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Thursday 11 September 2025
07:45

Klaus Hommels

Founder and Chairman of venture capital firm Lakestar, Chair of the NATO Innovation Fund

Can we defend ourselves? The rapidly changing face of the European defence industry

Wednesday 8 October 2025
07:45

Tom Palmer

CEO of Newmont Corporation

Gold in the Age of Transition: Investing in Resilience, Responsibility and Resource Security

Demand for gold is at record levels as the world calibrates to an uncertain economic and geopolitical environment. Hear from Tom Palmer, CEO of Newmont Corporation – the world’s leading gold company – and Chair of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), on the role of gold in the broader commodities discussion, navigating inflationary pressure and maintaining responsible mining principles. This will be a fireside chat led by Rohitesh Dhawan, President & CEO of ICMM.

Thursday 18 September 2025
08:00

Olly Bengough

CEO and Creative Director of KOKO

KOKO

A very special invitation to The House of KOKO, an exquisitely designed private members club back stage at London’s iconic KOKO theatre. Olly will be sharing his ambitious and exciting plans for the future and his thoughts on the music industry more generally.

Thursday 9 October 2025
07:45

Merryn Somerset Webb

Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg

Merryn was founding editor of Moneyweek magazine in 2000. She remained at the magazine as Editor in Chief until late 2022.  Merryn was also a Contributing Editor to and weekly columnist for the Financial Times until September 2022. She is currently an Editor at Large at Bloomberg, writing about wealth, investing and personal finance and hosts the ‘Merryn Talks Money’ podcast. Merryn is also an experienced non executive director and currently sits on the board of two listed investment trusts.

Friday 5 September 2025
07:45

Mansion House

Lord Mayor of London

Breakfast at majestic Mansion House

The Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Alastair King DL, will welcome us to the splendour of Mansion House for our first breakfast of the autumn season where he will be discussing opportunities for the UK, and recounting his findings from his travels around the world promoting London as the Lord Mayor.

Tuesday 16 September 2025
07:45

Carl Benedikt Frey

Associate Professor of AI & Work at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford

How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations

Frey argues that every leap in innovation – whether the internet, mRNA vaccines, or AI – requires a fragile balance: decentralised exploration to make discoveries, and centralised institutions to scale them. Get that balance wrong and progress stalls.

Tuesday 30 September 2025
07:45

Jamie Arbib

Clean technology investor

Stellar: A World Beyond Limits and How to Get There

In a bold re-examination of the past, present, and future of humanity, James challenges conventional thinking and offers a vision of hope and optimism – a necessary antidote to the fear and despair that define our times. He describes a Stellar world where today’s pressing issues simply dissolve, where humanity can thrive, free from fear, scarcity, and despair.

Thursday 8 May 2025
07:45

Professor Peter Frankopan

Professor of Global History at Oxford University

Trump's first 100 days and where we go from here.

Peter will be looking at how Trump’s first 100 days have brought chaos, uncertainty and opportunity. What does that tell us about the next 100 days – and indeed about the next 1280 (when the next US President will be elected)? How does the rest of the world see Donald Trump; how do we separate the signal from the noise? Are these unprecedented times of crisis; or are we all suffering from Trump Derangement syndrome?

Tuesday 8 July 2025
07:45

Mishal Husain

Journalist, broadcaster and author

Broken Threads

We are delighted to welcome Mishal Husain, Editor-at-Large for Bloomberg Weekend, who will be speaking about her critically acclaimed book, Broken Threads: A Family From Empire to Independence.

Thursday 26 June 2025
07:45

Mark Read CBE

The future of advertising: where technology meets creativity

Mark is CEO of WPP and has held multiple leadership positions at WPP since joining in 1989. As CEO of WPP Digital he was responsible for WPP’s first moves into technology. In 2015, he became Global CEO of Wunderman, which he transformed into one of the world’s leading agencies. Mark received a Fellowship in 2021 for outstanding services to the industry in the IPA’s New Year’s Honours. In 2023 he joined Involve’s Hall of Fame following multiple listings as an Empower Advocate (including #1) which recognises leaders who create diverse and inclusive business environments, alongside his five consecutive years as a Heroes champion of women in business. Mark was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the King’s New Year Honours 2024 list, for services to the creative industries. Mark is a Trustee of the Natural History Museum. He has an economics degree from Trinity College, Cambridge, was a Henry Fellow at Harvard University, and has an MBA from INSEAD.

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Tuesday 8 July 2025
07:45

Mishal Husain

Journalist, broadcaster and author

Broken Threads

Monday 7 July 2025
12:30

Japan’s new dynamism and new risks

A panel of experts visiting from Tokyo look at the prospects for the economy, for Japanese corporations and what the "run to Japan" phenomenon from China tells us about the future.

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