Agenda Day 2
8:30 am - 8:40 am
CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS
8:40 am - 8:45 am
LIVE POLLING
Join to see the third part of “The Testing Point”. Continue the conversation to get you rethinking about the culture in your own company. What steps could have been taken to ensure this doesn’t happen?
8:45 am - 9:30 am
PANEL DISCUSSION & ROUNDTABLES: ENGINES OF GROWTH – HOW TO IDENTIFY AND CAPITALISE ON BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOWCASE COMMERCIAL VALUE
David Morgan -
General Counsel & Company Secretary,
Warburtons Ltd.
Nick Havers - General Counsel (Europe) & Managing Principal, Lockton
Julien Malraison - General Counsel, Danone UK & Ireland, Danone
If your CEO asked you today, “How do we grow?” - what would your answer be? As General Counsel increasingly shape the strategic direction of their organisations, your perspective is vital to fuelling global ambition. In today’s climate of uncertainty, challenges abound, but so do opportunities for those agile enough to seize them.
This session begins with a focused panel discussion, where experts will share insights on what, in their opinion, defines a viable growth opportunity, considering regulatory landscapes, customer dynamics, and economic indicators. Following the panel, you’ll break into small groups to collaborate on building a practical framework for territory mapping, designed to help your organisation identify, assess, and act on global growth potential.
9:30 am - 10:00 am
PRESENTATION: FROM OBLIGATION TO OPERATION: BUILDING AI GOVERNANCE INTO THIRD-PARTY RISK MANAGEMENT
Jan Stappers -
EVP, GRC Solutions Strategy,
Mitratech
Organisations face a dual pressure of accelerating AI adoption by vendors and an evolving patchwork of regulatory expectations spanning the EU AI Act, sector-specific guidance, and emerging national frameworks. Most third-party risk management programmes were not designed with AI in mind, leaving compliance teams reactive rather than prepared. In this session, Jan Stappers will share best practices in building AI Governance into TPRM.
An educational series of sessions to offer you insights into the culture, regulatory environment and business opportunities into some of the world’s most interesting growth markets.
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
FIRESIDE CHAT ARE YOU READY? PREPARING FOR THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF ESG IN THE UK
Chris Thomas -
Group Chief Legal & Compliance Officer,
Odeon Cinemas Group
Jessica Dicks - Head of Legal, ESG & Regulatory, Primark
As UK and EU regulators recalibrate expectations around sustainability reporting, corporate purpose, and social impact, in-house legal and compliance teams face a moving target. From the incoming sustainability disclosure requirements (SDR) and corporate sustainability due diligence directive (CSDDD) to evolving green claims enforcement and investor scrutiny, the ESG landscape is more dynamic, and uncertain, than ever.
12:50 pm - 1:50 pm
LUNCH
Join this informal networking lunch to get to know your peers further. Grab your lunch and join the conversation of implementing legal and compliance metrics in your organisation. Share how you are or wish to display the success of your legal and compliance strategies and explore how you can quantify these to display to the business.
2:25 pm - 3:10 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION: FROM AI POLICY TO GOVERNANCE – GUIDING THE EVERYDAY USE OF A FAST-EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY
Noeleen McHenry -
Chief Legal Officer,
Uisce Éireann Irish Water
Darek Paleczny - Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, Worldline
Joe Brace - Head of Compliance, Nationwide Building Society
Sarra Adams - General Counsel, EMEA and International Markets, dentsu International
Most companies now have AI policies in place. Often, they took many months to write and agree, in which time AI has evolved further in leaps and bounds. Keeping policies up-to-date and ensuring consistent implementation across teams, especially as employees begin to adopt AI tools in their personal lives, can feel like a Sisyphean task.
• Discover initiatives that help engage staff with AI guidelines and explore whether usage can be effectively tracked
• Unpack the concept of Agentic AI and its alignment with the EU AI Act, including practical guardrails to ensure compliance and accuracy
• Learn how leading organisations are keeping their AI policies agile, responsive, and relevant in a fast-changing landscape
