Overview
This senior leadership role will strengthen the Centre’s global business community, deepen executive engagement, and support the continued evolution of senior executive engagement focused on trust, license to operate and place-based impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Set the strategic direction for the Centre’s global growth, engagement and retention efforts.
- Oversee and enable a globally distributed team responsible for engagement, communications and knowledge delivery.
- Refine and articulate a differentiated value proposition that delivers measurable strategic value to participating organizations.
- Cultivate and steward senior executive relationships, serving as a trusted advisor on growth, trust and place-based impact.
- Partner with Forum business development and regional teams to achieve retention and growth targets.
- Lead the continued evolution and positioning of a senior executive platform focused on how companies earn and sustain trust and license to operate through credible, place-based impact.
- Build trusted relationships with executives shaping enterprise-wide strategy, corporate affairs, sustainability and market presence.
- Advance place-based impact as a driver of long-term business performance, brand strength and talent attraction and retention.
- Catalyse cross-sector collaboration by connecting business leaders with public officials and ecosystem partners.
- Translate executive dialogue into practical leadership frameworks, coalition-based initiatives and strategic opportunities.
- Guide and support teams delivering thematic initiatives and communities.
- Ensure executive engagement translates into strategic priorities, programme coherence and measurable impact.
- Integrate communications and knowledge strategies as core tools to enhance partner value and influence.
- Foster alignment, collaboration and shared accountability across focus areas and geographies.
- Strengthen the Centre’s overall positioning and effectiveness as a leading global platform for place-based growth and impact.
- Set clear objectives, provide strategic guidance, support professional development, foster cross-team alignment and ensure high-quality execution.
Required Experience
- 10+ years of senior leadership experience in the private sector, business associations, and/or government or civil society roles closely engaged with the business community.
- Experience engaging CEOs and C-suite leaders, with a track record of driving growth, strategic partnerships or revenue.
- Proven ability to build and lead multi-stakeholder collaborations across business, government and civil society.
- Staff management experience with culturally diverse, matrixed teams across time zones.
Qualifications
• Advanced university degree in a relevant field.
