Member Chief Executive Resources

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Stephen Veevers, CEO of Hft, gave a presentation on his organisation's VAT recovery journey, discussing the factors to consider when embarking on such a path, and considering the risks and benefits of VAT novation.

In June 2024, VODG member chief executives agreed to share their major incident reports and business continuity plans within the group. We have compiled the documents here for our CEOs' reference.

A discussion on experiences of inspection, its impacts and effects.

VODG member chief executives met to discuss executive pay and rewards, and to explore if a shared mandate exists for a short benchmarking exercise. This note also seeks to confirm the scope.

Subsequent to the meeting, we have compiled a summary of the conversation and proposed ideas for potential future actions based on current initiatives.

Attached are the two presentations, outlining some of the challenges and opportunities around VAT novation and a summary of the results from our FOIA to councils at the end of last year.

To support senior colleagues involved in contract negotiations with funders, this interactive and activity-based event used interactive drama with professional actors to explore new ways of negotiating with and influencing commissioners.

VODG directors and senior colleagues were invited to join us for these interactive online sessions hosted by VODG corporate partners and international law firm Trowers & Hamlins. For part one of this two part event, we considered how we can negotiate a satisfactory contract. In part two, we considered ways to persuade councils to change their position using public law arguments.

Part of a series of bespoke workshops and webinars for chief executives and senior managers, run over Autumn 2023. These events harnessed the expertise of expert trainers in an innovative way to support our members.