The Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) announces the appointment of its new Chief Executive, Charles Elvin today (18 January 2012). Charles joins ILM on Monday 6 February 2012, from the Open University where he was the Director of the Business to Business Division.
Prior to that, Charles led the British Standards Institution’s global commercial learning and training business. He has also held senior roles in leading blue chip companies including UBS and RM.
Charles is a regular conference speaker and media commentator on the business impact and importance of learning, professional development and use of technologies in learning.
He is a vocal and passionate advocate of the importance of management development and effective leadership within organisations.
Charles Elvin, incoming Chief Executive of the Institute of Leadership & Management, says: “I am delighted to be joining ILM, an organisation with a great reputation as a globally recognised authority on leadership and management. Good leadership and management are important for all organisations, even more so in the current climate, and ILM is a major champion in this field. It’s a great opportunity and I’m really looking forward to getting started.”
Peter Cheese, chairman of the Institute of Leadership & Management, says: “We’re really pleased to be welcoming Charles as Chief Executive. He brings with him a tremendous amount of business experience as well as expertise in learning and development. Charles is joining ILM at an exciting time – we’ve just marked our 10th anniversary and are looking ahead to the next decade.
“As organisations across all sectors face tough challenges ahead, we believe that strong leadership and management are more important than ever before and that prioritising the development of managers is one of the key HR decisions businesses should make this coming year.”
