Join like-minded business people for the 6th Future Leaders Award Symposium and Award Ceremony

The Old Library, Lloyd’s, One Lime Street, London EC3M 7HA
10 July, 8am – 1pm

Programme

Breakfast Reception

Symposium: The Digital Leader

Award Ceremony

• Keynote Address: Inga Beale, CEO Lloyd’s
• Award Presenter: Debra Ward, Managing Director, Mace Macro and the 2014 Women in the City Woman of Achievement Award Winner

Symposium topics:

• What is Digital Leadership?
• Developing the Digital leader’s skillset
• The Digital Leader’s toolbox
• The Digital Leader’s presence

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Earlybird price: £40 +vat (to 30 June) Full price: £60 +vat

What our guests said about last year’s event:

“A really wonderful occasion it was and very inspiring. Often you have events where people talk and you feel like they are going through the motions, but at this event I felt that people really opened up and gave some of the personal with the professional and that was quite special. In the end we are both and it was great to see people acknowledge that and incorporate that into how one achieves in life.” John-george Nicholson, Business Manager, UCL Medical School Education Consultancy (MSEC)

“This morning was fantastic – interesting and engaging (and concise!) speakers in a very special venue. I thoroughly enjoyed it.” Kim Swan, Senior Manager, International Regulatory Affairs, Lloyd’s.

 

We are thrilled to announce the ten candidates who have been selected to go through to this year’s Future Leaders Award shortlist.

We had a fantastic selection of applications this year from a wide range of industries and locations in the UK. This made the judging very difficult, but we’re very happy with the calibre of our final ten.

2015 Future Leaders Award – Shortlisted Candidates

Sarah	Austin	Operating Director	Page Group
Keily	Blair	Associate	Morrison & Foerster (UK) LLP
Natasha	Clayton	Director of Resources	Farm Africa
Kate	Elsdon	Director	PwC Legal LLP
Simi	Gandhi-Whitaker	Work Winning Director	Galliford Try Facilities
Rachel	Harrington	Director, Coutts Institute	Coutts
Shivvy	Jervis	Head of Digital Media & Creator, Digital Futures	Telefonica
Susan	McLean	Of Counsel	Morrison & Foerster
Samantha	Quaye	Chief Pharmacy Technician, Clinical Services	King’s College Hospital NHS
Katherine	Rawlings	Director, Head of Tax & Wealth Structuring Solutions	Coutts UK

 

 

 

 

(Left to right: Victoria O’Farrell, Mohammed Hussain, David Emanuel, Tanya Brick, David Howorth, Gary Zetter, Gwen Rhys)

Women in the City, in partnership with the BIFM’s Women in FM (WIFM) group, successfully launched a UK-wide Encouraging Equality Award, and we’re delighted to crown Nick Thompson, divisional managing director for Sodexo, this year’s winner.

Timed to coincide with International Women’s Day (8 March) 2015, the Encouraging Equality Award aims to identify, recognise and reward male champions of equality and diversity in the workplace. Global campaigns such as #HeforShe (fronted by superstar Emma Watson), and the UN continuing to promote awareness of the impact women have made economically, politically, and socially, have helped to create a suitable backdrop for Women in FM and Women in the City to host a UK event.

Seven outstanding finalists were selected from the nominees submitted for the first Encouraging Equality Award, and the number of public votes cast for the overall winner was overwhelming.

Results were announced at the main event where Nick Thompson beat off the competition to win the Award. He said;

I am thrilled to receive this award. Sodexo has a strong and established diversity and inclusion approach and it is great to have bodies such as Women in the City and BIFM’s WIFM group which we can work with to help encourage women and other under-represented groups to develop and grow within this industry.

Award finalists included: Mohammed Hussain (Systems Commissioning Manager, NHS England), David Emanuel (Managing Director, i-fm.net), Simon Esner (Director, BaxterStorey), Mark Freed (Director, E2W Limited), David Howorth (Managing Director, Mitie Client Services), Gary Zetter (Regional Director, Mitie).

Well done to all of our finalists – Keep up the great work!

The event featured a line-up of impactful speakers. Debra Ward (the Women in the City 2015 Woman of Achievement Award Winner) and Denise Harrison shared their global story, and reminded the audience that “Your playing small does not serve the world”.

Andy Woodfield was a real hit, and had the audience laughing throughout his 30 minute slot. He offered some valuable (and serious) gems, such as “Stop telling people what’s wrong with them – Tell them about a time when they were at their best” and “Difference is something we all have in common”.

Finally, Sarah Higson and Korto Williams from ActionAid gave an insightful overview into what the charity does to help more than 15 million people around the world every year through its local, national and global work. ActionAid; Changes Lives. For Good. Find out more here.

Our thanks go to Invesco for hosting the event, and to BaxterStorey for the catering, plus Stuart Butcher of Cameyera for the photography.

Read tweets from the event via twitter: @BIFM_WIFM and @womeninthecity

 

Join us on 16 March  6.30-9.00pm

Hosted by ICAEW, the 6th Future Leaders Award Launch evening will take place on 16 March at Chartered Accountants’ Hall in the heart of the City of London.

The evening will give you an opportunity to:

• discover more about Women in the City and the Future Leaders Award
• hear about the Award’s impact and value from past Finalists and Winners
• find out about the Winner’s Prize Package including the ICEAW’s Women in Leadership Programme
• learn why ICAEW, HSBC and CapGemini have committed to sponsorsing the 6th Future Leaders Award
• understand how you and your organisation can become involved
• mix and mingle with like-minded senior level professionals and influencers from a wide-range of industry sectors

Evening Programme

6.30pm Registration and Reception
7.00pm Presentations
8.00pm Mix & Mingle
9.00pm Close

Venue

Chartered Accountants’ Hall, Moorgate Place, London EC2R 6EA

Sponsors

CapGemini, HSBC, ICAEW

Media Partners

XKA, Dialogue

Media Supporters

boardroommum.com

Join ICAEW, HSBC and Cap Gemini

The theme of this year’s Future Leaders Award Symposium,  which is linked to the Awards Ceremony, is The Digital Leader.

Now in its 6th year, this UK-wide Award identifies high potential women at the transition between management and leadership.  The prize includes a place on the ICAEW’s Women in Leadership Programme.

The award is open to women working in organisations employing 250+ and includes those employed in the public, private and third-sector.

This is a well-established award that attracts high calibre candidates.

Why sponsor Women in the City?

Those who sponsor Women in the City share our values and aims and include some of the world’s largest corporations. By partnering with us you can:

• Communicate your commitment to gender equality
• Align your brand with those with shared values
• Promote your brand to our community of influential business women
• Build relationships with the wider Women in the City community

 Our reach extends beyond our own connections

• Database (4000+) includes individuals and women’s networks (internal/external)  – 98% emails delivered, over 40% opened and 11% click  (all above industry averages)
• Twitter (4k+) – mention reach 868k (April-July 14)
• LinkedIn Group (750+)
• We also reach some of the UK’s largest professional and business associations and influencers

Visit our Future Leaders Award website

Read about the Sponsorship Package

Email to arrange to discuss this sponsorship opportunity in more detail.