Katharine Braddick
Group Head of Strategic Policy, Barclays

Katharine Braddick joined Barclays in March 2022 in a new role as Group Head of Strategic Policy and senior adviser to the Chief Executive Officer. Previously she worked at the Bank of England, where she was Director of Prudential Policy.

Martin Roughead
Chief Financial Officer, Haventus

Martin is an experienced leader with an extensive background in both private equity and the infrastructure and utilities sectors. Martin joined Haventus from Affinity Water where he led the company in their financial and commercial strategy as Chief Financial Officer.

Stephen Flaherty
Chief Technology Officer, Head of Group Technology Infrastructure Services and Scotland Site Lead, Barlcays

Stephen joined Barclays in September 2022 as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), took on the role of Head of Head of Group Technology Infrastructure Services (GTIS) in H2 2023, and became Scotland Site Lead in August 2025

Adam Morrison
UK Country Manager, Ocean Winds

Adam is the UK Country Manager for Ocean Winds. He has two decades of experience across the renewable energy industry, initially working in the wave and tidal sector before moving into developing large scale onshore and then offshore wind projects.

Previously Adam worked for RES Offshore and EDP Renewables with a focus on electrical engineering roles, before becoming Project Director for Ocean Winds’ Moray West Offshore Wind Farm. Adam was appointed UK Country Manager for Ocean Winds in August 2022.

Adrian Gillespie
Chief Executive, Scottish Enterprise

As Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise (SE) – Scotland’s national and international economic development agency, Adrian is responsible for leading a global workforce focused on transforming Scotland’s economy. By accelerating the delivery of the energy transition, scaling innovation, and driving capital investment for productivity – we aim to boost levels of business innovation, investment and international growth.

Nicola Anderson
Chief Executive, FinTech Scotland

Nicola Anderson is the CEO of FinTech Scotland, a strategic cluster management organisation that works across the private, public and third sectors, as well as academia to drive responsible fintech innovation.

Under Nicola's leadership, FinTech Scotland has become a leading cluster of excellence for fintech innovation, driving a range of strategic initiatives and programmes to support economic growth, and build an inclusive and internationally connected fintech ecosystem in Scotland and across the UK.

Sarah Pritchard
Deputy Chief Executive, FCA

Sarah co-leads the FCA's combined Supervision, Policy and Competition (SPC) division and is responsible for its international function, leading the organisation’s international priorities in support of the FCA strategy. Additionally, Sarah provides executive sponsorship for the FCA's Edinburgh office.

Ian McCubbin CBE
Chair of Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, Chair of RoslinCT

Ian has a passion for biological science, in particular Cell and Gene Therapy due to the transformational medical benefits and the potential economic benefit created for the UK by this innovative treatment platform.

Richard Lochhead MSP
Minister for Business, Scottish Government

Richard Lochhead has represented the Moray Constituency in the Scottish Parliament since 2006. Prior to that, Mr Lochhead represented North East Scotland from 1999 to 2006.

Mr Lochhead previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and the Environment between 2007 and 2016, and was appointed Minister for Small Business, Innovation, Tourism and Trade in March 2023. Mr Lochhead was appointed as Minister for Business in May 2024. 

Hannah Gurga
Director General, The ABI

Hannah Gurga is Director General of the ABI, where she leads the insurance and long-term savings sector’s engagement with government, regulators, parliamentarians, and stakeholders. She is responsible for overseeing the ABI’s strategic direction and driving its member priorities, focusing on customer outcomes, investing in people and the planet and supporting an effective market.

Mark Cook
Chair, Life Sciences Scotland

Mark has spent 30 years in roles within the health sector including biologicals/pharmaceuticals, medical technology, consultancy and is experienced in raising funding plus has successfully led a pharma company startup to an exit.

Dr Glenn Corr
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Business Officer, TauRx

Dr Corr has over 30 years’ experience in technical, commercial and operational roles in high risk, capital intensive, industries.  He has previously served as Operations Director of EnQuest, Asset and HSEQ Director, and Commercial Manager for Maersk, and a Principal Consultant at DNV.  He holds a PhD in Systems Engineering, an MBA, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors.  He joined TauRx in 2020 and oversees all company operational and business functions.  

Scott Walker
Managing Director, BlackRock UK

Scott Walker, Managing Director, is co-head of the BlackRock Edinburgh office. He is a member of the GAAPS Group within Technology and Operations and globally responsible for the Institutional Client Accounting (ICA) and Fund Accounting Oversight (FAO) and Global Fund Expense Services (GFES) teams.

Jackie Leiper
Chief Customer & Distribution Officer
Lloyds Banking Group

Within Lloyds Banking Group, Jackie Leiper leads the Embark, Scottish Widows, and Halifax Share Dealing businesses with a collective purpose of providing modern long-term savings & retirement solutions for the UK population.

Prof. Juergen Maier CBE, FRS, FREng, FIET, FCGI 
Chair of Great British Energy

Juergen Maier served as the former Chief Executive of Siemens UK. Over his 33 year career with Siemens, he held several senior roles in the UK and Germany. During Juergen’s leadership, the company played a pivotal role in UK’s decarbonisation of the electricity system.   

Juergen takes a strong leadership role for UK’s industrial, infrastructure and manufacturing community. He served on the Board of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills from 2014 to 2016 and his work has supported several previous government Industrial Strategy initiatives. 

In July 2024, Juergen was appointed as Start Up Chair of Great British Energy to drive forward this new, operationally independent company.

Keith Anderson
Chief Executive, ScottishPower

Keith is Chief Executive Officer for ScottishPower and he also sits on the ScottishPower Board, where he was appointed in February 2012.

Keith has full responsibility for the Company’s activities in the UK including the £12bn investment plan to 2028 designed to strengthen the position of the Company as the Utility of the Future.

Keith is a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Council and also a member of the UK Investment Council.

Chira Barua
Chief Executive, Scottish Widows

Chira joined Lloyds Banking Group in May 2023, as CEO, Scottish Widows and CEO, Insurance, Pensions & Investments, helping over 10 million customers to plan for unexpected events in life, save for their futures and enjoy retirement.

Sandra Boss
Senior Managing Director, Chair, BlackRock UK

Sandra Boss, Senior Managing Director, is the Chair of BlackRock UK. She works with the Head of BlackRock UK to engage with clients, corporates and policy makers and help bring the best of BlackRock’s global platform to the UK market. She also acts as strategic advisor to the Head of the International Business, which spans Europe, the Middle East, India, and Asia Pacific. She is a member of BlackRock’s Global Operating Committee.

Jeremy Grant
Business Columnist, The Scotsman

Jeremy Grant has spent over 30 years in journalism, mostly at the Financial Times and Reuters. His FT career involved postings in Hanoi, Singapore, Chicago and Washington, DC, where he was US Financial Regulation Correspondent.

Maggie McGinlay
Chief Executive, Energy Transition Zone

Maggie is an experienced leader within the energy sector and economic development.  As Chief Executive of ETZ Ltd, a not-for-profit private sector led organisation, she plays a key role in accelerating North East Scotland’s energy transition and maintaining the region’s global leadership in energy excellence.