service? What will be expected in terms of time commitment and contributing to strategic decisions? What are the risks and rewards?

There will be time for Q & A and an opportunity to network before and after the panel presentation.

Agenda:

• 5:00 - 5:45 pm Registration and Networking Reception
• 5:45 - 6:45 pm Panel
• 6:45 - 7:30 pm Continued Networking Reception

Parking Information:

May have to self-pay for parking while on campus depending on where you choose to park. Options:

• Street parking at meters as available is free after 6pm along Bellflower. 
• Paid surface visitor lots nearby (mobile parking payment accepted) for no more than a couple dollars or less per hour.
• Parking garage (Lot 29 Campus Center Garage) at the corner of Bellflower and East Blvd connected to Severance Hall.

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Speakers

Murad Beg is a founding partner of Provariant Equity, a lower middle market private equity group focused on partnering with founder / family / entrepreneur owned businesses seeking its first institutional capital. 

Prior to Provariant, Murad was a partner and Managing Director with Linsalata Capital. At Linsalata, Murad was responsible for transaction sourcing, platform execution and portfolio oversight, including board leadership. 

Between his experiences at Linsalata and Provariant, Murad has served on numerous Boards including chairperson roles. 

Before Linsalata Capital, Murad was a partner at Calfee Halter where he counseled clients on a range of corporate and business matters with an emphasis on mergers, acquisitions and capital raising. Murad co-led the M&A practice. Mr. Beg served on both boards of directors and advisory boards of many of his clients. 

In addition to his for profit board roles, Murad has served on the board of Flashes Of Hope and he was a prior President and member of the board of directors of the Cleveland chapter of The Association for Corporate Growth.

Randy has worked in the talent and executive search field for 25 years. In his practice, Randy works closely with executives and business owners to help them develop talent strategies to attract and retain game-changing leaders. In 2020, Randy started a Career Coaching practice to help even more people reach their career and job search goals. In addition to his search business, Randy is a certified Human Capital Strategist. As a business owner himself, Randy understands that talent strategy is only valuable if it supports overall business strategy.

Randy is a frequent speaker and author on talent and careers. He was recently a featured speaker on the HR Cruise and has presented his Talent Strategy and Career Management concepts to professional associations, including The Financial Executives International, The Institute of Internal Auditors, The Institute of Management Accountants, Entrepreneur’s Edge, and SCORE.

Craig Owen White is the Partner-in-Charge of Hahn Loeser’s Cleveland office and guides established and growth-oriented companies through mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, enterprise governance, financing and licensing issues in the United States and abroad. He has particular experience serving as primary outside corporate counsel to business enterprises.

Craig’s clients benefit from his experience as a corporate counselor, which includes service as a director of Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc., one of the largest privately owned food companies in the United States. Craig’s practice experience includes structuring and executing business strategies as well as representing his clients in a wide range of transactions, including asset and stock sales and purchases, joint ventures, strategic alliances, cooperative research and development agreements, trademark licensing agreements, shareholders’ agreements, joint-venture agreements and executive employment agreements.

Craig also has substantial experience in enterprise governance matters, particularly for privately owned companies. While a member of the American Bar Association’s Committee on Corporate Laws of the Section of Business, Craig was a contributing author to Managing Closely-Held Corporations: A Legal Guidebook. He was also a commentator on governance issues at the George W. Leet Business Law symposium, a national forum sponsored by Case Western Reserve University School of Law and participated as a facilitator at Answering the Top 10 Questions Facing Family Business Boards, a forum sponsored by the National Association of Corporate Directors.Craig also counsels government and non-governmental organizations on economic development and diversity inclusion initiatives, and their participation in sophisticated business transactions. 

Craig is a frequent lecturer for organizations, and lectures on commercial and business law issues for lawyers throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, including Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa. Over 1,000 lawyers have attended these lectures. Craig served as the United States Trade Representative (USTR) as an appointed member of USTR’s Trade Advisory Committee on Africa (TACA) for eight years (the last two as Chair). The USTR has primary responsibility for developing and coordinating U.S. international trade policies and overseeing negotiations with other countries. TACA provides advice to the USTR in developing U.S. trade policy throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

Craig is currently the Chair of the Western Reserve Land Conservancy, one of the largest land conservancies in the United States. Craig completed 10 years as a member of the executive committee (2 as vice chair) of the International Senior Lawyers Project, a New York-based nonprofit providing pro bono legal services in developing nations in support of the rule of law and equitable economic development.

Moderator

Simon Peck’s research centers on the link between corporate governance and organization performance, characteristics of the board of directors and top management, and the firm’s competitive advantage. Peck’s work looks closely at topics of executive compensation contracts, board composition and structure, and how top executives do strategic planning.

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