09:00 – 09:05

Welcome

• Claire Tunley, CEO, Financial Services Skills Commission

09:05 – 09:20

Keynote address:

• Professor Sandra McNally, Director of the Education and Skills Programme, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics.

09:20 – 09:30

Chair’s address:

• Anne Richards DBE, TheCityUK Board Chair

9:30 – 10:15

Panel session: Skills as a driver of long-term competitiveness

• Fiona Aldridge, CEO, Skills Federation (Panel Chair)
• Ben Auty, Organisation and Capabilities Director, Lloyds Banking Group
• Mandy Gill, Executive Director for Learning, Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment
• Garth Ledingham, Head of Future Skills and Learning, Nationwide Building Society
• David Strickland, Leadership & Performance Director, Norgine

10:15 – 10:40

In conversation KPMG UK Apprenticeship Programme:

• Louise Scott-Worrall, UK Head of Learning Services, KPMG UK (Panel Chair)
• Martyn Leader, Vice President, Pearson TQ & Employer Engagement, Pearson
• Matt Worman, Head of Lifelong Learning, KPMG UK
• Ella Heffner, Apprentice, FS People Consulting, KPMG UK

10:40 – 11:10

Coffee and networking

11:10 – 11:20 

Chair’s address

• Mark Hoban, Chair, Financial Services Skills Commission

11:20 – 12:05

Panel session: Remaining an International Financial Centre: How skills-based organisations are key to our global prosperity

• Caroline Haines, Vice-Chair of the Policy and Resources Committee, City of London (Panel Chair)
• Chloe Muir, Director of Talent and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Pinsent Masons
• Anne Murphy, Managing Partner, Global Financial Services Practice, Odgers Berndtson
• Marcus Adams, Head of HR Policy & Delivery, Financial Conduct Authority
• Tom Robinson, Head of Organisational Development, Hargreaves Lansdown

12:05 – 12:30

In Conversation:

• Sarah Maclean, Joint CEO of Skills England

12:30 – 13:15

Panel session: How is technological change shaping our industry, the workforce and the skills we need for growth?

• Lorna Willis, CEO, TechSkills (Panel Chair)
• Babs Akinkugbe, Technology Platform Lead, Scottish Widows
• Freneka Mumford, Director, Future of Work, KPMG UK
• Matt Wintle, Head of Talent acquisition and Development, Admiral
• Victoria Cleverly, Chief Operation Officer, Digital, NatWest

 13:15 – 13:20

Closing remarks

• Miles Celic OBE, CEO, TheCityUK

13:20 – 14:15

Networking lunch