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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.

2020


2nd Dec 2020

Graham Norton

Multi BAFTA award winning comedian, chat show host and DJ – Alongside the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra


4th Nov 2020

Sir Jeremy Farrar

OBE, Director, Wellcome Trust


7th Oct 2020

Jon Sopel

North American Correspondent, BBC


9th Sep 2020

Alison Rose with Phil Collins

Alison Rose, CEO NatWest Group in conversation with Phil Collins from The Times


1st Jul 2020

Alan Jope with Sue Garrard

Alan Jope, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever in conversation with Sue Garrard


3rd Jun 2020

Building Back Better

June Sarpong OBE, BBC Director of Creative Diversity in conversation with Vanessa Kingori MBE, Publishing Director of British Vogue, Sarah Brown, President of Theirworld & Executive Chair of the Global Business Coalition for Education, Shelley Zalis, entrepreneur & founder & CEO of the The Female Quotient and Matthew Taylor CBE, Chief Executive of the RSA.


6th May 2020

Special Online Event

Panel: Sir Craig Oliver, Mark Thompson, Lord Hague of Richmond, Ursula Burns & Dave Lewis


4th Mar 2020

Tony Hall

Baron Hall of Birkenhead, CBE, Director-General of the BBC


5th Feb 2020

Tim Warrillow

CEO, Fever Tree

2019


4th Dec 2019

Ruth Wilson with Claudia Winkleman

Ruth Wilson in conversation with Claudia Winkleman. Music from the BBC Singers.


6th Nov 2019

Panel of speakers chaired by Kamal Ahmed, Editorial Director of the BBC News
The Panel included, Camilla Tominey, Matthew d’Ancona, Ben Page, & Andrew Marr


2nd Oct 2019

Sebastian James

Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Boots UK & ROI


4th Sep 2019

Ross Brawn

Managing Director of Motor Sports, Formula 1®


3rd Jul 2019

Dame Carolyn McCall

DBE, CEO, ITV


5th Jun 2019

James Harding

Tortoise


1st May 2019

Chuka Umunna MP & Anna Soubry MP

Change UK


3rd Apr 2019

Mike Coupe

CEO, Sainsbury’s


12th Mar 2019

Philip Rycroft

Permanent Secretary


6th Mar 2019

Dr Emily Shuckburgh

OBE, Dynamical Oceanographer, British Antarctic Survey


6th Feb 2019

Jacob Rees-Mogg MP

Member of Parliament for North East Somerset

2018


5th Dec 2018

Aled Jones & Caroline Casey

Aled Jones MBE performing. Speaker, Caroline Casey, activist & founder of Kanchi


7th Nov 2018

Keith Weed interviews Carolyn Everson

VP Global Marketing Solutions, Facebook


7th Nov 2018

James Timpson

OBE, CEO, Timpson


3rd Oct 2018

Omar Abbosh

Group Chief Executive, Communications, Media & Technology, Accenture


5th Sep 2018

John Ridding

CEO, Financial Times


2nd Jul 2018

The Victoria & Albert Museum with Dr Tristram Hunt


6th Jun 2018

Stephane Kurgan

Chief Operating Officer, King


2nd May 2018

John Motson

OBE, Football Commentator


4th Apr 2018

John Mulholland

Editor, Guardian US


7th Mar 2018

Dominic Barton

Global Managing Partner, McKinsey


21st Feb 2018

The Rt Hon Philip Hammond

Chancellor of the Exchequer


7th Feb 2018

Jayne-Anne Ghadia

CEO, Virgin Money

2017


6th Dec 2017

Idris Elba

OBE


8th Nov 2017

Malcolm Walker

CBE, CEO, Iceland


4th Oct 2017

Matt Frei

Channel 4/LBC


13th Sep 2017

Sir Ben Ainslie

CBE


5th Jul 2017

Ivan Menezes

CEO, Diageo


28th Jun 2017

Members event at Lords in the Long Room


25th May 2017 (breakfast)

Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond MP

Chancellor of the Exchequer


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.


5th Apr 2017

Tamara Rojo

CBE, Artistic Director and Lead Principle Dancer of the English National Ballet


1st Mar 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 Feb 2017

Carolyn Fairbairn

Director General, CBI