About the seminar
Timings for the day
- 12.30-1.15pm: Networking Lunch
- 1.15-1.30pm: Welcome
- 1.30-1.55pm: Session 1
Training is Cheaper than Fines: Making the Business Case for Training - 1.55-2.20pm: Session 2
FCA Business Plan and Regulatory Grid - 2.20-2.45pm: Session 3
Creating Compliance Leadership in Smaller Businesses - 2.45-3.05pm: Networking break
- 3.05-3:30pm: Session 4
Non‑Financial Misconduct: Culture, Conduct and Personal Liability - 3.30-3.55pm: Session 5
Cybersecurity and Cyber Attacks: From IT Issue to Board‑Level Crisis - 3.55-4.15pm: Session 6
The Employment Rights Act for Managers: How it Impacts all Employers - 4.15-5pm: Drinks Reception
Event Speakers
Philip Chapman
Session 3 Speaker
Philip Chapman is Head of Compliance at Hannover Re UK Life Branch, bringing over two decades of experience in financial services. He specialises in compliance management, conduct risk, and delivering major regulatory change programmes aligned with PRA and FCA requirements. Known for his technical expertise and ability to influence senior stakeholders, Philip has held senior roles at Aetna, Lloyds Banking Group, and the Financial Services Authority.
John Kingston
Session 5 Speaker
John Kingston is a Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security in the School of Science & Technology. John has an extensive background in artificial intelligence and qualifications in law. He spent twenty years at the University of Edinburgh. With seven years in a range of roles in government and industry, before returning to academia in 2015. Current interests include: Using knowledge management techniques to address the problem of human deception in cybersecurity, as well as standardisation of descriptions of cyber attacks for knowledge sharing and reasoning.
Nickie Elenor
Session 6 Speaker
Nickie Elenor has over 30 years’ experience advising employers across the UK. She is currently working closely with employer clients to prepare for the upcoming Employment Rights Act changes, including significant reforms to sexual harassment law. Nickie is also the instructing solicitor on a landmark whistleblowing case, Barton Turns Development v Treadwell, due to be heard in the Supreme Court in May, and brings valuable insight into the practical implications of this case for employers. Her work combines legally robust advice with a strong commercial and people‑focused perspective.
Katharine Leaman
Session 2&4 Speaker
Katharine (Skillcast Advisory Board Member) has worked in financial services for over thirty years in insurance claims, giving investment advice, regulation, and banking compliance. Katharine has been European Head of Regulatory Compliance at Standard Chartered Bank and spent over a decade at the UK's regulator, the FSA (now FCA in senior policy and supervision roles.
David Kenmir
Session 2&4 Speaker
David Kenmir (Chairman, Skillcast Advisory Board) has 35 years of regulatory experience, including five years as a Managing Director at the FSA and 14 years as a Risk and Regulatory Partner at PwC. Having retired from PwC last year, he is building a plural career, part of which includes taking on the role of Chair of Skillcast’s new Advisory Board and has become an INED at a start-up bank.