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Slavery and the City of London

Freedom has been central to the identity of the City of London for centuries.

Time Management in the Digital Age

This talk will explain how to focus on important long-term goals but at the same time meet urgent short-term deadlines; how to use email as an effective communication tool without being overwhelmed with it; and how to outsource and automate routine tasks.

Mergers and Acquisitions: Do They Create or Destroy Value?

This talk will discuss the correct and incorrect motives for Mergers & Acquisitions, using both examples and large-scale evidence.

Does Finance Benefit Society?

This talk will show that stock market trading may contribute to society even if does not lead to firms raising new capital.

The Stewardship Role of Investors

This talk will critically analyse the evidence on whether shareholder activism is beneficial for long-term value and suggest policies to promote the ‘good’ type of shareholder engagement.

Food Security: A Poisoned Chalice of Plant Adaptation

We will need an aggressive strategy to ensure the safety of agricultural yields and food in the future especially in drought- prone and even temperate zones.

Bubbles, Manias and Market Failures: The Unintended Consequences of Regulatory Responses

This lecture explores how regulators try to prevent what will hopefully be the ‘last’ bubble and suggests that the most effective regulatory frameworks were developed during the normal operation of markets, not in response to crises.

Reforming Corporate Governance

This talk will discuss rigorous evidence on what optimal governance should look like – including issues such as boardroom diversity, independence of directors, employee representation, and whether directors’ fiduciary duty should be to shareholders or all of society.

'RUDQ?' Digital Skills: Crisis or Opportunity?

The 2019 Annual Lord Mayor’s Gresham Lecture will explore the so called ‘digital skills crisis’ and question whether this may present an opportunity? As the digital era unfolds and the future demands for talent become evident, what are the implications for our system of education?

Executive Pay: What's Right, What's Wrong, and What Could Be Fixed?

Evidence will be presented on which aspects of pay are working well and which are indeed dysfunctional, and on how pay should be reformed.

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