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WIG events in 2011

November 2011

  • The Rt Hon the Lord Heseltine CH speech on “A new industrial strategy”

  • March 2011 

    • Breakfast Briefing: David Nish, Chief Executive, Standard Life plc
    • Regulatory Network Workshop: Operating in the New Regulatory Enforcement Environment
    • Breakfast Briefing: Antony Jenkins, Chief Executive, Global Retail Banking, Barclays
    • Workings of High Technology Manufacturing
    • Regulatory Network Briefing: Michael Gibbons, Chair, Regulatory Policy Committee
    • Lunchtime Briefing: Sue Langley, Executive Director Lloyds of London
    • Breakfast Briefing: Jonathan Faull, Director General, European Commission
    • Learning Exchange Groups: HR as Change Agent 
    • Briefing: Making the Transition 
    • Communications Forum - for Senior Communications Professionals
    • Workshop: DfT Transport Strategy 
    • Workshop: Making the Transition (Cabinet Office)
    • Breakfast Briefing: Jonathan Faull, Director General for Internal Market and Services, European Commission

     

    February 2011

    • Workshop: Workings of Whitehall 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Kevin White, Director-General HR, Home Office 
    • Workshop: So you Want to be a Non-Executive 
    • Masterclass: A Smaller, Smarter Public Sector - Module 2: Marco Pierleoni, Chief Executive, HM Land Registry 
    • WIG Annual Reception 
    • Workshop: Inside Welsh Assembly Government 
    • Evening Briefing: WIG Graduate Network Evening Briefing: Natalie Ceeney, Chief Executive, Financial Ombudsman Service 
    • Masterclass Series: A Smaller, Smarter Public Sector? - Andrew Hudson, Managing Director, Public Services Growth, HM Treasury 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Jeremy Heywood, Permanent Secretary, No. 10 Downing Street 
    • WIG/Charity Next Launch Event 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Martin Leong, Distribution Director, Retail Financial Services 
    • Workings of...Supply Chain in the Public Sector 
    • Evening Briefing: Sir Ian Gibson, Chairman, Morrisons plc

    January 2011

    • Breakfast: Terry Hill, Chair of Trustees, Arup 
    • Workshop: WIG/FFW Public/Private Procurmement Forum 
    • Breakfast Briefing: David Warren, UK Ambassador to Japan 
    • Lunchtime Briefing: Roy Wilsher, Chief Fire Officer of the UK Fire and Rescue Service 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Anne Pringle, UK Ambassador to Russia 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Oliver Morley, Acting Chief Executive, National Archives 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Annie Shepperd, CEO and Peter John, Leader, London Borough of Southwark 
    • Masterclass: A Smaller, Smarter Public Sector - Module 1: Barry Quirk, Chief Executive, London Borough of Lewisham

     



    Previous WIG events in 2010

    December 2010:

    • Evening Briefing: Douglas Johnson-Poensgen, VP, BT Group 
    • Workshop: Drivers of Change, Dr Chris Luebkeman, Arup 
    • Workshop: Behavioural Change in Public Service Delivery 
    • Breakfast Briefing: UK Immigration Capping

    November 2010: 

    • Olympic Site Tour 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Paul Idzik, CEO, DTZ 
    • Regulatory Network Launch 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Craig Boundy, UK CEO, Logica 
    • Workshop: Improving workforce productivity and delivering efficiencies in cost constrained times 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Amyas Morse, Auditor and Comptroller General, NAO 
    • Lawyers Network Annual Reception 
    • Evening Briefing: Rolande Anderson, Director General, Office for Civil Society, Cabinet Office 
    • Workshop: Workings of Sustainable Business (Alliance Boots) 
    • WIG/FCO/UKTI Workshop: Building a Strong Britain with British Business 
    • Women's Networking Lunch 
    • Alumni Reception

    October 2010: 

    • Breakfast Briefing: Sir Kim Darroch, Permanent Representative, UK Permanent Representation to the EU 
    • Workshop: Heat & Energy: How to Reduce Emissions from Existing Buildings 
    • Evening Briefing: Business & Government in the North West 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport 
    • Lawyers Network Breakfast Briefing: Whistleblowing Law and Practice 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Gary Gibbon, Political Editor, Channel 4 News 
    • WIG Annual Cabinet Secretary Interview 
    • Workshop: Workings of Brussels 
    • Workings of Manufacturing (GKN) 
    • Sustainability Network Workshop: Driving Performance from Carbon Reporting
    September 2010

    • Evening Briefing: Graham Smith, Managing Director, Toyota Europe 
    • HR Network Workshop: Wellbeing 
    • Workshop: Back from the Brink 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Adrian Belton, Chief Executive, FERA 
    • Workshop: DECC: Pathway to 2050 
    • HR Network Workshop: Transforming HR 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Dr Paul Leinster, Environment Agency 
    • Masterclass: Board Governance 
    • Evening Briefing: Dianne Thompson, Chief Executive, Camelot Group plc


    July 2010: 

    • Breakfast Briefing: The Future of PFI 
    • HR Network Breakfast Briefing: Angela O'Connor, NPIA 
    • Political Breakfast Briefing: Coalition Government - Peter Riddell 
    • Workshop: Workings of Whitehall 
    • Finance Network Launch Reception 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Chris Wormald, Cabinet Office 
    • Alumni Event: Martin Narey, Barnados 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Sir Hugh Taylor

    June 2010: 

    • Breakfast Briefing: Kirstie Hawkes, Sustainability Affairs Manager, P&G 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Ian Tyler, Chief Executive, Balfour Beatty 
    • Breakfast Briefing: David Kester, Chief Executive, Design Council 
    • Graduate Network Launch Event 
    • Lawyers Network: Bribery Act 2010 
    • Public/Private Procurement Forum: Competitive Dialogue

    May 2010: 

    • Workshop: Partnership Working 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Ed Richards, Chief Executive, Ofcom 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Sir Roger Bone, President, Boeing 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Philip Stephens, Associate Editor, FT
    April 2010: 

    • Workshop: Supply Chain Risk Management 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Sir Bill Jeffrey, Permanent Secretary, MOD 
    • Political Breakfast Briefing: Peter Riddell, Chief Political Commentator, The Times 
    • HR Network Workshop: Transforming HR 
    • Lawyers Network: UK Supreme Court Tour

    March 2010:
     
    • Workshop: Workings of Brussels - An Insight into the EU and How Policy is Developed 
    • Public/Private Procurement Forum: Negotiating ICT Enabled Services Contracts. 
    • Lawyers Network Evening Briefing: The Lisbon Treaty. Paul Berman, Director, European Division, Treasury Solicitor’s Office & Cabinet Office Legal Adviser. 
    • Sustainability Network Breakfast Briefing: Post-Copenhagen – the Implications for CSR and Business. Richard Ellis, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Alliance Boots. 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Anna Walker, Chair, Office of Rail Regulation 
    • Masterclass Series: Privacy and Data Protection: At What Cost? Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy Counsel, Google and Belinda Crowe, Information Director, Ministry of Justice and Christopher Graham, Information Commissioner. 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Alan Charlton, British Ambassador to Brazil

    February 2010: 

    • Workshop: Closing the Gap 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Adam Boulton, Political Editor, Sky News 
    • Workshop: What Makes a Top Employer in the Current Climate? 
    • Workshop: Inside Whitehall - HM Treasury: Sir Nicholas Macpherson, Permanent Secretary 
    • Workshop: Inside Whitehall – Department for Business, Innovation & Skills. Simon Fraser, Permanent Secretary. 
    • Evening Briefing: Tom Williams, Executive Vice President Programmes, Airbus. 
    • Breakfast Briefing: What Happens to the Machinery of Government in the Lead up to a General Election? Alex Allan, Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee, Cabinet Office. 
    • Breakfast Briefing: Sir Peter Gershon, Chairman, Tate & Lyle.

    January 2010: 

    • Evening Briefing with Dame Gillian Morgan, Permanent Secretary, Welsh Assembly Government and Robin Southwell, Chief Executive, EADS UK 
    • Sustainability Network Breakfast Briefing: Tony Rooke, Head of Sustainability, Logica