Robert Lewenson is ESG engagement manager at Old Mutual Investment Group. Robert joined the Group's Responsible Investment team in October 2014, as a governance and engagement manager. He is responsible for proxy voting and engagement, representing Old Mutual Investment Group on various industry bodies and championing responsible investment. Robert’s legal and corporate governance background enables him to bring his knowledge of law and negotiation skills to the fore. Prior to joining the Responsible Investment team, he was a legal advisor at Old Mutual Investment Group.
Sara Lewis has been an EU-accredited freelance journalist since July 1988, covering the Brussels angle on subjects ranging from finance to car emissions, medicine to food and everything in between. Originating from Wales and an Aberystwyth politics graduate, Sara, who speaks fluent French, is a business correspondent based in Brussels.
David Liddle is CEO of The TCM Group and founding president of the Institute of Organizational Dynamics. He is the author of the newly published book 'Transformational Culture' (Kogan Page). David has developed significant expertise and authority in the areas of organisational dynamics, conflict resolution and transformational culture. David has spent the last 30 years reframing HR systems, management processes, and leadership behaviours, with the aim of putting purpose, people and values at the heart of organisations.
Fiona Logan is chief executive of people development company Insights. Fiona came to Insights in 2015 as VP Europe, and soon took on the role of chief operating officer. She joined from her post as CEO of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park following an international corporate career with IBM and Unilever. Fiona is a previous winner of the UK Public Servant of the Year from the Women in Public Life awards.
Chee Keong (CK) Low is associate professor in corporate law at CUHK Business School, Hong Kong. His research interests lie in issues pertaining to corporate governance and the regulatory framework of capital markets. An advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya, CK is a member of the Process Review Panel of the Financial Reporting Council in Hong Kong. He was previously a member of the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, the Financial Reporting Review Panel and the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal. In addition, CK served as a director of the Asian Institute of Finance in Malaysia for three years. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and of the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries.
Simon Lowe leads Grant Thornton's large corporate practice and is chairman of the Grant Thornton Governance Institute. He is also lead partner for a number of the firm's larger external audit clients and has more than 25 years' experience in the role of partner delivering audit, advisory, assurance and risk management services to public and larger private companies, during which time he founded the firm's business risk services practice and worked across a wide range of sectors.
Simon is the author of Grant Thornton's FTSE 350 Corporate Governance Review, the UK's leading research document into the UK's Code of Corporate Governance and referred to by the FRC in all of its recent reviews of the Code and also by the Walker review.
Simon was also a member of the FRC's steering group responsible for the Guidance for Effective Boards issued in March 2011, the replacement for the Higgs guidance.
Sean Lyons is an author, value preservation activist and corporate defence pioneer. He is the author of Corporate Defense and the Value Preservation Imperative.
Stuart is managing director of Maynard Leigh Associates. He provides consultation on behavioural change as well designing and delivering workshops in communication, leadership, creativity, change and team working. Stuart also has a background in the performing arts, working in film, theatre and TV as a director, actor and writer. As a pioneer of performance coaching he brings a creative and challenging approach to help produce extraordinary results. Stuart promotes individual and corporate change, unlocking performance and creating people-centred solutions to business needs. Stuart has worked with organisations such as BP, Credit Suisse, Hewlett Packard, the Home Office and Sun MicroSystems.
Amanda Mackenzie is chief executive of Business in the Community. A graduate of London University and INSEAD, Amanda has more than 25 years of commercial experience, including director roles at British Airways Airmiles, British Telecom, HP and British Gas. She is also a non-executive director of Mothercare Plc and sits on the audit committee. Most recently, Amanda sat on Aviva's Group Executive for seven years as CCMO. She has been on the board of the National Youth Orchestra for nine years and was a member of Lord Davies's steering group to increase the number of women on boards. Amanda is a life fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and fellow and past president of the Marketing Society.
Chris Maclean is chief executive of Open Energy Market. He co-founded the company in 2013, with the aim of bringing innovation through technology into the commercial energy buying process, by redefining how large businesses buy and manage their energy contracts.
Florence Massena is a journalist working in Lebanon since 2013. After studying political sciences in Toulouse, she travelled in the Middle East region and settled in Beirut. She writes about economic, cultural and social matters.
James McAlister, MA DipBCM DipEd FBCI FICPEM, is the director of Crisis Prepared Limited, an organisational resilience consultancy and vice chair of the Business Continuity Institute. He is a former police officer with over 30 years experience in business continuity, civil protection, crisis and major incident management.
James specialises in developing and facilitated training programmes and exercises throughout the UK and internationally for a diverse array of topics including political party conferences, major sporting events, counter terrorism operations, VIP visits, public order events, environmental / man-made disasters and more recently cyber-attacks and active shooter scenarios.
