Topic: Culture, history & language
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26 February, 2020John Sweeney
John Sweeney is a British investigative journalist and author. He has worked for The Observer newspaper, and the BBC’s Panorama and Newsnight series. He was educated at Barton Peveril Grammar School, a state grammar school in Eastleigh, Hampshire, followed by the London School of Economics. Sweeney worked for twelve years at The Observer newspaper, where […]
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Maureen Sumner Smith
Maureen has full responsibility for the business performance and operations for all the countries within BSI’s European region (including the UK), which employs around 1200 people. As such, she leads operational delivery, technical review and sales and marketing activities as well as being responsible for delivering and tracking against the EMEA region’s strategic plan. She […]
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Ian Stuart
Ian Stuart has been Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC UK Bank plc since April 2017. One of the UK’s largest banks, HSBC UK serves 14.5 million retail, commercial and private banking customers, supported by 32,000 colleagues. In addition to the HSBC UK brand, it also includes HSBC Private Bank (UK), M&S […]
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Martin Sudweeks
I am a chartered surveyor with over 30 years of experience of various construction projects. I am currently based in London where I run a team of 150 cost managers. With my company I have worked in many parts of the world including Europe, Middle East and America where I was the Regional MD for […]
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Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard
Helen Stokes-Lampard, Professor of GP Education, is currently on a three-year secondment from the University (July 2020-23) as Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC). The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges is the national body that represents and coordinates the UKs 23 Royal Colleges, Colleges and Medical Faculties that in turn represent all […]
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Farrah Storr
Farrah Storr was appointed Editor of Cosmopolitan in July 2015 tasked with revolutionising the brand for young millennial women. Under her watch, sales of Cosmopolitan increased by 59% year-on-year and the magazine swiftly went back to being the best-selling women’s glossy in the UK – a title it had not held for 15 years. Cosmopolitan […]
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Sir Peter Stothard
From 1992 to 2002 I was Editor of The Times but today am an editor and writer specialising in the ancient classical world. My books, On the Spartacus Road (2010) and Alexandria (2013) combine memoir, history and travel writing. In 2012 I was Chair of Judges for the Man Booker Prize for fiction.
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Lord Dennis Stevenson
Dennis has been a serial entrepreneur since leaving university … initially he set up a series of consulting and biotech businesses (and a disastrous business selling knitting wool!). Most recently he has set up businesses as far afield as cloud computing, pop up shops, home distribution of foods, African television etc etc. He has also […]
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Dr. Andrew St George
Andrew can speak to you on leadership, “soft skills” , the pace of change, and on the future of work. He is a corporate writer and academic. In 2009-2011 he worked with the CEO of Marks & Spencer and also with Royal Naval Command. In 2011, after two years’ research, he wrote The Royal Navy […]
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Tanya Steele
Tanya began her career in the tech industry working in product development, marketing and communications in senior roles for Siemens and BT. After more than 10 years in the private sector, and inspired by a voluntary stint with the Red Cross, Tanya brought her corporate experience to the charity sector joining Save the Children in […]