Economy & Finance

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

Editor-in-Chief of MoneyWeek and a respected commentator on economics, financial markets and personal finance.

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

Director of the Greater London Group, a research centre at the London School of Economics. He is a regular contributor to the media on the economy and local government.

Tony Travers

Lord Turner is the former chairman of the FSA, and now chairs the Energy Transitions Trust a coalition of organisations finding achievable routes to keeping global warming below 2C. He's also very knowledgeable on global finance with extensive knowledge and experience of China.

Adair Turner

Justin is one of the best known financial commentators in the UK being the co-founder of 7 Investment Management in 2001, building it up to £15 billion funds under management before his retirement in 2019.

Justin Urquhart Stewart