List of 2021 past briefings
Lionel Barber, Editor FT 2005 to 2020 and author of “The Powerful and the Damned” 2020:
“The crisis of liberal democracy—business and politics in the post covid world"
Dr Fabian Zuleeg, CEO and Chief Economist European Policy Centre:
“Enduring EU/UK relations: policy collaboration and governance process on global issues"
Sir Laurie Bristow KCMG, British Ambassador to the Russian Federation: 2016 -2020):
“Russia’s relationship with the West”
The Rt Hon. the Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, Chair, House of Lords' Economic Affairs Committee:
“Employment and COVID-19: time for a new deal”
Edward Bonham Carter, Vice Chairman and Director designate Stewardship and Corporate Responsibility, Jupiter Asset Management:
“Sustainable investment—aligning objectives of asset managers and listed companies”
Cathryn Ross, Chair, Regulatory Horizons Council:
“Dynamic regulation—responding to customer expectations, changing economics and technologies”
Dipesh Shah OBE, Chairman, Highways England:
“Driving for Net Zero in Road Transport”
Brian McBride, Chair, Trainline PLC and Lead NED on the Board of the Ministry of Defence:
“Digital services as the driver of post pandemic economic growth”
Anneliese Dodds, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer:
“Post-Budget review: getting back to work – priorities for growth, investment and jobs”
HE Mr Chris Sainty, British Ambassador to Portugal:
“Update on the UK's bi-lateral relationship with Portugal and its Presidency of the EU”
Colin Matthews CBE FREng, Chairman, EDF Energy:
“Achieving net zero—the role of nuclear power generation”
John Alty CB, Interim Permanent Secretary, Department for International Trade:
“The UK’s trade and investment policy post-Brexit”
Susan Acland-Hood, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education:
“Public and private sector collaboration on skills and re-skilling”
Paul Madden CMG, British Ambassador to Japan 2017 to 2021:
“Japan Update”
Peter Hill, COP26 Chief Executive officer:
“Opportunities and challenges for COP26”
Bronwen Maddox, Director of the Institute for Government:
“An appraisal of UK devolution”
Tanya Steele, Chief Executive WWF UK:
“Can we tackle climate change without saving nature?”
Andrew Mitchell CMG, DG, Exports and UK Trade, Department for International Trade:
“How to capitalise on new trade relations to drive export growth for the UK”
Claire O'Neill, MD, Climate & Energy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development:
“Climate recovery, how do we up the pace?”
Duncan Clark, Head of Region for Ørsted in the UK:
“Wind power’s contribution to energy transition and net zero”
Andrew Griffith MP, UK Net Zero Business Champion:
“Private and public sector investment in green energy solutions”
Nicholas Alexander OBE, EU and Economic Counsellor at the British Embassy, Berlin:
“Germany and EU Update”
HE Mr Alex Ellis CMG, British High Commissioner to the Republic of India:
“India Update”
Paul Bogers, Member of the Government’s Hydrogen Advisory Council and Global VP for Hydrogen, Shell:
“The role of hydrogen in energy transition”
Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, Chief Executive UKRI:
“Building an inclusive knowledge economy: how research and innovation can tackle 21st century challenges, from climate change to coronavirus”
Andrew Staines, Assistant Director General, WIPO, former UK Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN and WTO in Geneva:
“View from multilateral Geneva: trends in global innovation, intellectual property and trade”
Sir John Armitt CBE FREng FICE FCGI, Chairman, National Infrastructure Commission:
“Review of infrastructure priorities”