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*.
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
John Sopel
North American Correspondent, BBC
9th Sept 2020
Alison Rose, Group CEO, NatWest Group in conversation with Phil Collins, The Times
1st July 2020
Alan Jope, Chief Executive Office, Unilever in conversation with Sue Garrard
3rd June 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 March 2020
Tony Hall
Baron Hall of Birkenhead, CBE, Director-General of the BBC
5th February 2020
Tim Warrillow
CEO, Fever Tree
2019
4th Dec 2019
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 Sept 2019
Ross Brawn
Managing Director of Motor Sports, Formula 1®
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
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