Topic: Economy & Business
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4 March, 2020Douglas Alexander
Rt. Hon. Douglas Alexander is a Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, a Visiting Professor at Kings College, London, Trustee of the Royal United Services Institute, a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Chair of Unicef UK. Mr. Alexander previously served in the U.K. Government for nine years, and as a Member […]
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3 March, 2020Daniel Adams
Daniel, from Dundee, began his career as a journalist with publisher DC Thomson & Co. Ltd., writing for a range of magazines, newspapers, comics and books. During his eight years working in journalism (both with DC Thomson and as a freelancer), Daniel had the opportunity to interview and write about a number of high-profile public […]
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26 February, 2020Marcia Zander
Marcia Zander is a Silicon Valley technology senior executive and board member. Her focus is on creating value for companies through growth and scale, with a particular emphasis on Sales and Marketing for margin improvement. She was a core member of the team that created the semiconductor company NetLogic in 1999, taking it from zero […]
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Dr Shefaly Yogendra
Shefaly Yogendra is a specialist in governance, risk and decision-making, a Board Director and a charity Trustee based in London. As a former founder and COO of a fine jewellery venture, she has valuable insights across the full value chain of a luxury brand. She has over two decades of commercial experience in corporate venturing, […]
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Peter York
Peter York is one of the UK’s leading strategic researchers. Also known as Peter Wallis, he co-founded the influential management consultancy SRU with Lord Stevenson. He is a shareholder and associate of Editorial Intelligence and a former Board Trustee of Arts & Business and of the Tate Members’ Council. As Peter York, the writer, author […]
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Dr Wanda Wyporska
Dr Wanda Wyporska, FRSA is the Former Executive Director at The Equality Trust, where she led the work of the organisation in its mission to improve the quality of life in the UK by reducing social and economic inequality. She is also a Visiting Fellow at the University of York and a Trustee of Schools […]
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Philip Yea
Philip Yea is Chairman of Greene King plc, one of the UK’s leading pub and brewing companies. He is also a non-executive director of Vodafone Group Plc, Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc and Computacenter plc. He has spent over fifteen years in private equity, most recently on a personal basis, but previously at […]
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Tom Wright CBE
Prior to this Tom led the merger of Help the Aged and Age Concern to create Age UK where he was CEO for nearly 9 years. Tom is currently also on the Board of NICE (National Institute of Health and Social Care Excellence), and is a Trustee of Leeds Castle, Doteveryone and The Imperial War […]
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Matt Wrigley
Matt’s participation has been made possible through Speakers for Schools partnership with the UK Automotive 30% Club and his school talks will include a focus on inspiring girls to consider opportunities in the automotive sector and encouraging all students to aim high.
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Derek Wyatt
Former MP 1997-2010 & rugby international also played for the Barbarians; working on a BRAIN charity to focus on trauma; founder Oxford Internet Institute 2000; trying to find funding for a digital world foundation; winner 4 national ICT awards; author 7 books inc one on film; enjoy working with start ups and have started a […]