TheCityUK National Conference 2024

Panel session: Devolution as a driver of growth – what more metro mayors means for business

• Anastasia Nishnianidze, Trade and Investment Director, City of London Corporation (Chair)
• Alex Bishop, Partner & Head of Birmingham Office, Shoosmiths
• Gurjit Jagpal, Head of Goldman Sachs, Birmingham
• Laura Shoaf CBE, Chief Executive, West Midlands Combined Authority
• Rachel Taylor, UK Government and Health Industries Leader, PwC

Keynote speech
Baroness Penn, Conservative Peer, and former Treasury and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Minister

Industry reputation in 2024: presentation and Q&A
Dr Carol McNaughton Nicholls, Associate Partner, Thinks

John Godfrey, Managing Director, Public Affairs, Policy and Research, TheCityUK (Chair)

Panel session: Growth on the ground – creating inclusive prosperity and investment across the UK

• Sandra Wallace CBE, Deputy Managing Partner/Managing Director- Practice Groups, DLA Piper and TheCityUK Chair in the Midlands (Chair)
• Cuan Coulter, Executive Vice President, Head of UK and Ireland, State Street
• Rupert Pleasant, Chief Executive Officer, Guernsey Finance
• Carl Sizer, UK Chief Markets Officer, PwC
• Claire Tunley, Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Skills Commission

Panel session: Politically speaking – what the new government’s first months mean for business

• Professor Rebecca Riley, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Regional Engagement, University of Birmingham (Chair)
• Gary Cook, Group Head of Public Policy, Lloyds Banking Group
• Tim Fassam, Director of Public Affairs, Phoenix Group
• Alex Guerin, Head of Office, London Commercial and Corporate, Marsh, and TheCityUK Next Generation Leadership Council Member
• Katy Hyams, UK Public Policy Director, Vanguard Asset Management

Keynote speech followed by Q&A

Emily Shepperd, Chief Operating Officer, Financial Conduct Authority