Board Europe — September / October 2008
The Conference Board Appoints Acting Managing Director for Europe
The Conference Board has named David Learmond as Acting Managing Director for Europe and the Middle East. Mr. Learmond, a former Senior Vice President for Unilever and currently an Executive Fellow at The Conference Board Europe, succeeds VP & Managing Director Barbara Reno, who is leaving to head the Washington-based Chief Executives Organisation (CEO).
Mr. Learmond will be responsible for leading the staff, programmes and activities of The Conference Board Europe across all its areas of operation. Mr. Learmond has been working with The Conference Board since 2006 as the Executive Fellow for the HR-related councils of senior executives across Europe, and this year he began directing The Conference Board's global Research Working Group on strategic workforce planning. He also holds the position of Principal Industrial Fellow at the University of Cambridge, Institute for Manufacturing, and is a founding partner of Better Business Coaching, an executive coaching business.