Agenda

Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in GMT.

8:30 AM
Registration, networking & morning coffee
 
9:05 AM
Introduction

Maurice Button, Chief Executive, City & Financial Global

9:10 AM
Chair’s opening remarks

Professor David Grayson, CBE, Emeritus Professor of Corporate Responsibility, Cranfield School of Management; Chair, The Institute of Business Ethics

9:15 AM
Keynote address I: The regulator’s perspective on the importance of culture and the meaning of fitness and propriety

Emily Shepperd, Chief Operating Officer, Financial Conduct Authority

9:35 AM
Industry Panel and audience Q &A: Non-financial misconduct: Tackling sexual harassment and bullying in the City

Moderator:

Angela Hayes, Partner, DAC Beachcroft

Panellists:

Mary O’Connor, Non-Executive Director, Carne Group

Michelle Scrimgeour, Former CEO, Legal & General Investment Management

Baroness Helena Morrissey DBE, Chair, The Diversity Project

10:20 AM
Keynote address II: The role of the Board in developing and driving a strong ethical culture

Caoimhe Benmaou, Global Head of Risk Frameworks, HSBC Group

10:40 AM
Interview: Has the treatment of whistleblowers improved in organisations today?

Host

Professor David Grayson, CBE, Emeritus Professor of Corporate Responsibility, Cranfield School of Management; Chair, The Institute of Business Ethics

In conversation with:

Desiree Fixler, Founder, DF Consult Group

11:00 AM
Networking & coffee break
 
11:20 AM
Panel: AI is set to revolutionise traditional organisational structures. How will it impact the culture of financial services firms? What should you be doing now?

Moderator:

Professor David Grayson, CBE, Emeritus Professor of Corporate Responsibility, Cranfield School of Management; Chair, The Institute of Business Ethics

Panellists:

John Bowman, AI Ethics Market Strategy Lead, IBM

Myles McGuinness, CEO, Financial Markets Standards Board

Martin Koder, AI Governance Lead, Swift

12:00 PM
Presentation: Gender Balance: (Still) A Strategic Imperative?

Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO, 20-First

12:20 PM
Panel: The role of leadership in achieving gender balance

Moderator

Mary Macleod, CEO, Business in the Community

Panellists:

Karis Stander, Director, Culture, Talent & Inclusion, The Investment Association; Managing Director, Investment20/20

Sarah Maynard, Global Senior Head, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, CFA Institute

Paul Modley, Managing Director, Diversity Equity Inclusion & Belonging, AMS

1:00 PM
Networking & lunch break
 
2:10 PM
Managing the cultural implications of investigations

James Chadwick, Partner, TLT

Chantal Peters, Partner, TLT

2:25 PM
Panel: Well-being in the workplace: Supporting employees’ mental health

Moderator:

Anna Purchas, London Office Senior Partner & Vice Chair, KPMG

Panellists:

Alison Unsted, CEO, Mind Forward Alliance

Helen Oldfield, EMEA General Counsel, EMEA Executive Sponsor for HEART, BNY

Stuart White, CEO UK, HSBC Asset Management

3:05 PM
Presentation: Cultural Contrasts: a comparative overview of regulators’ approach to conduct & culture

Swati Tripathi, Partner, White & Case

3:25 PM
Networking & afternoon tea
 
3:45 PM
Panel: What is the role of shareholders and other external stakeholders in shaping corporate culture? How much influence do/should they have on the Board?

Moderator:

Professor David Grayson, CBE, Emeritus Professor of Corporate Responsibility, Cranfield School of Management; Chair, The Institute of Business Ethics

Panellists:

Annabel Gillard, Co-Founder. LSE FORGOOD, Advisory Council Member, Institute of Business Ethics

Rhodri Mason, Former Chief Strategy and Product Officer, LGIM and CEO of UTM

Sarah Gillard, CEO, A Blueprint for Better Business

4:25 PM
Presentation: The benefits of making sustainability central to your business’s purpose

Rachael De Renzy Channer, Global Head of Sustainability, Egon Zehnder

4:50 PM
Chair’s closing remarks

Professor David Grayson, CBE, Emeritus Professor of Corporate Responsibility, Cranfield School of Management; Chair, The Institute of Business Ethics

4:55 PM
Close
 

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