The Senior Business Women’s Network is a community of C-Suite Executives and Non-Executive Leaders, who convene in-person and online to foster connections across industries, and to explore current challenges and trends facing business.
An introduction
Bina is the Chair of KPMG in the UK and has over 30 years’ experience working with businesses globally, advising on complex M&A transactions and cross-border restructurings. She is an avid supporter of fast-growth businesses and an Honorary Fellow for Entrepreneurship at Cambridge Judge Business School. In 2022 Bina was awarded an MBE for services to trade and investment and for supporting female entrepreneurs.
Liz is the UK & Global Head of Deal Advisory with extensive market experience and a passion to support clients achieve their growth aspirations. Her 20 year experience in the deals space is wide, but with a particular focus on the Consumer & Life Sciences sector and advising a number of global clients on large, complex sell side projects. Liz champions our Women in Deals network and sponsors our Women Returners programme. Liz also sits on the UK Executive Committee. She is a dedicated leader, mentor and advocate for inclusion, diversity, and equality.
Past speakers and topics
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
Dr Eliza Filby
February
Author of ‘Generation Shift: How Generational Evolution is changing the way we think, live and work’
Anneliese Dodds MP
April
Chair of the Labour Party and Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities
Lord Kim Darroch
June
Former British Ambassador to the USA
Yael Selfin & Tim Sarson
November
Yael Selfin, Chief Economist & Vice Chair KPMG
Tim Sarson, Head of Tax Policy at KPMG
Professor Sir Jonathan Van Tam
Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell
Bina Mehta & Liz Claydon
March
Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer
May
CEO of The 10,000 Interns Foundation
November
Bina Mehta, Chair, KPMG in the UK
Liz Claydon, Global Head of Deal Advisory & UK Vice Chair
Baroness Nicky Morgan
Oonagh Harpur
May
Former MP & twice a Cabinet Minister, inaugural Chair of the ABI
October
Corporate strategist & NED Walgreens Boots Alliance
Catherine McGuinness
Julia Gillard
Dame Elizabeth Corley DBE
Dame Carolyn Fairbairn DBE
February
Chair of the Policy and Resources Committee at the City of London Corporation
May
Former Prime Minister of Australia & Chair of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London
September
Chair of the Impact Investing Institute
November
NED at HSBC & BAE Systems
Dame Anne Richards
Karen Blackett OBE
Antonia Romeo
Frances O'Grady
January
CEO of Fidelity International
June
CEO of Group M & Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth
October
Permanent Secretary for the Department of International Trade
November
General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
Justin Hughes
Alison Saunders
Fiona Hill
Halla Tómasdóttir & Paul Polman
March
Former Fighter Pilot and Executive Officer in the Red Arrows
June
Former Director of Public Prosecutions
September
British-American foreign affairs specialist
November
Halla Tómasdóttir, CEO of the B Team
Paul Polman, Former CEO of Unilever
Contact us to find out more
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