Andrew Griffith is a former senior business executive who entered the UK Parliament in December 2019. He is the Conservative Shadow Secretary of State for Business & Trade.During the 2019-2024 Parliament, Andrew served in government in roles including Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Exports Minister and Director of Policy in 10 Downing Street.In his 27-year business career prior to entering politics, Andrew was COO & CFO of Sky plc and served as a Non Executive Director and Chairman of the food-tech start up, Just Eat plc.
Andrew is the Conservative Member of Parliament for his home constituency of Arundel and South Downs in West Sussex.

Gavin Lambert became Director General, Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in May 2023. He shares the role with Caleb Deeks. He was Director General, Market Frameworks at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) from 13 December 2021 to 7 February 2023.

Gavin also previously worked in a Director jobshare in the Cabinet Office as Director for Civil Service Modernisation and Reform.

Prior to this Gavin worked at BEIS as Director for Advanced Manufacturing and Acting Director General, Business Sectors.

Lucy Rigby KC MP was appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury on 6 September 2025. As City Minister, the Economic Secretary is responsible for financial services policy, reform and regulation, engagement with the financial services sector, personal savings policy, debt and reserves management policy, financial sanctions, and countering economic crime.
She was previously Solicitor General between December 2024 and September 2025.
She was elected as the MP for Northampton North in July 2024.

Lucy Rigby KC MP is the Member of Parliament for Northampton North, first elected in 2024. She was appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury in September 2025, having previously held the role of Solicitor General since December 2024. Before her election, Lucy worked as a solicitor for Hausfeld & Co LLP (2017-24), where she specialised in competition law.

Kate has been Chair of the Board of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) since 2021, having joined the Board as a non-executive director in 2016.

Under Kate’s leadership, the PPF has strengthened how it supports both the members it serves and the defined benefit pension schemes it protects. Today, it protects nearly 5,000 pension schemes, pays out over £1bn in compensation to its members annually and has been recognised for its outstanding customer service. The organisation has also tackled long-standing, complex policy issues and modernised how it operates, helping to reduce costs for sponsoring employers while maintaining strong protection for members. It has also strengthened its approach to responsible investment and long term stewardship, reinforcing the PPF’s reputation as a trusted public body.

Kate’s career spans senior investment leadership and board roles in the financial services industry including JP Morgan, BlackRock, Schroders and M&G.

In addition to her role at the PPF, Kate is non-executive chair of JP Morgan Funds Limited and co-founder of executive coaching business &become.

Prior roles have included trustee and chair of the investment committee for Smart Pension Master Trust and chair of trustees of financial education charity, Redstart Educate.

Professor Lee is a member of the accounting and finance group at Loughborough Business School. Prior to that he was an Associate Professorial Lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He lectures on financial analysis and equity valuation and his research focuses on key actors in capital markets including their use of AI. He is also a member of the Capital Markets Advisory Committee (CMAC), a body supported by the IFRS Foundation. Before academia Ken was a Head of European Equity Research at Barclays. He has published in a number of leading academic journals including Contemporary Accounting Research, British Accounting Review and European Management Review. In addition to holding a doctorate from Aston University, Professor Lee is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, a CFA Charter holder and a member of the Institute of Taxation.

Judith joined Dowing LLP in October 2009 and founded Downing Fund Managers in 2010, the boutique public equity division of Downing LLP. Judith manages the award-winning Downing Aim Estate Planning service, having delivered returns of 183% to investors since its inception in March 2012, versus the AIM index up 12% (to end of May 2025), leading the philosophy with a value bias.

Prior to Downing, Judith was part of a 5 person buy-out of the Small Cap and Venture assets from Electra Private Equity, and prior to that Co-Fund Manager of the Aberdeen Murray Johnston Venture Capital Trusts. Judith is familiar investing in both private and public markets and has held Board positions on PLCs, private companies and Governmental bodies. Judith is currently a Non-Executive Director of Oryx International Growth Fund Plc.

Marcus Stuttard is Head of UK Primary Markets & AIM and has responsibility for Primary Markets in the UK across private and public markets including AIM and the Main Market. He is responsible for the management and development of AIM, London Stock Exchange’s international growth market for small and medium sized enterprises and the development of the Private Securities Market.

Marcus has a particular focus on boosting access to finance for ambitious growth companies. He is a regular speaker on growth and business funding issues and sits on a number of industry and policy advisory bodies including being a member of the ScaleUp Institute’s Board and Access to Finance and Growth Capital Committee and the IoD’s Centre for Corporate Governance Advisory Board.

Mark Austin is a corporate partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and advises clients on a full range of public and private securities offerings, as well as M&A and general corporate matters across multiple sectors.

A well-known figure in the UK’s legal and financial sectors who has been one of the principal architects of the reform of the UK’s markets in recent years, Mark received a CBE in the King’s 2024 New Year Honours List for services to the economy. In 2025, he was appointed to establish and chair the Dematerialisation Market Action Taskforce (DEMAT). The taskforce is charged with removing paper share certificates and moving to a fully intermediated system of shareholding in the UK, marking a significant step forward in the evolution of the nation’s financial infrastructure of the UK’s capital markets.

In 2021, the Chancellor of the Exchequer appointed Mark as the independent chair of the UK Secondary Capital Raising Review, which proposed reforms to the capital raising process for listed companies, and Mark delivered the Review to the Chancellor in July 2022. He also advised Lord Hill on the UK Listing Review in 2021. His numerous significant roles within the UK’s financial regulatory framework have led directly to the successful implementation of the reforms in July 2024.

Mark is a member of the UK’s Capital Markets Industry Taskforce (CMIT), which the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in July 2022, and was also a member of HM Treasury’s Digitisation Taskforce, which reported in July 2024. Mark also sits on the FCA’s Markets Practitioner Panel, which advises the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on financial market matters, and he is the former Chair of the Listing Authority Advisory Panel, the practitioner panel that advises FCA on primary markets policy and regulation issues. He additionally sits on the London Stock Exchange’s Primary Markets Group.

Nemone Wynn-Evans is Chair of the Board at LGPS Central, one of the UK’s largest pension pools, which provides asset management and advisory services to fifteen Local Government Pension Schemes, investing £100 billion of assets collectively to maximise scale benefits. She was appointed to the role in November 2025, bringing extensive leadership experience across financial services and capital markets, alongside a strong commitment to sustainability and responsible investment.

Nemone also has a background in supporting listed and growth companies, including during her time at the London Stock Exchange and at a forerunner of the Aquis Exchange, and has deep knowledge of the UK’s smaller companies and AIM market ecosystem. She has served both as an executive and as a non-executive director on the board of AIM companies, and is currently active in the venture capital trust space as a non-executive director at Gresham House Income & Growth Trust VCT plc.
She has further roles as an independent non-executive director on the board of retail investment management & stockbroking firm Redmayne Bentley, and as an independent member of the Risk, Audit & Finance Committee at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Steven Fine is the Chief Executive Officer of Peel Hunt. He joined the business in 2006 and led the management and staff buy-out from KBC Bank in 2010. Prior to that, he was a founder member of D. E. Shaw Securities International, which later became the core of KBC Financial Products. At KBC, he managed the Japanese and Asian equity, convertible, and derivatives operations in Tokyo. Steven serves as Deputy Chair of the FCA Markets Practitioner Panel, whose key remit is to represent the interests of financial markets participants and to provide input to the FCA. He is also a non-executive director for the Quoted Companies Alliance, a membership organisation that champions the interests of medium- and small-sized quoted companies, and a non-executive director of RetailBook, a comprehensive solution for issuers wishing to access retail capital. He has been a judge for the Non-Executive Director Awards for over 15 years. Steven has an accountancy degree and also holds a certificate in corporate governance from INSEAD. Steven’s commitment to our partnership ethos, demonstrated by his collaborative management style and his transparent approach to communication, has contributed to Peel Hunt building successful long-term relationships with our clients and our people.

Michelle is the Managing Director of ESG Services for Inspired, an emerging market leader in the ESG sector. Inspired deliver end-to-end solutions for investors and businesses to make compliance disclosure and transform them into effective ESG impacts.

Michelle and her team now support 420 clients across multiple industries and geographies, providing expert insight and advisory services to help businesses reduce their carbon emissions and develop their net-zero, ESG and environmental strategies.

Michelle has a PhD in International Development in Emerging Economies, along with a wealth of experience delivering client services to the mining and metals industry, agriculture, retail sector and social enterprises to support them with their ESG, Social Impact assessment, Sustainable Business Practices, Environmental Awareness, Good Governance, Stakeholder and Public Engagement and much more.