GC FUTURES SUMMIT 2017
INNOVATING, INFLUENCING AND INSPIRING THE FUTURE
Tuesday 26th September 2017
K&L Gates offices, One New Change, London
08.15 Morning refreshments and registration
09.00 Welcome from the Chairs
Joseph P. Gromacki, Partner and Chair, Corporate Practice, Jenner & Block
Moderator: Stephen Blundell, Managing Director, Redstone Consultants
09.10 Innovation, disruption and uncertainty: How GCs navigate complex environments
- Ed Gelsthorpe, Chief Counsel, BAE Systems, UK
- Stephen Blundell, Managing Director, Redstone Consultants
- John Bennett, Head of Legal, Santander
09.40 ManagementTalk: The innovation journey
Chair: Janice More, VP, Head of Legal & Compliance EMENA, Valeant Pharmaceuticals
- Sarah Morton, Head of Legal, Shell UK
- Steve Roberts, Chief Counsel, Procurement and Wholesale, BT
10.30 Coffee break
11.00 LawTalk: European matters
11.20 ManagementTalk: Law department 2030
Chair: David Saunders, ES Consulting, Eversheds Sutherland
- Helen Clerkin, Chief Operating Officer, Legal, Standard Chartered Bank
- Sophie Schwass, Head of Operations, Lloyds Banking Group
- Alessandro Galtieri, VP, Corporate Law, Colt Group
12.00 BoardTalk: Corporate cultural transformation and why GCs must be involved
- Enrique Aznar, Head of Values and Cultural Transformation, Vimpelcom
12.20: LeadershipTalk: Ethics – A missed opportunity?
- Ciarán Fenton, Leadership consultant to operating boards
12.45 PeopleTalk: Diversity
- Kate Cheetham, Group General Counsel, Lloyds Banking Group
13.00 Lunch
14.00 LawTalk: Fighting the spread of reputational harm in the digital age
Chair: Daniel Rozansky, Partner, Jenner & Block
- Michael Ellis, General Counsel, Abercrombie & Kent
- Benjamin Thiele-Long, Associate Director, Infinite Global
- Tom Stein, VP and GM, Global Partnerships, American Express
14.45 LawTalk: GDPR attack
- Andrew Rogoyski, VP, Cyber Security Services UK, CGI
- Claude-Étienne Armingaud, Partner, K&L Gates
- Arthur Artinian, Partner, K&L Gates
15.30 Coffee break
16.00 Fireside chat: The disruptive GC
- Richard Given, GC and Company Secretary, 10x Technologies Ltd
16.30 Reputation Matters: Advising the CEO
- Paul Tweed, Senior Partner, Tweed Law
16.45 Star Performers: Leveraging metrics to prove your value
Chair: Stephen Blundell, Managing Director, Redstone Consultants
- Andrew Magowan, General Counsel, ASOS
- Lisa Hart Shepherd, CEO, Acritas
- Alison Fisher, Legal Director, Capco
17.15 Releasing your inner creative – Ideas to help in-house legal teams respond to the innovation challenge
- Jonathan Patterson, Managing Director, DWF Ventures
Chairs Summing Up
17.45 Drinks Reception