GC FUTURES SUMMIT 2016
INNOVATING, INFLUENCING AND INSPIRING THE FUTURE
Tuesday 1 November 2016
K&L Gates offices, One New Change, London
08.30 Morning refreshments and registration
08.50 Welcome from the Chairs
- Carmel Mulhern, Group General Counsel, Telstra
- Joseph P. Gromacki, Head of M&A, Jenner & Block
Moderator: Stephen Blundell, Managing Director, Redstone Consultants
09.00 Creating a world class in-house legal department now and for the future
- Carmel Mulhern, Group General Counsel, Telstra
09.20 The Global Track: Navigating complexity – how companies are driving growth in an era of uncertainty and disruption
How current macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty is combining with disruptive forces to challenge current business models and what companies are doing to reinvent or transform themselves in this new, complex environment.
- Barry Perkins, Director, Global Transactions, EY
09.45 BoardTalk: Risk, Regulation and Compliance – Guiding the board
Chair: Joseph P. Gromacki, Head of M&A, Jenner & Block
Panel:
- Nikki Conran, General Counsel, Northern, Central & Eastern Europe, Schneider Electric
- Liz Kelly, Company Secretary, St James’s Place; NED, Saffron Building Society
- Max Hübner, Corporate Director Legal and Tax, PGGM
- Simon Enoch, Company Secretary, General Counsel, Darty
- Charlie Lightfoot, Partner and London Office Managing Partner, Jenner & Block
10.30 Coffee
11.00 Leading during times of change: A conversation
- John Collins, Head of Legal and Risk, Santander
11.30 Management Talk: Law Department 2030
Chair: Alessandro Galtieri, Legal Director – Corporate Law and Data Protection, Colt Group
Speakers:
- Phil Auld, Head of Legal, Digital & Specialist Commercial, Lloyds Banking Group
- Will Scrimshaw, Head of Skype Consumer Legal, Senior Attorney, Corporate, External and Legal Affairs, Microsoft
Panel:
- Ruth Murphy, Chief Counsel, Business and Public Sector, BT
- Aine Lyons, VP & Deputy GC, Worldwide Legal Operations, VMware
- David M. Klein, Vice President of Legal Services, QuisLex
12.45 Lunch
14.00 CyberRisk: Devising a strategy
- Andrew Rogoyski, VP Cyber Security Services UK, CGI
- Sarah Turpin, Partner, K&L Gates LLP
- Sasi-Kanth Mallela, Special Counsel, K&L Gates LLP
- Andrew Gilchrist, Senior Associate, K&L Gates LLP
14.45 BrexitTalk: Challenges for today’s law department
Chair: Janice More, GC, LSEW
Panel:
- Noreen Doyle, Chair, Credit Suisse International; Vice Chair, Credit Suisse; Chair, British Banker’s Association
- Simon Man, Managing Director, Associate General Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG
- Liz Walker, GC, BT Global Services
- Christian Tuddenham, Partner, Jenner & Block
- Dearbhail McDonald, Group Business Editor, Independent News Media
15.30 Coffee
15:50 Shaping an ethical corporate culture
Chair: Christine Braamskamp, Partner, K&L Gates
Panel:
- Mollie Stoker, GC, Lucozade Ribena Suntory
- Serena Grosso, GC, Mangiarotti
- Nick Deeming, Advisor, Blueprint for Better Business (and former in-house counsel)
- Oboama Addy, General Counsel & Head of European Legal Department, FUJIFILM Europe GmbH
16:35 Cultural Transformation: Why GCs must be involved
Chair: Catherine Berney, International Leadership and Organisational Development Consultant, Mannaz A/S
Panel:
- Enrique Aznar, Head of Values and Cultural Transformation, Vimpelcom
- Sarah Wilson, CEO, Manifest
- Ciarán Fenton, Leadership and Behavioural Change Consultant, Ciarán Fenton Limited
17.10 NEDTalk: Ten tips on getting a board position
- Helen Mahy, Non-executive Director, SSE
17.30 GlobalTalk: Foreign Direct Investment – A world of opportunities
- Dennis Unkovic, Partner, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott
Author of Face: How Saving Face Changes Everything; Understanding Asia: Winning Strategies for Business Success, The Art of Investing in America: Secrets to Success
17.55 Chair’s Summing Up
Drinks Reception