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Agenda
| 8:20 AM | Registration and morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00 AM | Chair’s opening remarks Vivienne Artz OBE FCSI (Hon), Vice Chair ED&I Advisory Board, International Business & Diplomatic Exchange | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:10 AM | Interview Setting the scene for the discussion of ethnic diversity in financial services today Host Vivienne Artz OBE FCSI (Hon), Vice Chair ED&I Advisory Board, International Business & Diplomatic Exchange Guest speaker Yasmine Chinwala OBE, Partner, New Financial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:30 AM | Keynote address I Putting the ‘S’ in ESG: Diversity as a commercial lever for economic growth and prosperity Leila McKenzie-Delis, Founder & CEO, DIAL Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:45 AM | Fireside chat I: DEI – how is the landscape evolving in 2023? Vivienne Artz OBE FCSI (Hon), Vice Chair ED&I Advisory Board, International Business & Diplomatic Exchange In conversation with Sarah Guerra, Head of Culture, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Bank of England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:05 AM | Panel I Ethnically diverse - what does it actually mean? What are we doing to achieve ethnic diversity and inclusion in the current hybrid working environment, and is it working? Moderator Kate Grussing CBE, Managing Director, Sapphire Partners Panellists: Mitra Janes, Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion for Investment Banking, Markets and Commercial Banking, HSBC Dr Heather Melville OBE CMgr CCMI, CEO & Founder, Clarke Smith Advisory; Senior Advisor, Teneo; Chancellor, University of York Dale Headley MBA, Director, Corporate Sustainability, Fidelity International Wincie Wong, Head of Digital X Workforce Technical Capability, NatWest Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:05 AM | Networking & morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:20 AM | Keynote address II Moving the dial on ethnic diversity & inclusion in financial services: the regulator’s role Alicia Kedzierski, Head of Department, ESG and Diversity & Inclusion, FCA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:35 AM | Chairman/CEO panel/MD panel Why does “ethnically diverse” mean good for business? Moderator: Ann Cairns, Chair, TMF, CAB Payments and Financial Alliance for Women Panellists: Mitesh Sheth MBE, Chief Investment Officer for Multi-Asset, Newton Investment Management Fiona Hathorn, CEO and Founder, Women on Boards UK Leila McKenzie-Delis, Founder & CEO, DIAL Global Jacqueline Taiwo, Co-Founder & CEO, Black Women in Asset Management | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:25 PM | Panel II What is stopping us from onboarding ethnically diverse people and why can’t we keep them? Using data to explore cultural barriers to ethnic diversity and accelerate ethnic inclusion in financial services Moderator: Dr Najat Benchiba-Savenius, Chief of Staff to CCO, TONOMUS.NEOM Panellists: Mary O’Connor, CEO, Howden Capital Advisory & Placement Abisola Barber, CMgr CCMI, Director, ICG Compliance, Citi Shoshana Rosenberg, FIP, PLS, CIPM, CIPP/E/A/US/C, CDPSE, Founder & CEO, SafePorter Nishma Gosrani OBE, Partner, Bain & Company and TheCityUK Next Generation Leadership Council Member | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:15 PM | Networking & lunch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:15 PM | A series of talks followed by an interactive session with the audience – Ethnic diversity and inclusion in the financial services industry - What have we learnt so far and what could we still do differently? Moderator Speaker I Justin Onuekwusi, Incoming Chief Investment Officer, St. James’s Place and Co-Founder, #TalkAboutBlack and EnCircle Speaker II Jennie Koo, Head of Operations Risk Management, Capital One & Executive Board Member, WIBF Pratyusha Kothi, Business Owner, Payments, Swift Q&A with the audience | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:15 PM | Fireside chat II: How can inclusion transform lives and help communities to thrive? Vivienne Artz OBE FCSI (Hon), Vice Chair ED&I Advisory Board, International Business & Diplomatic Exchange In conversation with Mary Macleod, Chief Executive, Business in the Community and Chair, Women’s Business Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:35 PM | Afternoon tea & networking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:00 PM | Interview Moving the dial on ethnic diversity: getting the conversation started Host: Sarah Austin, Founder & CEO, Really Helpful Club Guest speaker Professor Binna Kandola OBE, Senior Partner and Co-Founder, Pearn Kandola LLP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:20 PM | Panel III Getting better at having hard conversations and the importance of an intersectional approach in attracting and keeping an ethnically diverse workforce. The future framework in the financial and professional services industry – how can we make it up to the younger generation? Moderator: Sandra Kerr CBE, Race Equality Director, Business in the Community Panellists: Yvonne Braun, Director of Policy, Long Term Savings and Protection, ABI Lisa Healy, Director, UK Head of Banks, FIG Coverage Banker, Société Générale Lanre Sulola, Founder and CEO, Leadership Coach, Inner Ambitions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:10 PM | Chair’s closing remarks and close of proceedings Vivienne Artz OBE FCSI (Hon), Vice Chair ED&I Advisory Board, International Business & Diplomatic Exchange | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
