The Role of Regulators in Supporting Sustainable Economic Growth

Ian Runacres manages the FCA’s Regulatory Reform Unit, which advises teams in the FCA on the implementation of the new Secondary International Competitiveness and Growth Objective. He has previously held roles as Private Secretary to the Chair of the FCA, and in Competition and Supervision, specialising in investment management. He previously worked as an equity analyst and fund manager before joining the FCA in 2014.

Hugh Burns is Senior Private Secretary to the CEO of the PRA (and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England), Sam Woods.  In this capacity he manages the CEO’s private office, and advises him on policy and supervisory matters. Hugh has worked at the Bank of England for 11 years;  spending most of that time working as an economist in the Financial Stability department. Immediately before his current role, Hugh led the team responsible for developing the PRA’s post-Brexit regulatory policy framework.

Jemima is an experienced employment lawyer at Simmons and Simmons who leads the Employment Team’s knowledge and practice development function. Her role involves developing market insights and thought leadership for clients on recent and forthcoming employment law developments.

She regularly speaks at in-house client seminars and external conferences, as well as providing bespoke training for clients. She has particular expertise in equalities law, board-level reorganisations, corporate governance and internal investigations in the financial services sector. Jemima has chaired various working parties of the Employment Lawyers’ Association’s Legislative and Policy Committee.

In 2022, Jemima completed the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership course and co-chairs City HR's ESG Committee. She advises clients on the "people" aspects of their ESG strategy and sit on the firm's Climate Committee.

Ana Baide heads the regulatory team at Vodafone UK.  She has nearly 20 years’ experience across the regulatory landscape, having worked in both private and public sectors in New Zealand, the UK and the EU. Prior to her current role Ana led the policy development at Vodafone Group for network access, markets, and deployment;  and previously for Chorus in New Zealand on the shift in the telecoms regulatory framework towards a utility style model during the national copper to fibre transition.  Ana is an experienced lawyer having also worked as the legal advisor for the New Zealand Commerce Commission across a range of regulated industries, as well as in private practice on TMT and regulatory matters.