Past Speakers
In the last ten years, we have welcomed a plethora of thought-leaders, industry-shapers and opinion-formers to speak at our dinners. With a little number-crunching, we can demonstrate the phenomenal breadth and depth of this distinguished company, from political leaders and industry legends to entirely fictional characters*.
2017
6th December 2017
Idris Elba
OBE
8th November 2017
Malcolm Walker
CBE, CEO, Iceland
4th October 2017
Matt Frei
Channel 4/LBC
13th September 2017
Sir Ben Ainslie
CBE
5th July 2017
Ivan Menezes
CEO, Diageo
28th June 2017
Members event at Lords in the Long Room
25th May 2017 (breakfast)
Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer/h5>
3rd May 2017
‘Fake news, fake metrics, fake brands’
David Pemsel, CEO, Guardian. Sir Craig Oliver, formerly of Number 10, + one speaker to be announced. Chaired by Torin Douglas/b>
5th April 2017
Tamara Rojo
CBE, Artistic Director and Lead Principle Dancer of the English National Ballet
1st March 2017
Brexit, Article 50
Dr Pippa Malmgrem (Former US Presidential Advisor on Economic policy), James O’ Brien, Journalist and LBC presenter, John McGrane, Director General of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce & Phil Collins, Journalist at the Times
5th February 2017
Carolyn Fairbairn
Director General, CBI
2016
6th December 2016
Eddie Jones, Head Coach, English Rugby
7th Nov 2016
Rt Hon David Miliband
3rd Nov 2016
Sir Lynton Crosby
5th Oct 2016
James Harding, Director of News BBC
7th Sept 2016
Ron Dennis CBE, CEO, McLaren
7th July 2016
Chris Kermode, Executive Chairman & President – ATP World Tour. Members Dinner.
1st June 2016
David Lewis, CEO, Tesco
4th May 2016
David Abraham, CEO, Channel 4
6th April 2016
Sir Michael Rake, BT
2nd March 2016
Greg Dyke – Chairman, The FA Group
3rd Feb 2016
Ross McEwan – CEO, RBS
2015
2nd Dec 2015
Anastacia – interviewed by Kate Thornton
4th Dec 2015
Lloyd Embley, Group Editor-in-chief Trinity Mirror
7th Oct 2015
Paul Geddes – CEO Direct Line Group
9th September 2015
Sean Fitzpatrick and Lawrence Dallaglio interviewed by John Inverdale
1st July 2015
Duran Duran
3rd June 2015
His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols Archbishop of Westminster
6th May 2015
Richard Scudamore
Chief Executive, Premier League
1st April 2015
Question Time Panel – General Election
4th March 2015
Alexandre Ricard
Chief Executive Officer, Pernod Ricard
4th February 2015
Peter Long
CEO, of TUI
28th January 2015
Mary Portas
2014
3rd December 2014
An Audience with Emeli Sande
hosted by Clare Balding
5th November 2014
Alexander Baldock
CEO, Shop Direct
8th October 2014
Charles March
(Earl of March and Kinrara) Chairman of the Goodwood Group
25th September 2014
Digital Innovation.
Kathryn Parsons, Decoded
Andrew Fisher, Shazam
Simon Fox, Trinity Mirror
10th September 2014
Question Time Panel
2nd July 2014
Baroness Patience Wheatcroft
4th June 2014
John Lovering
Chairman, ITIM and Maplin
20th May 2014
Members’ Only Lunch
At Shoreditch House with Neil Fox and Craig Logan
7th May 2014
John McFarlane OBE
Chairman, Aviva
2nd April 2014
Ronan Dunne
CEO, Telefónica UK (02)
5th March 2014
Edwina Dunn & Clive Humby
Founders, dunnhumby
5th February 2014
Sarah Sands, Editor
London Evening Standard