Times Of Change

Lord (Daniel) Finkelstein

Declared political columnist of the year four times, Daniel has held some of the most senior jobs in journalism and politics. A former Executive Editor of The Times, he has been an advisor to prime ministers and chancellors for over twenty years. He has worked with John Major, David Cameron, Theresa May, George Osborne and Rishi Sunak among many others. His work is respected across the political spectrum and he has recently been the author of an award winning and critically acclaimed best selling book Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad. He is also a Director of Chelsea Football Club.   

William Higham

Before he was a Business Futurist, William worked in Marketing at Sony, Virgin and Universal, for artists including Michael Jackson and The Rolling Stones. Now, an authority on Future Business Strategy, he is the founder and CEO of consultancy Next Big Thing, the author of The Next Big Thing: Spotting and Forecasting Consumer Trends for Profit, and has featured on Netflix’s Future Of series.

Bill Grimsey

Bill has served as CEO at Wickes, Focus and Iceland. He has now produced The Grimsey Review, looking at what can be done to reinvigorate the high street. He argues that town centres should be reinvented as community hubs, with housing and public services at the centre. Bill talks about changing customer habits and the growth of ‘mall culture.’ These out-of-town arenas will become the showrooms of the future, in which we choose what to order online.