Tracy Brabin

Mayor of West Yorkshire

Dr Carol McNaughton Nicholls

Managing Partner, Thinks Insight & Strategy

Presentation and Q&A with John Godfrey, Managing Director, Public Affairs, Policy and Research, TheCityUK

Miles Celic OBE

Chief Executive Officer, TheCityUK

Investment sprint

This session engaged with key partners to help identify the barriers to investment and how the public and private sector can work together to alleviate these.

• Cat Smith, Senior Manager, Yorkshire and the Humber, British Business Bank
• Tim Newns, Director, Business Development, Office for Investment
• Nicola Watkinson, Managing Director, International, TheCityUK (Chair)

One Year and counting: Unpacking the government’s growth agenda

• Susan Allen OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Yorkshire Building Society (Chair)
• Antony Manchester, Co-Head of EMEA Government Affairs and Public Policy, BlackRock
• Andrew Myhill, Director of Public Affairs, UK & EMEA, Aon
• Mandy Ridyard, Mayor’s Business Adviser, West Yorkshire Combined Authority
• Raoul Ruparel OBE, Senior Director, Centre for Growth, Boston Consulting Group

Innovation revolution: How the industry is maintaining its cutting edge to drive growth and investment

• Kuangyi Wei, Strategy Principal Director, Accenture UK & Ireland and member, TheCityUK Next Generation Leadership Council (Chair)
• Jane Galvin, Head, Corporate Clients, Santander UK
• Olga Ponomarenko, Partner, Latham & Watkins
• Nick Quin, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, LINK
• Julian Wells, Director, FinTech North

Local Powerhouses: How new bases for public bodies are changing their culture and relationship with the industry

• Rachel Taylor, Government and Health Industries Leader, PwC (Chair)
• Patricia Galloway, Chief People Officer, National Wealth Fund
• William Hague, Director, Leeds Office, Financial Conduct Authority
• Tanveer Hussain, Head of Risk & Assurance Division, PRA, Bank of England
• Ellie Moir, Deputy Director, Darlington Leadership Team, HM Treasury