Please do join us for a special roundtable with Cathryn Riley, former Chief Operating Officer of Aviva PLC. Cathryn is a trailblazer in the world of business, taking on the roles of COO and CIO in the heavily male-dominated world of insurance and tech.
In addition to being an effective director on boards, in 2021, she released the book, ‘Cooking Up Connections – Big Quiz Book’ in memory of her partner, Judith, who passed away from cervical cancer in 2020. Proceeds of the book all go to the Eve Appeal, the UK's Gynaecological Cancer Research Charity raising awareness and funding research into five gynae-cancers: womb, ovarian, cervical, vulval and vaginal. Through Cathryn’s work, she making a difference in many people’s lives.
WHEN: Friday 11 March 2022 from 6 pm till 8 pm
EVENT OUTLINE:
6.00 – 6.15pm champagne reception
6.15 – 7.15pm talk
7.15 – 7.30pm mingle and wine
WHERE: King’s College Cambridge (Audit Room), dress code is casual.
Only 30 in person spots, tickets available to book HERE. Open to all (subscribe to our newsletter to be given priority access).
WHAT’S UP:
– Another belated celebration of the International Women’s day through the recognition of our progress to date and by creating much-needed awareness on the topic of gynaecology. Developments, like online apps now exist, but is enough being done to help women understand their bodies?
– Our Entrepreneur-in-Residence will lead an informal chat with Cathryn Riley on her contributions to the business world and beyond. Cathryn will welcome questions from the floor.
– A champagne reception will be offered.
About Cathryn:
Cathryn Riley is a Non Executive Director at FSCS, Liberty Managing Agency and AA Insurance Services Ltd. She is also a chair of Risk Committee at Liberty, advisor to Iprosurv Ltd and Pikl Ltd. Previous NEDs held at AA plc, Chubb, IPF Plc, Reassure and ELAS. Significant executive and external Board experience during a career at Aviva Plc where she was latterly the Group Chief Operations Officer with worldwide responsibilities for Digital, IT and shared service Operations.
Over 20 years experience in insurance and financial services together with a background in consultancy, health, airline and mining sectors both in UK and international roles.
Voted as No.13 in CIO's "Most Influential CIOs" and No.12 in Computer Weekly's "Most Influential Women in UK IT".
@RIleyCathryn