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  • Portrait of Sally Britton

    Sally Britton

    Sally is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property department and head of the Brands group. She advises on brand protection strategies including clearance, monitoring and enforcement as well as trade mark and design filing. She acts for brands at all stages, from creation through to international expansion, both in preparation for investment and following […]

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  • Portrait of Danny Brooke-Taylor

    Danny Brooke-Taylor

    Danny has been lucky enough to be Creative Director at some great agencies, including TBWA and Mother. He’s bagged lots of awards at British Arrows, Cannes, The One Show, Creative Circle and D&AD. His Hovis commercial ā€œGo on ladā€ was voted ā€œAd of the Decadeā€ by ITV viewers in 2010. He co-founded Lucky Generals in […]

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  • Rod Bristow

    Rod Bristow is President, UK & Core Markets for Pearson. Core Markets include those 100+ countries with, in general, developed economies and education systems. In 2010, Rod became President for Pearson UK and was appointed to lead all other Core Markets for Pearson in January 2014. Rod has worked in education, publishing and assessment for […]

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  • Portrait of Georgina Brittain

    Georgina Brittain

    My name is Georgina and I am a senior fund manager at JP Morgan Asset Management. I focus on long term investment in mid and small sized UK companies, and have been investing in the UK stock market for over 20 years. I am extremely keen on extolling the benefits of a career in fund […]

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  • Dame Nicola Brewer

    Before joining UCL in May 2014, Nicola was a senior diplomat at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. She was British High Commissioner to South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland from May 2009 to September 2013. As Vice-Provost (International), Nicola is responsible for UCL’s Global Engagement Strategy: London’s Global University working with partners to achieve fair solutions […]

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  • Derek Brewer

    Derek Brewer, 54, was the fifteenth Chief Executive & Secretary of MCC. He assumed the role in May 2012 after seven years at the helm of Nottinghamshire CCC. Brewer graduated from Aston University with a degree in Business Studies in 1981. He had a 24-year career in banking, and was a Regional Director of Corporate […]

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  • Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg

    Lord Melvyn Bragg

    Melvyn Bragg was born in Wigton, Cumbria, and educated there and at Wadham College, Oxford. His broadcasting career began at the BBC in 1961 and soon afterwards he published his first novel. He worked on the arts programme Monitor with Huw Wheldon in the mid-1960s; during this time he began writing novels, set mostly in […]

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  • Dr Miranda Brawn

    Prof Miranda Brawn is a keynote speaker, success mindset coach, investor, boardroom, venture capital (VC) and AI start up advisor, podcast host, lawyer, former investment banker and hedge fund sales trader working for top global banks like JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs and trailblazing advocate for boardroom diversity across all sectors and levels. She has […]

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  • Portrait of James Brabazon

    James Brabazon

    James Brabazon is an award-winning frontline journalist and documentary filmmaker. Based in London, he has travelled in over seventy countries, investigating, filming and directing in the world’s most hostile environments. His awards include the Rory Peck Trust Sony International Impact Award 2003, the Rory Peck Freelancer’s choice Award 2003, and the IDA Courage Under Fire […]

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  • Portrait of Kate Bradley

    Kate Bradley

    An experienced CEO, senior leader and non-executive director and specialist in strategy, governance, project management and social responsibility. Kate Bradley joined Virgin Money Foundation in February 2022 as Executive Director, leading the charity and team responsible for the day-to-day management of grant programmes. Prior to this Kate was Operations and Strategy Director at UK Athletics […]

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