John Palmer
Chairman of Judging Panel
Professional Experience
Professional Experience
More than 20 years running a Business Consultancy, further to 25 years corporate experience in senior executive positions for public companies and global brands (including) Pearson Longman, Avis Rent-A-Car, Pioneer Concrete Group, Bertelsmann AG, Perry Group Plc + others!
Current Business Interests
1999 – date: John founded exec4 – Consultants and Mentors to Business Leaders –to provide valued guidance to many subsequently successful young, new and innovative enterprises.
2010 – Founded BeMyVA.com – a leading independent, innovative, directory of Virtual Assistants, accepting the responsibility of organising the UK VA Conference and UK VA Awards in 2013 until 2021.
2012 – date: Founded Storm Media and Publishing Ltd, taking over the PA community web site pa-assist.com, now more recently rebranded as WorkSmartPA.com
Snapshot of professional achievements/acknowledgements
Snapshots of achievements/experience
Course Leader and/or various presentations for Leeds Business School, Henley eBusiness Group, The British Library, FleetNet and Government.
Masters degree in Company Direction (1997)
Institute of Directors – Chartered Director (1999)
Professional Review Board (2000–2004);
Accredited Chartered Director Interviewer (2001-2007)
Chartered Accreditation Board (2001–2004);
Professional Accreditation Committee (2004–2007);
Vice-Chair, Professional Review Group (2007–2015)
Henley Alumni eBusiness Group committee (2000 – 2010)
Non-Exec Director of FleetNet (Industry Standards) – (2001–2006)
Consultant and Newsletter Editor (2000 to 2010) for
UK Insurance Industry’s “Broker Innovation of the Year” (2000)
Co-founder ERP/Digital Special Interest Group Events (2018-2022)
Judge for various Investor and Pitch Events and Competitions
Judge/Chair – Director of the Year Awards – 2018-2020
Judge/Chair – VA Awards – UK from 2012; New Zealand 2012 & 2013.
UK VA Conference – Event Curator 2013 to 2021
ALL SESSIONS
All Sessions By
Day 1
08:00 - 10:00Conference Room 1
Day 2
011:00 - 12:00Conference Room 2
Day 3
09:00 - 10:00Conference Room 3
Day 4
10:00 - 11:00Conference Room 4
Day 5
12:00 - 01:00Conference Room 5
Day 6
09:00 - 11:00Conference Room 6
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