A Meeting of Minds Winning Advisers South 2023

Speakers

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  Nick McGruer

  Head of Department Consumer Investments, Financial Conduct Authority

  Nick McGruer Heads up Advisers Wealth and Pensions supervision at the FCA. He is responsible for the supervision of 5,500 IFAs and leading the FCA’s work on British Steel Pension Scheme. He also jointly Heads up the FCA’s growing footprint in Scotland. Nick joined the FCA in 2020 and has previously worked for the UK Government on pensions and employment matters. Before that he worked at the FSA.

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  Professor Anand Menon

  Motivational Political Speaker

  Professor Anand Menon is a leading analyst of British and European politics, and one of the UK’s foremost commentators on Brexit and the future of the EU. He is Director of UK in a Changing Europe, a think tank dedicated to high-quality, impartial research into the impact of EU policies, attitudes towards the EU, and the evolving relationship between the EU and Britain. In his latest book, Brexit and British Politics(October 2017), he makes the case that Brexit is the result of long-term trends that have been in motion for decades. To fully grasp the implications of Brexit for Britain and Europe, he argues it is crucial to place it in this wider context. Anand is currently Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London. Previously he was Professor of West European Politics and Founder of the European Institute at the University of Birmingham. Before that, he was University Lecturer in European Politics at Oxford University. He currently also holds the posts of Associate Fellow of Chatham House and Senior Associate Member of Nuffield College Oxford. Few people are as well-versed in the intricacies of British and European politics as Anand, and few can match his reputation for rigorous and impartial analysis. With exceptional clarity, he provides expert insights on the immediate issues surrounding Brexit, but crucially, by placing Brexit in the context of long-term political, economic and social trends, he helps us understand the bigger picture: what does it tell us about the direction Britain and the EU are headed? Indeed, what does it tell us about the prospects for “the West” and the international order as a whole?

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  Christian Howes

  Marketing, Data, Analytics Lead and Broadcaster

  Christian Howes is an expert speaker in social media, digital and big data with nearly 20 years of experience. He has used his unique skills and knowledge to work with some of the biggest brands, production companies, and TV channels. Christian first garnered attention by observing the social media habits of viewers of reality TV shows and discussing his findings on Twitter. This led to an additional career as a social media and data presenter on BBC, BTSport, ITV, Channel 4 and Five. Christian has implemented his knowledge in numerous corporate settings as well as helping production companies to develop ideas and formats that integrate social data into programmes, and joining digital data with transactional processes to enable more effective customer service and marketing activities. His advice and expertise has been used by brands such as ASOS, Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Guinness, Playstation, Klarna, and many more.