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*.
2019
3rd July 2019
Dame Carolyn McCall
DBE, CEO, ITV
5th June 2019
James Harding
Tortoise
1st May 2019
Chuka Umunna MP & Anna Soubry MP
Change UK
3rd April 2019
Mike Coupe/b>
CEO, Sainsbury’s<
12th March 2019
Philip Rycroft
Permanent Secretary
6th March 2019
Dr Emily Shuckburgh,
OBE, Dynamical Oceanographer, British Antarctic Survey
6th February 2019
‘Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
Member of Parliament for North East Somerset
2018
5th December 2018
Aled Jones MBE, performing
Speaker, Caroline Casey, activist & founder of Kanchi
7th November 2018
Keith Weed interviews Carolyn Everson
VP Global Marketing Solutions, Facebook
7th November 2018
James Timpson
OBE, CEO, Timpson
3rd October 2018
Omar Abbosh
Group Chief Executive, Communications, Media & Technology, Accenture
5th September 2018
John Ridding
CEO, Financial Times
2nd July 2018
The Victoria & Albert Museum with Dr Tristram Hunt
6th June 2018
Stephane Kurgan
Chief Operating Officer, King
2nd May 2018
John Motson
OBE, Football Commentator
4th April 2018
John Mulholland
Editor, Guardian US
7th March 2018
Dominic Barton
Global Managing Partner, McKinsey
21st February 2018
The Rt Hon Philip Hammond
Chancellor of the Exchequer
7th February 2018
Jayne-Anne Ghadia
CEO, Virgin Money
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