AGENDA 2024

DINNER

Tuesday 5th November 2024
The Stock Exchange Hotel

18.45
Dinner

19.45
Opening Remarks
Uday Singh
Founder & CEO, Fast Growth Icons

19.50
Welcome Address
Jon Dawson
Partner, Head of Creative, Media & Technology, Haysmacintyre

22.30
Carriages

MAIN DAY

Wednesday 6th November 2024
The Edwardian Manchester

08.00
Breakfast & Networking

09.00
Host
Uday Singh
Founder  & CEO, Fast Growth Icons

09.10
Opening Remarks
Ben Fletcher
Co-Founder & CEO, The Mothership

09.30
Welcome Address
Manoj Asnani
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan

Ben Tickler
Head of Venture, Innovation Economy, J.P. Morgan

09.35
Why persistence matters

Zandra Moore
CEO & Co-founder, Panintelligence

It’s not the brightest person that succeeds, but the most resilient and persistent. In this session we’ll talk about how you maintain motivation in the tough times, how you balance communicating transparently while protecting your team from the worst, and how you can select for these traits in the people you hire.

10.00
Building high performance teams

Ben Fletcher
Co-Founder, The Mothership

Ultimately your results depend on your team. But high performance isn’t the default and it’s something that needs to be continually worked on. Ben will use the five dysfunctions of a team framework to discuss some approaches to high performance.

10.25
Facilitated Round Table Discussion
Building high-performance teams
People and culture

11.10
Morning Break

11.35
Accelerating growth through acquisition with the ambition of a $1B valuation.

Dave Stevinson
Founder, QBS Technology Group

In the early days, Dave funded growth using credit cards and creative cash flow techniques which just wasn’t enough to realise his ambitions for QBS. He embarked on a journey learning about acquisitions to accelerate growth. Developing a scalable, systematic framework for identifying target markets and criteria to evaluate potential acquisition targets; Dave shares his M&A process from  origination, valuation, due diligence, integration and the critical importance of people and culture to sustainable, rapid growth and success.

12.00
Facilitated Round Table Discussion

13.00
Seated Lunch
Enjoy a seated lunch with the finest selection from the in-house chef.

14.30
Welcome Address
Ann-Marie Atkins
Managing Partner, Evelyn Partners

14.35
Is it easier the second time round?

Joel Perlman
Co-Founder, OakNorth

Growing a business is always hard. But does it become easier with experience, and what are the key lessons learned? How is it different from a personal perspective: how do you handle the pressure and deal with high-stakes situations?

15.00
Roundtables & Coffee

Conversations over coffee

16.00
Closing Address
Uday Singh
Founder & CEO, Fast Growth Icons

16.15
Champagne Reception