Agenda

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

8:30 AM
Registration, networking & morning coffee
 
9:10 AM
Chair’s opening remarks

Alexandra Beidas, Partner, Global Head of Employment and Incentives, Linklaters

9:20 AM
Panel I: Driving the competitiveness of London as a leading financial centre: the impact of the removal of the bankers’ bonus cap and capital markets reform to recruit and retain talent in the City

Moderator

Iqbal Singh Jit, Partner, Financial Services Reward, Deloitte

Panellists

Jonathan Parr, Managing Director, Performance, Reward and Mobility, SMBC

Tristan Aberdein, Head of Reward, Brooks Macdonald Group plc

Stuart Woodward, Managing Director, Head of Product and International Regulatory Compensation, Citi

10:10 AM
Panel II: Latest developments in non-financial misconduct - using remuneration to reward the right behaviours

Moderator

Alexandra Beidas, Partner, Global Head of Employment and Incentives, Linklaters

Panellists

Alexandra Martin, Performance and Reward Director, Santander

Nik Kiri, Partner, Linklaters

Lucy Espinal-Rae, Managing Director, Head of Divisional & Regional Reward Partnering, UBS

11:00 AM
Networking & morning coffee
 
11:30 AM
Panel III: Corporate governance and investor expectations as drivers of remuneration policy

Moderator

Matthew Hunter, Managing Associate, Tapestry Compliance

Panellists

Joel Davies, Group Reward and Performance Director, Aviva

Becky Moore, Senior Associate, Tapestry Compliance 

Patricia Bradley, Group Head of Reward, TP ICAP

12:20 PM
Presentation: The possible ramifications of the EU Pay Transparency Directive

Filip Saelens, Partner, Loyens & Loeff

12:45 PM
Networking & lunch
 
1:45 PM
Afternoon Chair’s opening remarks

Bradley Richardson, Partner, Linklaters

1:50 PM
Keynote address: Creating a favourable remuneration environment for UK companies and investors

Andrew Ninian, Director, Stewardship, Risk and Tax, The Investment Association

2:10 PM
Panel IV: Inter-generational expectations of reward and remuneration: non-financial incentives, flexible working and well-being

Moderator

Bradley Richardson, Partner, Linklaters

Panellists

Martyn Fisher, Global Head of Reward, Fidelity International

Stuart Woodward, Managing Director, Head of Product and International Regulatory Compensation, Citi

Will Brown, Global Head of Reward, Standard Chartered

2:55 PM
Fireside chat: Managing the year end remuneration process
  • What does this process look like?
  • What are the challenges?
  • How can technology help?
  • What can you do to be more efficient?

Simon Shipgood, Regional Director, EMEA, EWM Global

Dominic Elias, Chief Advisory Services Officer, EWM Global 

 

3:20 PM
Networking & afternoon tea
 
3:40 PM
Panel V: The role and responsibilities of the Remuneration Committee: how can RemCo Chairs satisfy themselves their firm’s remuneration strategy encourages the right behaviours?

Moderator

John Cotton, Partner, Financial Services Reward, Deloitte

Panellists

George Yeandle, Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, Liontrust

Valerie Gordon-Walker, Senior Independent Non- Executive Director (SID) and Chair of Remuneration and Nomination Committees within the aviation industry (ACL International and ACL UK) and an INED at Tokio Marine Kiln Syndicates Ltd

Natalie Waller, Non-Executive Director, Remco chair for Aspen Managing Agency Limited and Aspen Insurance UK

4:25 PM
Chair’s closing remarks
 
4:30 PM
Close of the conference