Economy & Finance

Financier, campaigner, author and mother of nine, Helena has a truly inspirational story of beating the odds in the male dominated industry of finance, she is regarded as one of the worlds greatest leaders. A feminist with a story of beating the odds.

Dame Helena Morrissey

Best known for presenting Channel 4's Superscrimpers and as an FT Columnist.

Mrs Moneypenny

Co-presenter on BBC Breakfast and has her own mid morning show on 5 Live. She previously presented The World Today on BBC World. Newspaper credits include financial columns in the Observer and Evening Standard. Naga hosted a range of conferences for us around the world, for leading companies and NGOs.

Naga Munchetty

Editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine, he has also written extensively on international politics and economics. He has been an executive director of the World Bank, is an authority on globalisation and served as Venezuela's Minister of Trade & Industry in the 1990s.

Moisés Naím

Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (2010-13); Head of Global Economics, Commodities and Strategy Research, Goldman Sachs (2001-2010). Creator of the BRICs acronym. Author of The Growth Map. Talks on international economics and financial topics.

Jim O'Neill

Property Expert and Mortgage Broker, Tayo Demystifies confusing property focused topics for the everyday person. Host of The Great House Giveaway on Channel 4.

Tayo Oguntonade

Co-CEO of Decoded, a technology education company and expert on digital transformation, artificial intelligence and blockchain

Kathryn Parsons

Former MP and cabinet minister who has now built a successful career in the arts and media as a popular BBC TV presenter, particularly with his series Great British Railway Journeys.

Michael Portillo

Former Director General for Economics, the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills who is on the board of the CEBR. Insightful economics speaker.

Vicky Pryce

Former Chief Executive and Chairman of Marks & Spencer. A stalwart of business, and a leading authority on retail and management with a reputation and track record for turning around struggling retailers. He is an impressive keynote speaker on business issues and has just been appointed to the House of Lords.

Stuart Rose

Business and Financial Presenter/Host/Commentator, Head of Investment at Interactive Investor, Moderator, Keynote Speaker

Victoria Scholar

Capital Economics' Chief Emerging Markets Economist. Neil was formerly Economic Adviser on tax policy analysis and emerging markets research at HM Treasury.

Neil Shearing

Economics editor of The Sunday Times since 1989. Also writes for Professional Investor, British Industry and The Manufacturer, and is a regular contributor to the CBI's Business Voice.

David Smith

Merryn is a hugely popular speaker and acclaimed commentator on economics, financial markets and personal finance with an enviable track record in the volatile world of international capitalism.

Merryn Somerset Webb

Business woman, entrepreneur and writer who regularly hosts corporate events. Julia’s team have always worked remotely, something she introduced as she saw it was a way of avoiding the loss of female talent due to family commitments, and so is experienced in leading and inspiring a remote team.

Julia Streets