Agenda

8:00am - 9:00am Breakfast and registration

Opening Keynote Speech- Andrew Griffith MP, Economic Secretary to HM Treasury

Panel Session 1- London Calling: how to overhaul regulation, risk appetite and research so that our public markets become the first choice for growth companies

•    Chair: Ben Chu, Economics Editor, BBC Newsnight 
•    Steven Fine, Chief Executive, Peel Hunt 
•    Georgina Brittain, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Asset Management 
•    Richard Wyatt, Partner, Rothschild
•    Rachel Kent, Partner, Hogan Lovells

Fireside chat by James Ashton with Julia Hoggett, Chief Executive, London Stock Exchange

10:45am - 11.10am Tea & coffee break

Panel Session 2- The Founders’ Quandary: stay private, go public – what tips the balance? 

•    Chair: Ben Chu, Economics Editor, BBC Newsnight 
•    Phil Dudderidge, Chair, Focusrite 
•    Sara Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Big Technologies
•    Vijay Thakrar, Non Executive Director, Alpha Group 

•    Cara Haffey, Corporate Finance Partner and Deals Regions Leader, PWC

Fireside chat by James Ashton with Sarah Rapson, Deputy Chief Executive & Executive Director, Supervision, FRC 

Panel Session 3- Retail is Detail: can boosting shareholder communications and the UK’s stock-buying culture boost liquidity too? 

•    Chair: Sangita Shah, Non-Executive Chair, Kinovo Plc
•    Archie Norman, Chairman, M&S
•    Victoria Scholar, Head of Investment, Interactive Investor
•    Sheryl Cuisia, Director, The Engagement Appeal
•    Lord Lee of Trafford

Closing Keynote Speech- Tulip Siddiq MP, Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury

1:15pm - 2.30pm Lunch

2.30pm Conference finish