The Gig Economy

It was a great honour to address the Winmark NED Group recently in a roundtable event sponsored by Russam GMS. The focus was The Gig Economy, the term given to the growing trend for short term contracts and freelancing to take the place of permanent jobs.

The lack of social mobility in the UK

Dowshan Humzah is an independent board director specialising in business transformation and digital change. We are pleased to share his article on the lack of social mobility in the UK below

Lessons on anti-bribery and corruption

We were privileged to attend a round table discussion held by Winmark’s NED and Chief Legal Officer Network and of which Russam is a technical partner. Deborah D’Aubney, Director and General Counsel at Rolls-Royce plc delivered a candid talk on the firm’s travails over recent years.

Board Evaluation

Russam-GMS are deeply attached to what happens in the boardroom. We are one of the founding companies of Step on Board and Trustees Unlimited, technical sponsors to the Winmark NED network and we are building a thriving board practice.

Transforming from ‘dark years’ to a bright future

On 29 March 2011 CPP Group announced that the Financial Services Authority had launched an investigation into how their product had been described and sold, and whether the company had overstated the risks of identity theft. What followed threw CPP into several years of upheaval.

Russam and Collaborating Worldwide

Jason Atkinson, Managing Director of Russam GMS, writes of the WIL Group Conference 2018 in April and its theme, 'Collaboration in a Changing Business World'

Boardroom diversity in 2018 - Your weekly roundup

It’s been six months now since our full-day event on Board Diversity and it continues to be a hot topic, not just in terms of good corporate governance but also in the wider world of entertainment, technology, and beyond.