The Boardroom - Meet the speakers 2021

Meet the globally leading alumni who led The Boardroom 2021 and watch the recordings of their masterclasses.

Innovation & Marketing

The Future of Marketing: essential skills and knowledge

Hear from two successful leaders in Marketing talk about their insights into how marketing plays out differently across industries.

Featuring alumni speakers:

Jo Richardson

Head of Marketing, Brands and Communications at Shepherd Neame

(BA Modern Languages with Interpreting 2004)

Guilherme Guimarães

Innovation at GRUPO SBF

(MSc Sport and Recreation Management 2008)

Environment & Sustainability

What makes a successful environmental leader?

Leading ecologists, conservationists and strategists share tips on career routes into their areas of work, including how graduates from non-scientific backgrounds can enter the field.

Featuring:

Richard Leafe

Chief Executive of the Lake District National Park

(BSc Geography 1987, MPhil Geography 1990, Hon LittD 2016)

Julia Makin

Climate Action Stakeholder Engagement Lead at the City of London Corporation

(BA History 2005)

Ben McCarthy

Head of Nature Conservation & Restoration Ecology at the National Trust

(Friend of the University)

Banking & Finance

Careers in Investment Banking & Finance

Learn from global leaders working in banking and finance about the different routes into these sectors and how they got to where they are today.

Featuring alumni speakers:

Rob Pulford

Partner at Goldman Sachs

(BA Business Studies 1994)

Toye Akindele

Head of Treasury Sales at Union Bank of Nigeria

(MBA Management 2007)

Charlotte Jones

Group CFO at RSA Insurance

(BA Accounting, Financial Management and Economics 1989)

Media

Making it in Media

Hear about how to build a career in the media and the different channels and opportunities available to ambitious graduates in the sector - from television to tech.

Featuring alumni speakers:

Wayne Garvie

President at Sony Pictures Television

(PhD Economic and Social History 1989, Hon LittD 2019)

Michelle Marks

Head of Creative Strategy, EMEA at Facebook

(BA English Literature 1995)

Female leadership

Women in the Boardroom

The speakers will discuss the attributes of good leadership and how leaders can successfully champion their female colleagues.

Featuring alumnae speakers:

Dr Kavita Karnik

Global Head, Nutrition and Regulatory Affairs at Tate & Lyle

(MMedSci Human Nutrition 2001, PhD 2004)

Dr Vanessa Lawrence

Director of Location International Ltd

(BA Geography 1984, Hon DSc 2001)

Folakemi Sebiotimo

Assistant VP at Deutsche Bank

(MSc Information Systems Management 2008)

Cybersecurity

The New Era of Cybersecurity

An insight into the important role that cybersecurity plays in society, the many different career pathways within the field and why everyone is welcome - not just those from a STEM background

Poppy Gustafsson

CEO at Darktrace

(BSc Mathematics 2003)

Inclusive Leadership

How to Be an Inclusive Leader

Chaired by Professor Gill Valentine - Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sheffield

Featuring alumni speakers:

Peter Molyneux

Chair at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

(BA Politics 1982)

Tolu Osinubi

Senior Manager at Deloitte

(LLB Law 2012, PG Dip Legal Practice 2013)

Chris Whitaker

Senior Disability Manager at Sport England

(PhD Law 2012)

How to Land a Job with ‘The Big Four’

Senior alumni working in KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young, will give insight into landing a job at one of the Big Four and their own careers to date.

Featuring alumni speakers:

Alison Kitchen

National Chairman at KPMG Australia

(BA Business 1983)

James Taylor

Partner at Deloitte

(BA Geography 1994, PhD Geography 1998)

Joanna Santinon

Partner at Ernst & Young

(LLB Law 1986)

Non-profits

Careers in the Non-profit Sector

The alumnae speakers discuss the opportunities within charities, the skills it takes to become a leader in the sector and how the non-profit sector holds influence across the board.

Featuring: