The GC as Trustee: How can General Counsel and a not-for-profit benefit?

Author Sarah Ingwersen
July 13, 2023

As part of our Trustee Network series of events, Taylor Root has partnered with Indigo Volunteers to explore the value General Counsel bring to the charity Trustee role.

The role of the Trustee can be hugely rewarding and provides opportunities to add value to a charity through the sharing of skills and experience. In this webinar we explored these opportunities in depth, with particular focus on the skillsets of General Counsel. We also discuss the value of Trustees to the charities they support.

Our Taylor Root MD, Sarah Ingwersen, was joined by:

Watch the webinar

ABOUT INDIGO VOLUNTEERS

Indigo Volunteers is a charity which has placed thousands of humanitarian volunteers in on-the-ground roles with grassroots partners supporting refugees along the European migratory route.

ABOUT COCO

COCO provides sustainable sources of quality education to children living in poor and marginalised communities, focusing on their education on key long-term skills, delivery of sustainable agriculture training, and the provision of small loans to support local entrepreneurship.

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