The Real World of 2020 and the Possible Risks Arising in 2021

Angela Knight CBE, Senior Independant Director & Chair of the Remuneration Committee at TPICAP plc.

Angela's first career was in engineering (16 years), followed by politics (5 years as an MP, two of which a Treasury Minister). Her third career was as CEO of trade associations of which the middle one was the BBA through the banking crisis! She now lives a quieter life with her fourth career, as a a non executive board member.  Two of these are U.K. financial PLCs, and a third a private bank.

Angela is also a NED for a US financial services company listed on NASDAQ and she is deputy chair of the Astana Financial Services Authority, which is the new regulator in Kazakhstan.

Having been a member of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers almost since its inception, Angela has just been elected the Junior Warden.

Maddie Scrafton, Managing Director of UK Governance Services at Computershare
Previously, Head of Governance, Board at HSBC Holdings plc.

Maddie recently joined Computershare in January 2021 where she and her team provide a range of governance advisory and managed services to support Company Secretaries and their organisations.

She has experience of UK listed companies, financial services and board governance and has worked both in-house and within professional services. Before joining Computershare, Maddie was Head of Governance for the Board of HSBC, where she advised and supported the Board, the Board Committees and management committees on corporate governance, listing rules and regulatory requirements.

At EY, Maddie led the Financial Services offering within EY’s Entity Compliance and Governance team, where she advised both listed and private UK companies on their governance and compliance arrangements. She was previously the Company Secretary of AiM listed Hydrogen Group plc.

Maddie is a Fellow of the UK Chartered Governance Institute.

Paul Hardy, UK Head of Government Affairs and Brexit Director at DLA Piper.

Paul has over 25 years' experience working as a lawyer and policy adviser, including working in the European Commission in Brussels, as the senior EU Legal Adviser to the UK Houses of Parliament, and as the Brexit Director and UK Head of Government Affairs for DLA Piper.

Paul joined DLA Piper from the House of Lords in April 2017. He advises businesses, public sector organisations and States on the implications of Brexit and how best to manage them, and works with their sector specialists worldwide. His professional background makes him uniquely placed to navigate clients through the complexities of the post-Brexit domestic and cross-border regulatory environment, and to understand the new opportunities and risks that will arise for clients under trade agreements.

The presentation will start at 6pm and there will be the opportunity to ask questions from around 6.45pm.

Social networking will commence at 7pm, so please have your favourite tipple to hand, whether tea, tonic or a tad more alcoholic, to oil the wheels of shared conversation.