23 January
Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP, Chair Treasury Select Committee:
“Focus on the UK's domestic policy agenda”
30 January
Colin Matthews, Non-Executive Chairman, EDF Energy:
“The role of nuclear power generation in meeting UK carbon reduction targets”
6 February
Baroness Vadera, Chair, Santander:
“The economic challenges of technological disruption”
13 February
Lord Kerslake, Chair, UK 2070 Commission:
“Restoring trust in private sector contributions to public sector projects and services”
20 February
Nicola Dandridge CBE, Chief Executive, Office for Students:
“Higher education, the challenge of aligning skills requirements with student aspirations”
21 February
Paul Arkwright CMG, Former High Commissioner to Nigeria and Chief Executive of Africa Investment Summit 2019:
“Nigeria update”
25 February
Natalie Black, HM Trade Commissioner for Asia Pacific:
“Progress, UK Trade Relationships in Asia Pacific”
13 March
Sir Mark Walport, Chief Executive UKRI:
“The role of research and innovation in supporting growth and productivity”
21 March
Louis Taylor, Chief Executive, UK Export Finance:
“Providing support for future trade deals”
3 April
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”
10 April
Baroness Harding, Chair, NHS Improvement:
“Private and public sector collaboration in the NHS”
11 April
HE Mrs Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque CMG, UK High Commissioner to Canada:
“Canada update”
1 May
Lord Macpherson of Earls Court, Chairman C. Hoare & Co and former Permanent Secretary HM Treasury:
“The impact of Brexit on UK economic policy”
8 May
John Alty CB, Director General Trade Policy and Graham Zebedee, Director Continuity Wider Negotiations and Development, Department for International Trade:
“Update on Trade Policy”
22 May
Brian McBride, Member of UK Government’s Digital Advisory Board, formerly Chairman ASOS and CEO of Amazon.co.uk:
“Digital disruption, evolve or die”
5 June
Andy Haldane, Chair the Industrial Strategy Council:
“Update on Industrial Strategy”
12 June
Ann Francke, Chief Executive Officer of the Chartered Management Institute:
“Apprenticeships—their contribution to upskilling and productivity”
19 June
Mark Slaughter, Director General for Investment, Department for International Trade:
“The economy of the future—FDI opportunities for the UK”
26 June
Ann Watson, Chief Executive Officer, SEMTA:
“The challenge of delivering the skills for UK engineering and advanced manufacturing”
2 July
Chuka Umunna, MP for Streatham and the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson in the House of Commons on Treasury and Business Issues:
“The reconfiguration of British politics”