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Women in Leadership Events - Jenny O'Hagan - 30 October 2024
The Glasgow City Council Women's Network invite all staff to our next Women in Leadership event of 2024.
Jenny O'Hagan is a Chartered Accountant, who has worked within Local Government at a senior level for over 30 years, after training in the private sector. She has carried out various roles, across a range of departments, building lots of networks and friendships along the way. Her roles have largely been within the Finance and the Transformation/business change field but her current role, which she has been carrying out for just over 2 years is Divisional Director - Operations within Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability, where she is responsible for leading approximately 2000 staff across frontline, professional and management roles across refuse and waste, Public Health, parks, events and Community Safety.
Jenny is an ambassador for health and wellbeing within the workplace as part of a healthy worklife balance, being sensitive to the impact the challenging work environment has on staff. She keeps fit with a particular focus on open water swimming as her release to keep her mind and body fit for the resilience that is required for her job - having recently been the first woman to swim round Inchmarnock Island, off the Island of Bute, for charity - an 8km technical swim taking just over 4 hours to complete. She gives passion and enthusiasm to both work and her personal life, being the chair of the Port Bannatyne Development Trust, which completed a Community buyout of the local pub/hub, which opened in April 2022 and is going from strength to strength breathing life and vibrancy into the village community of which she is extremely proud.
Jenny also has two children who are now in their twenties, embarking on their own careers, and she would be keen to share with you her journey as a working mother, juggling career, motherhood and time for herself as well as her varied career opportunities within Local Government and how she remains positive in the face of adversity with a focus on making a real difference for her staff and the City.
Who can attend?
The event is open to all staff across the Glasgow Family.
Event Details
Wednesday 30 October 2024 from 12.00 - 13.00
The event will be held on MS Teams
Women in Leadership with Naghat Ahmed : Wednesday 17 April 2024
The Women's Network invite all staff to our first Women in Leadership event of 2024. Naghat Ahmed is a Law and Accountancy graduate and a board member for Social Security Scotland, the Care Inspectorate and a committee member of the Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland.
She previously worked in the Commission for Racial Equality and NHS 24, specialising in equality and diversity. Naghat is also a carer for relatives who have disabilities. Naghat was a committee member of the Law Society of Scotland Client Protection Sub committee and recently won the award for Achievements in the Public Sector/Third Sector at the Scottish Asian Business Awards 2023.
Her current role at Glasgow City Council within Corporate Policy and Governance, includes both policy and project management. She has previously worked on strategy development, equality and diversity, change management, corporate governance and utilising project methodologies.
At this informal event Naghat will be discussing what motivates her to make a difference, her career path, the challenges and opportunities along the way and sharing her experiences of being a woman in leadership in the public and third sector.
Event Details
Wednesday 17 April 2024 | 12.00 - 13.00 | The event will be held on MS Teams
Sign up to attend using the event registration form or email womensnetwork@glasgow.gov.uk
If you would like to join the Women's Network mailing list of find out about how the network can support you go to Connect or email womensnetwork@glasgow.gov.uk
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