Directors Dinner: Leadership - Rising to the Challenge
Date and Time
Thursday Feb 5, 2026
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM GMT
Location
Hilton Garden Inn
Leger Way
Doncaster
DN2 6BB
Fees/Admission
Members Only
£65+VAT (2x complimentary tickets for Gold and Silver members if allocation hasn't be used)
Gold members get a 10% discount for paid tickets
Charity Members get 25% discount for a paid-for ticket.
Contact Information
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Description
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The Evening
Doncaster Chamber's Directors' Dinners, welcome together the region’s most influential business leaders for an evening of collaboration, insight, and opportunity. This exclusive event offers a unique chance to be part of a dynamic in-conversation panel, where top industry experts share their experiences, challenges, and vision for the future. As you enjoy a refined two-course dinner, you’ll also have the opportunity to engage with fellow senior business leaders.
The Conversation
True leadership shows up under pressure. It’s not about ease. It’s about rising to challenges, adapting, and guiding others through uncertainty.
Join us for Leadership: Rising to the Challenge, an evening highlighting leaders who act with courage, clarity, and resilience when the stakes are high. Two business leaders will share their experiences navigating crises, leading change, and supporting their teams, and how integrity and vision shape both results and the people around them.
Hesley Group
With a career spanning 30 years of multifaceted experience across health, social care and education, Virginia holds a deep commitment to fostering supportive high-performing environments. Dedicating much of her career to enhancing organisational culture and business performance, whilst making a difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the UK, has been her privilege.Investing her earlier years to international charitable work and the public sector, this experience shaped an understanding of the unique challenges faced in educational and social care settings and helped develop a passion for making a positive impact in the lives of vulnerable children, young people and adults with varied support needs. Virginia's academic studies have been instrumental in enabling the achievement of a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management, bolstering understanding of organisational and people development, a sector that understands the importance of investing in these crucial areas to drive overall success. Joining the Hesley Group has been a strategic move that allows Virginia to leverage the full range of skills acquired throughout her career, providing a strong foundation to drive impactful contributions and further growth of services for the people they support.
Dr David McGorman, Managing Director - Rail & Technology
Unipart Group
David sits on Uniparts Executive Leadership Team and has significant experience at senior director level and in the management, strategy, and growth of technology companies, with a proven track record of delivering strategic projects within high pressure environments, across multiple sectors.
What to Expect
🥗 Two course meal provided
🫂 Build your network - exchange ideas, share experiences & create new partnerships.
🌟 Inspiring conversation, stories & experience from industry leaders.
👗Smart business dress code
🏢 Experience a local venue
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