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  • Portrait of David Gittleson

    David Gittleson

    David Gittleson is the leader of EY’s Advisory practice across Europe, Middle East, India and Africa. The business has revenues of around $3bn and 25,000 people who help corporates and governments address the competitive, social, regulatory and disruptive forces impacting them. David has a key role leading the development of EY’s digital, analytics and cyber […]

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  • Portrait of Simon Gillespie OBE

    Simon Gillespie OBE

    Simon joined the BHF in 2013, following seven years as Chief Executive of the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society. He has a family connection with heart disease, and continues to both fundraise and volunteer for the BHF. Under Simon’s leadership, the BHF has grown to become one of the largest charities in the UK. It funds […]

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  • Portrait of Emily Gee

    Emily Gee

    Emily Gee has been the Director for Cathedral and Church Buildings at the Church Commissioners since Easter 2023, helping people to look after some of our country’s most important historic buildings at the heart of communities. Before this, Emily worked at Historic England for 22 years in roles such as Listing Inspector for many parts […]

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  • Portrait of Lilli Geissendorfer

    Lilli Geissendorfer

    Lilli Geissendorfer is Director of Jerwood Arts, the leading independent funder dedicated to supporting UK artists, curators and producers to thrive. She has been Director for just over a year, during which time she has re-launched the foundation with a new name and new funds under a refreshed vision to provide transformative opportunities for artists […]

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  • Portrait of Chris Gentle

    Chris Gentle

    Chris Gentle is a senior business advisor; entrepreneur and board member. Previously he was Partner and Head of Research for Deloitte the $50bn, 300,000 person firm. Chris was born and raised in Yorkshire. He was the first in his family to ever go to University – starting at Manchester Polytechnic he attended University of Birmingham, […]

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  • Portrait of Lee Georgs

    Lee Georgs

    Lee Georgs is currently the Chief Operating Officer for Eighteen48 and a former COO for Redington, one of the UK’s leading independent Investment Advisory and Pensions Consultancy firms. She sits on the firm’s Operating, Executive, Risk and Remuneration Committees and is the Executive Sponsor for Diversity and Inclusion, speaking regularly on matters of gender, diversity […]

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  • Portrait of Kevin Gaskell

    Kevin Gaskell

    Recognised as one of the outstanding leaders of his generation, Kevin Gaskell is a corporate trailblazer, serial entrepreneur and world class team builder. He is renowned for guiding iconic brands Porsche and Lamborghini from difficulty to market leadership and driving BMW to an unprecedented level of success. As an entrepreneur he has created global businesses […]

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  • Portrait of Professor Leon Freris

    Professor Leon Freris

    Professor Leon Freris was the head of the Power Systems section in the department of Electrical Engineering at Imperial College. In 1993 he joined Loughborough University to set up CREST the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology. Today, after over two decades of operation, CREST is firmly established as the leading UK centre in the […]

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  • Portrait of Tilly Franklin

    Tilly Franklin

    Tilly Franklin is a Director of Investments at Alta Advisers, a London-based single family investment office. At Alta, Ms Franklin’s primary responsibility is for the construction and supervision of a substantial global portfolio of investments in private equity funds. She also participates in multi-asset class portfolio reviews and asset allocation. Ms Franklin joined Alta in […]

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  • Portrait of Professor Gavin Foster

    Professor Gavin Foster

    Gavin is a Professor of Isotope Geochemistry in the School of Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton. Gavin joined the university in 2009 and made a Professor in 2015. He was awarded a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award for his research into past climates in 2016. Gavin is a geologist and […]

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