DINNER
Monday 12th May 2025
Bulgari Hotel, Knightsbridge
18.45
Drinks reception
19:50
Opening Remarks
Founder & CEO,
Fast Growth Icons
19:55
Welcome Address
Jonathan Dawson
Partner, Head of Sectors & Markets, Haysmac
20.00
Seated Dinner
Enjoy three courses from The Bulgari’s exclusive menu
22.30
Carriages
MAIN DAY
Tuesday 13th May 2025
Claridge’s, London
08.00
Breakfast & Networking
09.00
Host
Uday Singh
Founder & CEO, Fast Growth Icons
09.10
Opening Remarks
Ben Fletcher
Founder & Chair of Fast Growth Icons
09.30
Welcome Address by our Lead Sponsor
Sonya Iovieno
Head of Venture & Growth, HSBC Innovation Banking
09.35
Roy Tuvey
Founder and Co-CEO, Vertice
Founded 2021 | Staff 320 | Funding $102m | Valuation $500m+
Dealing with adversity – when to persevere, when to pivot, and what’s the ambition
Roy and Eldar Tuvey successfully built and sold two significant businesses and, with Vertice their third and likely to be the best yet, have created over $1B in value by innovating and solving important problems for businesses. Roy talks about the times things haven’t gone so well, the ups and downs of an exit and how he coped, adapted and packed in some learnings to shape a new idea with ambitions of a $10b valuation.
10.00
Andrea Reynolds
Founder & CEO, Swoop Funding
Founded: 2018 | Staff: 125 | Funding: $21m | Valuation: $55m
The lure of silver bullet thinking and the reality of executing with lots of lead bullets
It’s so tempting to believe that a key hire, a new feature or some other project will solve all your problems. The reality is that it’s always doing lots of things well for a long period that delivers the results. This session will cover some of the classic mistakes that people fall foul of, and look at how a back to basics approach of excellence in execution leads to real growth.
10.25
Roundtable networking and discussion session
11.10
Morning Break
11.35
Steve Mendel
Founder, Manypets
Founded: 2012 | Staff: 408 | Funding: $483 | Valuation: $2.4b
Taking leadership seriously
Despite everyone knowing how important high performing teams are, leadership skills are generally underinvested in and it’s a major drag on execution. Steven will draw on his experiences founding five businesses (including the unicorn ManyPets) to help you work out how to become an effective and successful leader.
12.00
Moderated Round Table Discussion
13.00
Seated Lunch
Enjoy three courses from Claridge’s exclusive menu
14.30
Welcome address by our Champagne Sponsor
James Peterson
Managing Director, Rothschild & Co
14.35
Pippa Begg
Co-founder & CEO, Board Intelligence
Founded: 2002 | Staff: 133 | Valuation: $300m
Building and managing a board as you scale
The vast majority of people feel that they don’t get proper value from their board. Many people feel the board is a net negative that sucks in time and focus. But productive boards are possible! In this session we cover the evolution of Pippa’s board from seed to series A to private equity majority ownership, and how CEOs can make sure they get valuable input. We’ll also discuss issues of control and how the board interfaces with the rest of the business.
15.00
Ranjan Singh
CEO & Co-Founder, HealthHero
Founded 2019 | Staff: 700 | Funding: $250M+
Working back from the end: will your company ever sell, and how do you maximize value?
Ranjan will delve into his experiences of a traumatic first exit, his time working in private equity and his current business, which has been a major acquirer of other businesses – to shed some light on building value to achieve the best exit. We’ll talk about how to prioritise focus on different aspects of your business to deliver the highest chance of the highest value exit.
15.25
Moderated Round Table Discussion
Coffee served to the tables
16.25
Closing Address
Uday Singh
Founder & CEO, Fast Growth Icons
16.30
Champagne Reception
17.30
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