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Maria Aguilar spoke at the NCVO Risk Management Conference on 9 March.

Maria Aguilar co-runs the HR Services Partnership, which specializes in providing a range of HR services to charities. With an MA in Law and Employment Relations, and 20 years experience working with a range of not-for-profit organizations, Maria and her team have dealt with just about every people problem. As well as dealing with day to day problems, Maria spends her time working with Chief Executives, Boards and as a speaker encouraging organisations to take a more strategic approach to people planning.

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Paul Palmer, professor and expert in Voluntary Sector Management and Finance. Paul was a speaker at our Financial Management Conference last December and work in Cass Business School's Centre for Charity Effectiveness.
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Kevin Kibble, consultant and expert in Direct marketing and fundraising. Kevin delivered the workshop: Direct marketing; attracting a new profile of supporter on 14 January at our marketing event. 
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Amy Sample-Ward, Social media expert.
Amy was a speaker on 8 December at our Seminar: Changing ICT - What does it mean for your organisation?
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