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10:00
Welcome from your hosts Manish Joshi and Maddie Stark with special guest Anna Fowlie.
10:45
Reflections, break and second special guest
11:45
Reflections and lunch break
12:00-12:45
Lunch and networking
13:00
Welcome back and third special guest
14:00
Reflections and fourth special guest
14:45
Break, host reflections, thanks and close
Anna Fowlie CEO – SCVO
Anna joined SCVO as Chief Executive at the end of April 2018. Before that, she was Chief Executive of the Scottish Social Services Council for nearly 9 years.
Her career started with 18 years working in HR in local government, after which Anna joined COSLA as part of the employers' function working on, for example, national pay negotiations.
Anna was on the board of Who Cares? Scotland for 8 years, and joined the Oversight Board for The Promise. She has recently joined the board of Dads Rock. She is also on the board of Prosper (formerly SCDI).
Manish Joshi Professor – University of Strathclyde
Manish is Professor of Practice for Social Innovation leading the University of Strathclyde’s new social innovation cluster at the University and within the Glasgow City Innovation District (GCID). He is also a Non-executive Director at the Scottish Government.
Manish has previously worked in financial services, health & social care, climate change & sustainability as well as in higher education and has spent the majority of his career as a leader in the not for profit and voluntary sectors - working locally, nationally and internationally.
In addition to his executive roles, Manish has been a trustee and non-executive director of a number of organisations including the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and currently with the Wheatley Group (including Wheatley Solutions and Lowther Homes) where his focus has been on governance as well as contributing his knowledge and experience in areas relating to equality, diversity and inclusion as well as sustainability and community engagement.
Maddie Stark Development Officer – SCVO
Working in the voluntary sector for over 25 years Maddie has held every position from volunteer to CEO and founder to digital trustee. A specialist in managing organisational culture and behaviour change and a champion of the Scottish Approach to Service Design, Maddie has been working in the Digital Evolution team since joining SCVO over 8 years ago. Maddie’s main remit in that time is developing and delivery training and events that leverage ideology, methodologies, frameworks, and tools from the tech sector to empower the voluntary sector.
