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Advisory Board Lunches

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:

Adair Turner, Chairman of Government Pensions Review

Sir Stuart Hampson, Chairman, John Lewis Partnership

Sir John Gieve, Deputy Chairman, Bank of England

John Sunderland, Chairman, Cadbury Schweppes

Baron (Nigel) Crisp, former CEO, NHS

Richard Lambert, Director General, CBI

Kate Barker, Bank of England

Peter Hendy, Commissioner, Transport for London

Tessa Jowell MP, Minister for the Olympics & London

Ben Verwaayen, CEO, Alcatel-Lucent

Michael Grade, Chief Executive, ITV

Simon Walker, CEO, British Venture Capital Association

John Kay, Economist & Author

Jon Moulton, Managing Partner, Alchemy Partners

Sir John Gieve, Former Deputy Chairman, Bank of England

Sir Victor Blank, ex Chairman of Lloyds TSB

Todd Stitzer, CEO, Cadbury plc

Justin Webb, Journalist, BBC

Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs columnist, FT

David Magliano, Director of Marketing for London 2012

John Smith, Chief Executive, BBC Worldwide

Clive Humby, Chairman of Dunnhumby

Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development and Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield

Our Events

  • The Foundation Growth Series – Olympic Performance without the Olympics
    Wednesday 20th June 2012
    What does it take to create outstanding performance, why does doing it at the Olympics matter, and which bits are useful to translate into business?
    19:00 - One Alfred Place
  • The Foundation Growth Series – Morals or Growth?
    Wednesday 12th September 2012
    Should businesses follow the letter of the law wherever they operate, or should they apply their own morals in other cultures?
    19:00 - One Alfred Place

On our radar

Tuesday 1st May

The Foundation contributes to Growth Champions, the latest book from The Growth Agenda Network

As part of our role in the Growth Agenda Network the Foundation has contributed to Growth Champion the recently published book by the Growth Agenda.

Growth Champions provides a distinct, informed perspective on how leading companies have been able to …

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