IoD Chairman to Speak at Duncan & Toplis Briefing
News release
3rd July 2013
Ian Dormer, Chairman of the Institute of Directors (IoD), will be the keynote speaker at the annual Duncan & Toplis Directors’ Briefing later this year.
The event, entitled ‘Steering the Ship, Not Rocking the Boat’, aims to offer high-level advice and insights to business leaders from across the region.
Mr Dormer, who has spoken recently about the need for UK businesses to focus on the positive, will talk to delegates about the prospects for British industry and the UK economy in the coming months.
Adrian Reynolds, Managing Partner at Duncan & Toplis, said he was delighted to have such an influential speaker advising delegates at the event on 15th November at the Belton Woods Hotel near Grantham.
“We’re delighted that Ian Dormer can be with us in November to impart his extensive experience and knowledge in business management,” said Adrian.
“This year the theme of our briefing is managing your business through difficult times, which I’m sure is a concept that many business people are familiar with.
“It will be an excellent opportunity for business people to share ideas and hear from a range of influential and knowledgeable speakers.”
Ian Dormer is the Managing Director of Rosh Engineering Ltd, which began as a small family business and has since grown into a thriving enterprise providing specialist engineering services across the UK and northern Europe.
Educated at Essex University and Georgetown University in Washington DC, Mr Dormer started his working life as a journalist on the world’s oldest aviation journal, Flight International, in London. He continues to write for the DailyTelegraph.
He was appointed as the Chairman of the IoD last year after working with the institute for over 20 years. He has been a Regional Chairman for the North East and chairman of the committee which oversees the IoD’s Chartered Director programme.
Other speakers will be announced in the coming months.
To register your interest in the event please email hannah.clark@duntop.co.uk or call 01522 507000.
Notes to editors
- Duncan & Toplis was established in 1925 and has since grown into one of the largest independent firms of chartered accountants in the Midlands.
- Duncan & Toplis appears in the top 30 UK accountancy practices list published by Accountancy magazine.
- The company has 10 offices throughout the East Midlands: in Grantham, Boston, Lincoln, Louth, Melton Mowbray, Newark, Skegness, Sleaford, Spalding and Stamford.
- Duncan & Toplis offers a wide range of services to small to large-sized family businesses, from accountancy, audit and tax to payroll, human resources and computer services.
- The business employs around 300 staff, of whom 85 are currently engaged in professional training.
- The Institute of Directors (IoD) was founded in 1903 and obtained a Royal Charter in 1906. It is a non-party political organisation with approximately 38,000 members in theUnited Kingdomand overseas. Membership includes directors from right across the business spectrum, from media to manufacturing, e-business to the public and voluntary sectors. Members include CEOs of large corporations as well as entrepreneurial directors of start-up companies.
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