We are pleased to announce that Henley Research Managing Director, Mark Senior, will be speaking at this year’s ERA conference.
The ERA (Executive Research Association) is a network of research and resourcing professionals. Members include:
- Freelance executive researchers
- Researchers in boutique research firms
- Researchers in executive search firms
- In-house researchers in corporates
The conference will take place on Wednesday 10th May 2023 at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London. This will also be an online event.
Ahead of the conference, we interviewed Mark to find out more about his involvement with the ERA and what the conference would entail…
Can you tell me a bit about your involvement with the ERA over the years?
I’ve been involved with the ERA for a long time. Henley Research International has been a corporate member of the ERA for as long as I can remember, and I have personally been a committee member since I was asked to join in 2012. I also did an eight-year stint as co-chair until I stood down last year, so I’ve had a pretty strong involvement with the ERA over the years.
What will you be speaking about at the conference?
I have been asked to speak about the history of the ERA, as it is the ERA’s 20th anniversary this year and it seemed appropriate to recognise that at the conference. I will be speaking about how the ERA has changed in the last 20 years and maybe some of the issues that confront it now. I want to try to shine a spotlight on how much executive research has changed over the last 20 years or so. I’ve had some really interesting insights from the current chairs of the ERA and a couple of the former chairs, who have provided me with some really great material. It is amazing how far research techniques have come over the last 20 years, so hopefully some of the observations I make will be of interest to everybody.
Who is your speech aimed at?
Most people joining the event will be research or search practitioners, or people that either work in search as independents or in research firms like our own. There will also be people who work in search firms in some sort of research role and people who work within corporates as researchers or resourcers. These people will all have a common interest in executive research and talent intelligence.
How will people join the event?
It is a live conference, so there will be delegates in the auditorium, but there will also be quite a few people joining online. Like a lot of these conferences, during the COVID era they went from being live events to being held online. Now, it has been reverted to a hybrid event, so there will be both people in the theatre and people joining online. It’s not restricted to ERA members so anyone involved in Executive Research or TI who is interested in a good, entertaining day out with some really useful takeaways, should consider attending the Conference.