Economy & Business | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Economy & Business

  • Louisa Vincent

    Louisa is a non-executive director of the Ecofin US Renewables Infrastructure Investment Trust and Chair of Fight For Sight. She has had a 30-year career in financial services, working globally in institutional, wholesale and retail investment management, most recently as a managing director with Lazard Asset Management Limited where she was Head of Institutions. Prior […]

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  • John Vary

    A thought leader in the field of retail disruption and human centred innovation, John is Futurologist at the John Lewis Partnership. He is responsible for the Partnership’s innovation team where he oversees the gathering of intelligence about the future; the composing of stories about possible alternative futures; the invention and production of new products and […]

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  • Paul Vaughan

    Paul works with NHS England/NHS Improvement as the Head of Perceptions and General Practice Nursing (previously Director of Nursing – Transformation at NHS England) where the focus of his role is on general practice nursing and the delivery of the GPN Ten Point Plan. Paul also leads Nursing Now England, a programme of work to […]

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  • Jonathan Vaughan

    Jonathan is Vice Principal and Director of Music at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. He was formally Director of the National Youth Orchestra and before that, Chairman and playing member of the London Symphony Orchestra. He studied Double Bass and Piano at the Royal College of Music. As well as performing with many […]

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  • Prof. Ashok Venkitaraman

    Ashok Venkitaraman is the Ursula Zoellner Professor of Cancer Research at the University of Cambridge, and directs the Medical Research Council Cancer Unit there. His work has advanced our understanding of how cancer is prevented by genes that maintain the integrity of the information stored in the human genome. He discovered that inherited faults (ā€œmutationsā€) […]

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  • Portrait of Ewan Venters

    Ewan Venters

    As CEO of Fortnum & Mason, Ewan led the famous Piccadilly destination to a succession of major achievements during his time in post. Under Ewan’s leadership, Fortnum’s has recorded record sales and profits, and have also expanded beyond their historic London home into new locations including prestigious stores in Dubai, Heathrow Airport and St Pancras […]

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  • Adam Vandermark

    Adam is an award-winning TV series producer, achieving 11 industry awards (including 4 consecutive National Television Awards) and BAFTA shortlisted for digital creativity. He is also a previous participant on the Royal Television Society awards judging panels and a member of the Edinburgh Television Festival Advisory Committee. Having worked with Channel 4, ITV and the […]

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  • Baroness Shriti Vadera

    Shriti Vadera is Chair of Prudential Plc. Shriti was Chair of Santander UK from 2015-2020 and until recently Senior Independent Director of BHP. Shriti was Non-Executive Director at Astra Zeneca Plc between 2010 and 2019, Chair of the European Financial Services Chairmen’s Advisory Committee on EU exit negotiations from 2016-2019, and Co-Chair of the No10 […]

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  • Professor Jonathan Valabhji OBE

    Jonathan Valabhji, OBE, MD, FRCP is Clinical Chair in Medicine at Imperial College London, Honorary Consultant Diabetologist at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and National Clinical Lead for Multiple Long-Term Conditions at NHS England. From April 2013 until September 2023 he was National Clinical Director for Diabetes and Obesity at NHS England. He […]

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  • Ian Twinley MBE DL

    Ian Twinley joined Ford Motor Company in 1979 as an Engineering Trainee. He finished his apprenticeship in 1983 and then held a number of appointments in Ford of Britain, Ford of Europe and Ford U.S.A during a 22year period. Leadership roles included Marketing for Europe, Fleet & Leasing across Europe, Financial Management & Accounting, Strategic […]

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