Face to face with Gill White

The Insurance Institute of Aberdeen would like to invite you to a Face to Face CPD event with the CII's Learning and Assessment Director, Gill White. Gill will be covering two important areas of the developing learning landscape in the profession at this time:

The Professional Map

In this session, Gill will look at the CII's new Professional Map and what it can do to help you and your business.

Learning Objectives

• Understand how the Professional Map was created, designed with subject matter experts and how it will change CII and PFS qualifications and CPD

• Understand how to conduct a self-diagnostic against the knowledge skills and behaviours

• Be able to walk colleagues and your organisation through the purpose and use of the Professional Maps

Further World of Work (The Robots Are Coming!)

In this session, Gill will consider the opportunities and challenges faced across the profession as we learn to work more closely with machines in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Learning Objectives

• Be introduced to a model that could assist thinking in augmenting roles alongside leveraging all that machine learning has to offer

• Familiarisation with innovative case studies from the financial and insurance sectors; which might then form the basis of exploring possibilities with their own organisations

• Be able to articulate ways in which artificial Intelligence could benefit their working environment - far beyond great analytics and prediction

Scotland's Magician

We will also be joined for the session by Scott (Scotland's Magician) who will provide the opportunity for attendees to learn something different as part of the proceedings.

The session will take place at the Four Mile Hotel, Aberdeen on Wednesday 28th September 2022 from 0900 to 1200.

Coffee and Tea will be available on arrival and during breaks.

A light lunch will be provided after for those who have attended.

Spaces at this session are very limited and early booking is advised.

Gill joined CII in Jan 2020 as Learning and Assessment Director; her remit was to take all the learning content forwards so it is future fit to meet the Profession’s needs in an ever-changing world of work. In August 2020 Gill was promoted to Chief Customer Officer taking on International and UK Sales channels, marketing, customer insight and propositions as well as qualifications, learning and Assessment.

Previously Gill was Business and Markets Development Director for the CIPD 2012-2019, where her role covered all Commercial Enterprises, Business Development, Learning Content and the International areas.

Gill delivers speeches and workshops as part of her role around the world, talking about Learning and Development, Artificial Intelligence & its impact on the workplace, Leadership, Strategic Alignment and Behavioural Science

Prior to working for the CIPD, Gill held a variety of Head of L&D roles at Vodafone, Xchanging and SSP and Operational roles, such as MD of the consultancy IDology; Regional Operations manager for Whitbread, Greenall’s and Vodafone.

Gill holds the prestigious Chartered Director status, one of only 1,800 in the UK; a Master’s programme delivered and awarded by the Institute of Directors. She is also a Fellow of both the IOD and CIPD. Gill’s main passion beyond learning and behavioural science remains her love of wine, something she studied to degree level when working in the trade – never happier than reading a book on the brain accompanied by a nice Pinot Noir!

Scott has been a full-time professional performer for 20 years. He has taken his magic all over the UK and into Europe as a host of prestigious private and corporate events, performing everywhere from front rooms to castles, high speed trains and paddle steamers on the Thames. His magic is fun, interactive, and above all incredibly entertaining, making it certain that no matter what the event, your guests will remember having been part of an amazing experience.

Scott’s speciality is his remarkable interactive comedy close-up magic, creating mini miracles in the hands of audience members with lots of laughs along the way. His exuberant, infectious personality draws every spectator into his fantastical world, and some even go home with a magical souvenir. He delights in crafting effects which are individual to the client, from brand messages for trade-shows and corporate events to personalised routines for weddings, engagements and even proposals. He also performs cabaret and is an experienced family entertainer, and a familiar face at holiday parks around the country. His client list reads like a who’s who of the business world, and includes BP, Shell, Microsoft, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Pfizer, UEFA, BAA, De La Rue Currency, Hilton Hotels, Gleneagles and many more - he has even been magical advisor and producer for Jeremy Beadle on live TV.

​A 2 time winner of the Scottish Conjurers Association Close-up Magician of the Year, and member of the Magic Circle, Scott prides himself on his ability to perform anywhere for anyone.