In today’s dynamic financial landscape, understanding the interplay between investors, financial markets, and corporate strategy is vital to driving sustainable success and shareholder value. This exclusive masterclass equips business leaders with essential corporate finance knowledge to drive strategic decision-making.
Trustee considerations around Journey Planning – Choosing the right option for your scheme
This meeting will consider the key responsibilities of trustees when assessing the viability of run-on and buyout options. The discussion will include the employer’s perspective and their involvement in the process, as well as recent developments in the market that may open up new opportunities but also adds to the complexity of the decision-making process.
SPEAKERS
Martin Bell, Senior Consultant, WTW | Sammy Cooper-Smith, Business Development, Rothesay | Gemma Millington, Senior Director, WTW | Daniel Lappage, Partner, XPS Covenant, incorporating Penfida
A strategic reset gives a legal department the opportunity to step back from day-to-day delivery and take a hard look at its role, priorities, and impact on the business. It creates space to examine team shape and capability, how work is prioritised and allocated, the value legal is really delivering, and the strength of key internal relationships.
SPEAKERS
John Bennett, Former COO, Legal & Regulatory, Santander | Ayah Elmaazi, General Counsel, Insight Investment
AHN Competence and Conduct Standard Group Discussion with the RSH and MHCLG
This follow-up roundtable has been convened in response to strong sector interest following the publication of the Affordable Housing Network’s Competence & Conduct Standard Group Discussion Paper, which has now been formally shared with MHCLG and the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH).
CHAIR
Sarah Moore, Director of People FCIPD, Rochdale Boroughwide Housing
SPEAKERS
Charlotte Hilliard, Policy Lead, Social Housing Quality and Residents Programme, MHCLG | Jonny Longden, Strategy Manager, Regulator of Social Housing
This unique career masterclass, led by John Jeffcock, CEO of Winmark, provides rare insight into navigating, reaching, and excelling in the C-Suite. It is based on John’s acclaimed book The Suite Spot: Reaching, Leading and Delivering the C-Suite, and is a core feature of MBA programmes including those at Imperial College and University of London.
Operational Resilience & Cyber Risk | Embedding a Security Culture
Hackers aren’t breaking in, they’re logging in. When speed of getting things done is crucial, even for companies with the strongest controls the weakest link in the chain is always human. IBM says cyber attacks have a long tail: on average 200 days of disruption before even considering ongoing reputational damage.
CHAIR
Christopher Burt, Co-Founder and Exec Chair, Risk Coalition
SPEAKERS
Sunaina Aytan, Senior Cyber Security Consultant, Airbus Protect | Penny Jackson, Director – Strategy & Human Risk Management in Cyber Security, Aristos Partnership
The case for AI in sustainability is a double edged sword. However, whilst the UN and ITU’s AI for Good platform promotes progress towards achieving SDGs, shining examples have been isolated to sectors like healthcare, education or agriculture.
SPEAKERS
Sebastien Pivet, Chief Sustainability Officer and QA Director, A.S. Watson
Owning the Customer: Reimagining Marketplaces for Growth
Most companies treat marketplaces as a necessary evil or a bolt-on revenue stream. Elena sees them as strategic launchpads — when done right. In this session, she breaks down how leading brands are building “owned” marketplace ecosystems that blend reach with control, using customer-centricity as their north star.
CHAIR
Rosie Guest, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Apex Group
SPEAKERS
Elena Cardellini, Director of Trade & Marketplace, expondo
Power Hour: Unlock Leaders Hidden 10% Extra Potential
Evidence suggests that there is at least 10% hidden potential in most leaders to be more effective which can be easily unlocked. That can take business as usual up to excellence level and then build the organisation of the future. Chris will share his proven Accelerate Your Success roadmap which enables this to happen…
