Resilience for Growth

Resilience for Growth realiza-se a 30 de outubro de 2026, University of Exeter Business School, em Exeter.

Resilience is a topic that has increasingly come to the fore whether climatic, national, organisational, personal, energy, defence, security etc. It opens up a number of very important discussion topics both at an applied and research level. This conference will be hosted by the University of Exeter in their Business School. Over the coming weeks we will build a very full agenda with the University as we explore those resilience topics. Conference Details: Date: Friday 30th October 2026 Time: 09:00 - 14:00 (registration from 08:30) Venue: University of Exeter Business School, Henderson Lecture Theatre Logistics: Details of car park locations can be found at the link below, but please note that parking is very limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Travel by public transport is preferential. Car park locations | Car parking | University of Exeter Agenda: 08:30 - 09:00: Arrivals – Teas and Coffees 09:00 - 09:05: Welcome and housekeeping, Paul Coles , SWBC 09:05 - 09:10: Welcome to the University of Exeter, Chris Evans, University of Exeter 09:10 - 09:20: Steve Race , MP for Exeter 09:20 - 09:40: Clair Mills , Bank of England 09:40 - 10:00: Alex Huke , University of Exeter with Iain Fairbairn , ESG Benchmark 10:00 - 10:20: Mo Mohoboob , AWS 10:20 - 10:40: Nicky Cunningham , University of Exeter 10:40 - 1100: Panel session 11:00 - 11:20: Tea Break/networking 11:20 - 11:35: Ryan Barrett , Network Rail 11:35 - 11:50: Tom Byrne , National Grid Electricity Distribution 11:50 - 12:05: Alan Burrows , Pennon Group 12:05 - 12:25: Panel session 12:25 - 12:50: Panel session 12:50 - 13:00: Close and conference summary, Claire Pearce , SWBC 13:00 - 14:15: Networking Lunch Refund Policy: Refunds will be allowed up to 14 days before the event. Our conference is kindly sponsored by National Grid Energy Distribution Jacob Wallace, National Grid Energy Distribution, commented: “ We’re delighted to sponsor this conference and work alongside SWBC and other partners across the South West to strengthen regional energy resilience. A resilient and flexible electricity network provides the essential infrastructure needed for the region to thrive, underpinning energy security and enabling long-term economic growth.” Keynote Speaker: Clair Mills, Executive Director, Banking & Payments, Bank of England Clair Mills is Executive Director for Banking and Payments Operations at the Bank of England. She is responsible for several divisions across Banking Services, Payments Operations, and Strategic Change and Operations (SCO). This is a diverse operational area, which includes the Bank’s back and middle office functions, the gold vaults and notes counters, the real-time gross settlement system and CHAPS – the UK’s high-value payment system. She also oversees payments change delivery, as well as the wider change portfolio, COO and operational resilience and risk functions for the Markets, Banking, Payments and Resolution deputy governorship. Clair began her career in retail banking before moving into operational and technological change management and consultancy. She has more than 20 years of board-level experience in financial services and has led major strategic and technological transformations across several organisations. In 2011, she joined the Financial Services Authority to lead the Twin Peaks transition to the PRA/FCA regulatory model, becoming Chief Operating Officer at the PRA in 2018. She has also been our Director for Banking, Change and Operations. Clair is co-executive sponsor of the Bank’s Age Network and a trustee of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments and the Addington Fund, a farming charity. She is a frequent keynote speaker on central banking operations, fintech, and the role of central banks in a transforming digital world. Speaker: Nicky Cunningham, Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter Business School Nicky Cunningham is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter Business School and a specialist i