Firm Elite - Success is a journey
not a destination.
Keep up to date with new trends - over dinner with like-minded individuals from varied sectors of business - and gain a different perspective on an issue.
Firm Elite individuals are people who are interested in what makes the business world, and those in it, tick. They want to know more about the strategic, managerial and operational issues facing themselves, their businesses and the world in which they operate. They want to meet others who are equally passionate and they want to ensure that they are at the top of their own game when it comes to their own business skills. By dining with others from different sectors, they not only hear about others' experiences but they also gain insight from fellow diners on their own issues.
Elite Dinner and Discussion
Regular dinner parties, limited to 10 carefully chosen people, from different industry sectors, and from different commercial arenas, with one guest who sparks conversation on a particular topic. Where the conversation leads after that depends on the other guests and the wine and food. Views are exchanged, opinions taken, lessons learned and best practice discussed. Connections are made, relationships are forged.
Future Firm Elite Events 2010
'By Invitation Only'
If you are not sure whether our dinners will be right for you, please read this FAQ answer or contact one of our Advisory Board members for an informal chat. If you would like to attend, please contact Sally Roche.
Tuesday 16th March
London is a roost for every bird (Benjamin Disraeli)
In a year when the birds of the city threaten to flee the roost, to countries and jurisdictions where trade is still to be had, bonuses still flow freely and innovative thinking is equally to be found, what future is there for London and its businesses? Some say London is at an end and will never be as it was; as for others, they predict the Phoenix rising from the ashes - different but more sustainable than before.
Hosts: Kehrela Hodkinson and Sara Dixon
Discussion Leaders: Derek Wright (Kleinwort Benson Entrepreneurs Forum) and Julian Rhys (Frostrow Capital)
Thursday 27th May
Making an impact in tomorrow's economy - with many individuals and organisations reviewing the impact that they require their investments to achieve, we look at the growing trend amongst corporate investors and the wealthy of placing their finances in hitherto 'marginal' places. If organisations are not providing not just a financial but also a social return on investment, will they lose out long term?
Host: Sara Dixon
Discussion Leaders: Mark Campanale (the Social Stock Exchange) and Jer O'Mahony (Killik Asset Management)
Tuesday 20th July
The digital world - what are the implications for globalisation, politics and the concept of the nation state? And what impact does this make on tomorrow's organisation?
Host: Simon Card
Thursday 23rd September
'Organised crime is increasingly a multi billion pound global business: trafficking in drugs and people, fraud and financial crime cost the UK Exchequer alone in the region of £30 billion a year... Compared with 'family businesses' of days gone by, today's organised crime networks are more agile and inventive, quick to embrace new technologies and seek out new markets and supply routes. They are run like sophisticated and modern multi-national businesses. (Extending our reach, a comprehensive approach to tackiling serious organised crime. Home Office/Cabinet Office Strategy Unit July 2009).
What impact does financial crime have on today's organisations? How can we implement appropriate risk and other systems approaches to avoid losing not just money and markets but also reputation?
Host: Sara Dixon
Discussion Leader: Peter Walker (Penumbra Partners)
Tuesday 16th November
The purest treasure mortal crimes afford, is spotless reputation; that away, men are but gilded loam or pointed clay. (Shakespeare)
Hosts: Deborah Jeff and Kehrela Hodkinson
Discussion Leaders: Andrew Caesar-Gordon (Electric Airwaves)
The price of £90 plus VAT includes pre dinner drinks, 3 course meal, unlimited wine during the meal and, if the mood takes anybody, post dinner drinks! It also includes the company of carefully chosen fellow guests and conversations which encourage innovation and new ventures.
