We are delighted to announce our amazing line up of guest speakers for our day 1 panel - DNA Deep Dive: Building a purposeful culture within Shared Services.
Mike spent his first 25 years in the World of Advertising, Sport Sponsorship, Content and Media. He moved from London to Singapore in 2008 to launch, build and run a sports and content agency within GroupM/WPP across APAC. In 2018 Mike moved to Bloomberg Media as APAC Regional Managing Director to run their commercial operations and just before COVID decided to make a significant career change, follow his purpose, and retrained as an Executive Coach and Senior Facilitator.
For the last 3 years Mike has worked for CDNA Consulting leading the Kellogg's, Google and now Heineken global business and has now returned to the UK after 16 years to focus on the company's European growth.
Nicola Stopps is Founder and CEO of Simply Sustainable. Nicola has over 25 years’ experience in sustainability and responsible businesses and has been fortunate enough to work with some of the largest companies in the world. Simply Sustainable is globally recognised as a leader in the field of corporate sustainability and is now one of the UK’s fastest-growing management consultancies. We drive sustainability impact at scale, delivering trusted expertise to accelerate sustainability transformation across large organisations and build long-term value for our clients.
Nicola’s motivation for corporate sustainability began many years before she founded Simply Sustainable, and she works closely with publications, journalists and TV to discuss vital topics, insights and sustainability news.
China based, international business strategy and market development consultancy experience, in marketing, market research, finance/business planning, government lobbying. 30 years industry experience particularly in the media, entertainment, education & leisure sectors.
20 years Asia-Pacific work experience, with 12 years focused on China.
Professional and post-graduate qualifications in marketing, international business and management accounting, and an intermediate-level Mandarin Chinese speaker.
Experienced public speaker & board-level communicator, passionate about cross-cultural exchange & learning, to connect people, places & shared opportunities for growth.
Versatile all-rounder & team player, with an inquisitive attitude & proven capability to identify issues, predict outcomes, evaluate opportunities & find innovative solutions.
Key experience/specialties:
- Business management & leadership;
- Public affairs, briefing & lobbying govt & industry;
- Developing cross-industry partnerships & international co-operation;
- Market research & strategic market analysis/strategy advice;
- Business analysis, long-term scenario planning & decision making;
- Lecturing at various universities & research institutes in the region.
Emily is Chief Impact Officer at Wagestream where she leads on the scale-up’s work to tackle financial exclusion and build a more inclusive app that improves workers’ financial wellbeing.
The role brings together stakeholders across policy, public sector and the financial services sector - from running co-creation sessions with customers, through to leading an Impact Advisory Board. She also runs the company's programme of academic research in collaboration with leading think tanks and global universities.
Before joining Wagestream, Emily co-founded a social impact fintech, Touco Lab, which built financial services products for people with cognitive impairments using open banking technology. Touco was awarded grant funding from the Nationwide Open Banking for Good programme, and was accepted onto the Techstars accelerator programme.
Our expert panel will be taking to the stage on the afternoon of day 1, November 12th at Aintree Racecourse to discuss how we can empower our teams to share ideas and take ownership to drive Shared Services forward into the future.
