Inspiring thoughts

Through our Advisory Board lunches we regularly invite top business leaders to meet and consider the complex challenges of growth. Discussion is prompted by the views of some of the outstanding leaders of private and public sector organisations.

Previous speakers have included:

Sir John Gieve, Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England

John Moulton, Managing Partner, Alchemy Partners

John Kay, Economist and writer

Simon Walker, CEO of the British Venture Capital & Private Equity Association

Michael Grade, Executive Chairman of ITV

Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, Minister for the Olympics and London.

Peter Hendy, Commissioner Transport for London.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Founder, EasyGroup.

Allan Leighton, Chairman, Royal Mail.

Sir Stuart Hampson, Chairman, John Lewis Partnership.

Richard Lambert, Director General CBI.

Sir John Sunderland, Chairman of Cadbury Schweppes.

Nigel Crisp, Baron Crisp KCB, life peer & former CEO of the NHS.

Our next event will be:

Advisory Board Lunch
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Justin Webb, presenter of Radio 4's Today programme, will share with us his experiences as a political journalist and the views these have led him to form, including stories and insights from the eight years he spent as the BBC's North America editor