You are invited to the first in a series of high profile, high impact lectures hosted jointly by Grant Thornton and the University to create stronger bonds with the business community and to position the University as engaged in thought leadership in new business thinking.

Join us to hear Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the Royal Society of the Arts, who has just led a UK government review of employment practices, deliver a major perspective on the future of work before an expert panel of North West business leaders and academics discusses the theme.

The event takes place on Thursday November 16 at the Business School between 6pm and 8pm.

Following Matthew’s speech there will be a panel debate, to be chaired by Michael Taylor, the former editor of North West Business Insider and now External Affairs Advisor at the University.

The panel will include:

Herb Kim, founder and CEO of Thinking Digital
Adam Butwilowski, CiiVSOFT
Sue Bagguley, Director of Strategy at Siemens Digital Factory and Process Industries and Drives
Professor Julia Clarke, Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University’s Business School
Karen Campbell-Williams, Tax Partner at Grant Thornton North West
The event is one of three keynote debates about how we can work together to create a vibrant economy.

E-mail erin.taylor@uk.gt.com to register a place.

Matthew Taylor biography:

Matthew Taylor has been Chief Executive of the RSA since November 2006. During this time the Society has substantially increased its output of research and innovation, has provided new routes to support charitable initiatives of its 28,000 Fellows – including crowd funding – and has developed a global profile as a platform for ideas.  In October 2016 Matthew was appointed by the Prime Minister to lead an independent review into modern employment.

Prior to this appointment, Matthew was Chief Adviser on Political Strategy to the Prime Minister. Previous roles include Labour Party Director of Policy and Deputy General Secretary and Chief Executive of the ippr the UK’s leading left of centre think tank.

Matthew is a regular media performer having appeared several times on the Today Programme, The Daily Politics and Newsnight. He had written and presented several Radio Four documentaries and is a panellist on the programme Moral Maze.  He has posted over a thousand times on his RSA blog site and tweets as @RSAMatthew.