Human, Skills & Agentic AI – The Rolls-Royce Story
In 2022, Rolls-Royce faced a critical juncture: multiple business units in the company were heading towards significant skills shortages in specific skillsets. To solve it, the organization didn’t just recruit; they fundamentally redesigned how work happens.
CHAIR
Misti Melville, NED/Chair Nominations & Remuneration Committee, Al Jammaz Group
SPEAKERS
Stuart Evans, Director – Future of Work & Digital Employee Experience, Rolls-Royce
Organisations are navigating a sustained period of disruption. M&A transactions now sit alongside restructures, regulatory shifts, technology modernisation, cost pressures, and geopolitical volatility. The cumulative effect is often underestimated: ‘organisational fatigue’ that undermines execution, decision-making, and long-term value creation.
SPEAKERS
Andy Radford, Associate General Counsel & M&A Lead, Smith & Nephew
The role of the Chief Legal Officer has expanded well beyond legal risk management. Today, CLOs are increasingly central to financial strategy, capital allocation, and engagement with investors and the market.
This session explores the evolving relationship between the CLO, the CFO, and Capital Markets, and how legal leaders can add tangible value at the intersection of governance, disclosure, transactions, and investor confidence.
Through a practical, boardroom-focused discussion, the speakers will examine how CLOs and CFOs work together in areas such as equity and debt raises, M&A, earnings disclosures, regulatory scrutiny, and market-sensitive decision-making — and what capital markets teams expect from legal at each stage.
Designed for senior in-house legal leaders, this session will provide real-world perspectives, practical insights, and clear takeaways for CLOs who want to strengthen their influence with finance leaders and play a more strategic role in capital markets activity.
SPEAKERS
Rupert Hopley, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, Informa
