Forum hosts events where leaders can gather, connect and build relationships across a variety of sectors.
These events vary in style, size and purpose:
A platform for outstanding leaders to share stories and expertise. Forum Lectures are designed to inform, inspire and equip leaders across sectors.
A chance for leaders within a specific sector to gather together to identify and solve pressing challenges within their context.
Smaller dinners that provide an environment for building closer relationships and sharing challenges, insight and ideas.
An opportunity for participants to build deeper relationships in an unpressured environment designed for reflection and discussion.
Those who have previously spoken at Forum events include:
Nick Grono is the CEO of the Freedom Fund, the world’s first privately philanthropic initiative dedicated to ending modern slavery, which has impacted over 200,000 since its inception in 2013.
Julia Immonen is a double world record holding Atlantic rower, and a campaigner against modern slavery and human trafficking.
Arthur Brooks is a best selling author, social scientist and President of the American Enterprise Institute and one of the world’s leading thinkers on the juncture between culture, economics and politics.
Natasha Kaplinsky OBE is a presenter and journalist who is best known for her roles as a studio anchor on Sky News, BBC News, Channel 5 and ITV News. She was a member of the Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission and serves as a patron of The Willow Foundation and an Ambassador for Save The Children.
Rhidian Brook is a novelist, screenwriter and broadcaster, whose latest best-selling novel The Aftermath has been translated into over 30 languages and is currently being adapted into a film directed by Sir Ridley Scott.
Baroness Grey-Thompsonis a Welsh politician, television presenter, and as a former Paralympian, is one of the most successful disabled athletes in the UK.
David Brooks is one of America’s foremost commentators and cultural critics. He has written a column for the New York Times since 2003. Previously with the Wall Street Journal, he has been a contributing editor at Newsweek and the Atlantic Monthly. He is the author of a number of books.
Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. Her documentaries have been watched by over a 100 million viewers worldwide. She is passionate about learning from the past in order to shape the future and lists loyalty and bravery amongst her favourite qualities.
James Timpson OBE is Chief Executive of Timpson. He is also the Chair the Employers Forum for Reducing Reoffending, Chair of the Prison Reform Trust, and has appeared in the Sunday Times 500 Most Influential list.
Liz Earle is a retail entrepreneur whose eponymous brand is one of the biggest-selling luxury skincare brands in the UK.
Martin Ivens is a widely respected journalist, with a long-standing career at the Times. He has presided over major global stories, and used his platform to provide readers with balanced coverage and quality analysis, while holding political figures to account.
Her Excellency Yamina Karitanyi was appointed the High Commissioner for the Republic of Rwanda to the United Kingdom in 2014, and has been since, having previously served as Minister Counsellor at the mission since August 2010.
The late Rabbi Lord Sacks was an award-winning author and regular contributor to national media, frequently appearing on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day and writing opinion pieces in some of the UK’s leading newspapers.
The Rt Hon John Anderson is the former deputy Prime Minister of Australia, who spent 19 years in the Australian parliament as a senior politician. He is known for his cross-partisan approach, and has spent his career advocating for quality debate between those that disagree.
Niall Ferguson is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University and one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. He is also a bestselling author and writes a column for the Sunday Times.
Sir Richard Dearlove is the former head of the UK Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), and former master of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.
Lady Edwina Grosvenor has spent more than 15 years campaigning for prison reform.
Os Guinness is an author, public speaker and social critic who has written or edited over 30 books. He regularly address’ leaders from business, politics and the arts around the globe.
“I am very excited by... Forum and the vision to connect with others in my own industry and more broadly... to help bring about change for the better”
“An excellent evening... a great mix of people, engaging interviews, and lots of interesting and exciting conversations.”
Those who have attended Forum events come from a broad range of backgrounds including:
Actors, advisers, authors, anti-slavery campaigners, business owners, comedians, economists, entrepreneurs, faith leaders, film makers and directors, financial specialists, fine artists, fund managers, journalists, lawyers, opera singers , professors, politicians from the House of Commons and the House of Lords, script writers, social entrepreneurs, think tank leaders and those who scale social enterprises to maximise their impact.
If you or someone you know may like to attend a Forum event, we welcome nominations / suggestions. Please contact us.