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HSBC employees from across the Channel Islands are celebrating having graduated from a programme dedicated to helping them build successful and inclusive leadership skills.
In total, 18 people from the bank's Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man offices completed the 'HSBC Accelerate' programme.
The six-month course was designed in partnership with Cranfield University to identify "top talent" at the bank, prepare future leaders and support their development. It included coaching and networking opportunities, as well as group and individual learning sessions.
It also saw employees work with leadership projects alongside the bank's Community Partners, which included Every Child Our Future, Jersey Youth Service and the Jersey Child Care Trust. Each charity received approximately 100 hours of pro-bono professional support through the programme.
CEO Tracy Garrad congratulated everyone who took part. She commented: "Accelerate is a key initiative for retaining and nurturing local talent at the Bank, by giving our aspiring leaders a platform to challenge themselves and to focus their professional development in a myriad of ways. As a result, we are able to have a pipeline of really talented people ready to take on senior leadership opportunities when they come along.
“In addition, it is one of the Bank’s key objectives across the world to make a positive contribution to the communities where it is based. It’s wonderful that through our Accelerate Programme, we can also provide a considerable amount of professional support to local charities, which will have a long-lasting strategic impact for them.”
This year's 'graduates' were Alistair Philp, Will Paine, David Greenwood, Marcelo Gazzi, Richard Cannard, Simon Lidbury, Deep Jobanputra, Kris Moors and Claire Lilley in Jersey; Jason Liddy, Stefan Hager, Rob Thomson, Ed Thomas, Janette Mignot and Sean Conlan in Guernsey; and Shirley Foley, Jim Woodall and Andrew Whittaker in the Isle of Man.
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