List of 2024 past briefings
HE Mr Pedro Serrano, European Union Ambassador to the United Kingdom:
“EU-UK relations”
John Springford, Associate Fellow and former Deputy Director of the Centre for European Reform:
“Does the UK need a new economic model after Brexit?”
Sarah Healey CB CVO, Permanent Secretary, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities:
“Formulating and implementing policies to deliver positive change for UK communities”
Julia Pyke, Joint Managing Director, Sizewell C:
“Delivering large infrastructure projects: confidence, collaboration and innovation”
Sharon Todd, Chief Executive Officer, SCI:
“A new Industrial Revolution: ensuring the UK is in the driving seat”
Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham, Chair of the Independent Review of Governance and Accountability in the Civil Service:
“Review of governance and accountability in the Civil Service”
Joakim Reiter, Group External Affairs Director, Vodafone Group:
“Managing emerging technologies and securing economic resilience”
Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser DBE FRS, Chief Executive Officer, UKRI:
“Creating the virtuous cycle: productivity, prosperity and research and innovation in the UK"
Susannah Storey, Permanent Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport:
“Update on the UK’s leading-edge arts and creative industries and forward leaning policy frameworks for media”
Toby Butler, Managing Director, ubitricity:
“Are we on track to hit the Government target of 300k public EV chargers by 2030?”
Rt Hon Dominic Grieve KC PC, former Chairman Intelligence and Security Committee:
“Who watches the guardians—is the ISC fit for purpose?”
Sir Robin Niblett, Distinguished Fellow and former Director Chatham House and at the Asia Society Policy Institute:
“The new Cold War: the US-China contest defining this century and the implications for Europe and the UK”
Alex Ellis, former British High Commissioner to India:
“Update on the Indian Elections and bilateral UK/India relations"
Steve Rigby, Co-Chief Executive of Rigby Group:
“Addressing the challenges of supporting, scaling and growing private companies”
Charles Grant CMG, Director of the Centre for European Reform:
“The European elections and the strategic challenges facing the EU”
HE Mr Antony Phillipson, British High Commissioner to South Africa:
“Update on South Africa after the General Election”
Janet Henry, Global Chief Economist, HSBC:
“Prospects for the global economy in 2025”
Alan Lovell, Chair, the Environment Agency
“Water Quality and Resources”
Huw Pill, Chief Economist and Executive Director, Monetary Analysis, Bank of England:
“Key findings of the Bernanke Report and its broader relevance for forecasting and Monetary Policy design”
Kelly Beaver MBE, Chief Executive of Ipsos in the UK and Ireland:
“The restless decade - the post-election UK in a turbulent world”
Mike McTighe, Chairman, Openreach:
“Digital fibre infrastructure and rollout—frameworks to support investment and help drive growth”
Sarah Munby, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology:
“The UK’s Science and Technology Agenda”
Andrew Staines, Assistant Director General, WIPO, former UK Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN and WTO in Geneva:
“Technology, innovation and multilateralism”
Warren East CBE FRS, Director, Tokamak Energy and Chair, C-Capture, Chair, NATS:
“Key drivers for energy transition”
Kate Bell, Assistant General Secretary, TUC:
“Artificial intelligence—employment and regulation”
James Sproule, Chief Economist, Handelsbanken UK:
“The UK Budget”
Fintan Slye, Chair, National Grid ESO:
“NESO—driving the UK’s whole-system approach to decarbonisation and energy transition”
Sir Peter Westmacott GCMG LVO, Senior Adviser, Chatham House and former Ambassador to the United States (2012-16):
“The US Presidential Election”
Lionel Barber, Editor of the Financial Times 2005 to 2020, co-host of the “media confidential" podcasts with Alan Rusbridger and author of “Gambling Man –the wild ride of Masayoshi Son”
“What might 2024 mean for 2025?”
Rachel Solomon Williams, Director, Aldersgate Group:
“The Future of green industrial strategy"