{"id":39,"date":"2020-09-24T16:49:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T16:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nordberg.org.uk\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2026-08-26T09:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:09:06","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nordberg.org.uk\/?page_id=39","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nordberg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20190307_173041-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nordberg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20190307_173041-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nordberg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20190307_173041-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nordberg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20190307_173041-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.nordberg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20190307_173041-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nordberg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20190307_173041-rotated.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donald Nordberg is in his fourth career: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Board roles<\/strong>: Chair of <a href=\"https:\/\/milestonestrust.org.uk\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/milestonestrust.org.uk\"><em>Milestones Trust<\/em><\/a>, a major charity for people with learning disabilities and mental health issues; Chair of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dorsetcommunityaction.org.uk\/\">Dorset Community Action<\/a>; former non-executive director at <em>Poole Arts Trust<\/em>, operator of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousepoole.co.uk\/\"><em>Lighthouse<\/em><\/a>, an important regional UK centre for performing arts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Academic<\/strong>: Emeritus Professor of corporate governance at <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bournemouth.ac.uk\/about\/our-faculties\/bournemouth-university-business-school\">Bournemouth University<\/a><\/em>; former Visiting Professor of journalism at <em>City, University of London<\/em>; previous appointments at <em>University of Westminster<\/em> and <em>London Metropolitan University<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Business<\/strong>: management consultant and former Director of Strategy for an investor relations and internet consultancy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Journalism<\/strong>: former correspondent and editorial executive at <em>Reuters<\/em> and other news organizations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is also author of a novel, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4oVwFFH\"><strong>The Fleetwood Half-Orphan Asylum<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, and writes two Substacks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/donnordbergwriting.substack.com\"><strong>Don Nordberg (is\/on) writing<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/donaldnordberg.substack.com\"><strong>How to govern [<em>not like that<\/em>]<\/strong><\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Nordberg is in his fourth career: He is also author of a novel, The Fleetwood Half-Orphan Asylum, and writes two Substacks: &#8220;Don Nordberg (is\/on) writing&#8221; and &#8220;How to govern [not like that]&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-39","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nordberg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nordberg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nordberg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordberg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordberg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordberg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordberg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nordberg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}