List of 2019 past briefings
Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP, Chair Treasury Select Committee:
"Focus on the UK's domestic policy agenda"
Colin Matthews, Non-Executive Chairman, EDF Energy
“The role of nuclear power generation in meeting UK carbon reduction targets”
Baroness Vadera, Chair, Santander
“The economic challenges of technological disruption”
Lord Kerslake, Chair, UK 2070 Commission:
“Restoring trust in private sector contributions to public sector projects and services”
Nicola Dandridge CBE, Chief Executive, Office for Students:
“Higher education, the challenge of aligning skills requirements with student aspirations”
Paul Arkwright CMG, Former High Commissioner to Nigeria and Chief Executive of Africa Investment Summit 2019:
“Nigeria update”
Natalie Black, HM Trade Commissioner for Asia Pacific:
“Progress, UK Trade Relationships in Asia Pacific”
Sir Mark Walport, Chief Executive UKRI:
“The role of research and innovation in supporting growth and productivity”
Louis Taylor, Chief Executive, UK Export Finance:
“Providing support for future trade deals”
HE Mr Julian Braithwaite, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, UK Mission to the United Nations and other International Organisations, Geneva:
“The future of multilateral organisations and how they might evolve”
Baroness Harding, Chair, NHS Improvement:
“Private and public sector collaboration in the NHS”
HE Mrs Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque CMG, UK High Commissioner to Canada:
“Canada update”
Lord Macpherson of Earls Court, Chairman C. Hoare & Co and former Permanent Secretary HM Treasury:
“The impact of Brexit on UK economic policy”
John Alty CB, Director General Trade Policy and Graham Zebedee, Director Continuity Wider Negotiations and Development, Department for International Trade:
“Update on Trade Policy”
Brian McBride, Member of UK Government’s Digital Advisory Board, formerly Chairman ASOS and CEO of Amazon.co.uk
“Digital disruption, evolve or die”
Andy Haldane, Chair the Industrial Strategy Council:
“Update on Industrial Strategy”
Ann Francke, Chief Executive Officer of the Chartered Management Institute:
“Apprenticeships—their contribution to upskilling and productivity”
Mark Slaughter, Director General for Investment, Department for International Trade:
“The economy of the future—FDI opportunities for the UK”
Ann Watson, Chief Executive Officer, SEMTA
“The challenge of delivering the skills for UK engineering and advanced manufacturing”
Chuka Umunna MP, Principal Spokesperson for The Independent Group:
“The reconfiguration of British politics”
Richard Burn, HM Trade Commissioner for China
"China Trade Update"
Sir Philip Hampton, Chair the Hampton-Alexander Review of FTSE Women Leaders:
“The changing picture of women in business”
Professor Ian Chapman, CEO, UK Atomic Energy Authority and Head of CCFE:
“Fusion’s contribution to energy transition”
Emma Wade-Smith OBE, HM Trade Commissioner for Africa:
“The UK and Africa: achieving our commercial potential”
Alex Ellis CMG, Director General, Department for Exiting the European Union
“The UK’s future relationships with Continental Europe and the EU”
Lord Darroch, former UK Ambassador to the USA:
“USA update”
Lawrence Slade FEI, Chief Executive, Energy UK:
“Carbon reduction commitments – meeting customer demand with the implementation of technological solutions”
The Hon Sir Bernard Jenkin MP, Chair Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee:
“Improving the financing and oversight of public sector outsourcing and contracting”
Rt Hon Lord Robertson Kt GCMG Hon FRSE PC, former Secretary General of NATO:
“The Role and future direction of NATO”
Dr Pippa Malmgren, American policy analyst and co-founder, H Robotics:
“Surveillance capitalism and the economy of tomorrow”