Agenda

08:30-09:00

Registration

09:00-09:15

Opening remarks

• Christoph Loch, Director, Cambridge Judge Business School
• Dr Jenny Chu, Academic Director, Wo+Men’s Leadership Centre

09:15-10:30

Panels

Choose one of the following:

Panel 1: Gender diversity across cultures

Speakers:

• Sarah Legg, Independent Non-Executive Director,Lloyds Banking Group
• Mike Laven, Chief Executive Officer at Currencycloud
• Paola Bay, Co-Founder at Flourishing Diversity Series
• Khayala Eylazova. Senior Manager at PwC
• Lola Adebanji, Director, EMEA eCommerce Solutions Lead at Citigroup

Moderated by Dr Allegre Hadida, University Senior Lecturer in Strategy, Fellow of Magdalene College

Panel 2: Gender diversity across industries

Speakers:

• Victoria Higgins, Senior Director of the UK Academic Alliance Management, WWBD, GlaxoSmithKline
• Mandy Calvert, CEO & Founder at Quince Consultancy, Non-Executive Board Member and Board member of Group Audit and Risk Committee at The Guinness Partnership
• Wendy Papworth, Chair and Trustee of FACET, Ambassador, Everywoman
• Maria Franzoni, Speaker Bureau Director at Maria Franzoni

Moderated by Professor Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Diageo Professor in Organisation Studies, Director of the Doctoral Programme

10:30-11:00

Networking break

11:00-11:45

Keynote 1

• In conversation with Alison Loehnis, President of NET-A-PORTER and MR PORTER, and Ruth Kennedy, Managing Director of Kennedy Dundas

11:45-13:00

STEPS workshops

• Unconscious Bias workshops, Steps

Using interactive drama and creative learning techniques to achieve behavioural change and inspiring people to act differently.

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:45

Keynote 2

Tilly Franklin, Chief Investment Officer, University of Cambridge

14:45-15:15

Networking break

15:15-16:45

Panels

Choose one of the following:

Panel 3: Navigating your career advancement

Speakers:

• Sarah Legg, Independent Non-Executive Director,Lloyds Banking Group
• Smaranda Gosa-Mensing, Global Head of People / HR, ClienTech at McKinsey & Company
• Janet Mui, Global Economist at Cazenove Capital Management
• Stephanie Butcher, Invesco, Chief Investment Officer, Henley Investment Centre
• Simon Thorpe, Managing Partner, Delta2020

Moderated by Dr Jenny Chu, University Lecturer in Accounting, Academic Director, Wo+Men’s Leadership Centre, Deputy Director, Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability (CRFA)

Panel 4: Building support throughout the organisation, the importance of male allies

Speakers:

• James Cox, Partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher UK
• Sarah Vasani, Partner, Head of Investor State Dispute Resolution at Addleshaw Goddard
• Mark Buswell, VP of Research Solutions, R&D Tech at GSK
• Annamaria Koerling, Partner at Owl Private Office
• Ruth Kennedy, Managing Director at Kennedy Dundas

Moderated by Dr Lionel Paoella, University Lecturer in Strategy & Organisation, Cambridge Judge Business School

16:45-17:00

Closing remarks

• Tracey Horn, Executive Director, Wo+Men’s Leadership Centre

17:00-18:00

Networking drinks reception