Speakers

Meet our speakers:

David Nicholls

Author

Sharon White

Cross-bench peer and chair of Frontier Economics

Yuval Noah Harari

Historian, philosopher and author

Lyse Doucet

Author, journalist and BBC chief international correspondent

Simon Schama

Historian and FT contributing editor

Minouche Shafik

Economist, policymaker, central banker, author and higher education leader

Nicolai Tangen

CEO, NBIM and philanthropist

Nick Clegg

Ex-deputy prime minister and former president, global affairs, Meta

Jancis Robinson

FT wine correspondent

Jay Rayner

FT restaurant critic and feature writer and musician, Jay Rayner Sextet

Thomasina Miers

Cook, writer, winner of MasterChef and co-founder, Wahaca

Rebecca Stephens

Mountaineer and author

Ben Pentreath

Architectural & interior designer

Enuma Okoro

FT Life & Arts columnist

Lukas Furtenbach

Mountaineer and founder of Furtenbach Adventures

Gillian Tett

FT columnist and member of the editorial board

Jack Thorne

Film, television & theatre writer and creator of Adolescence

Roula Khalaf

FT editor

Peter Frankopan

Author and professor of global history, Oxford University

Claer Barrett

FT consumer editor

Jeremy King

Restaurateur

Alexandra Shulman

Journalist, consultant and former editor-in-chief of British Vogue

Tim Harford

FTWeekend columnist and presenter of BBC’s More or Less

Pilita Clark

FT associate editor and business columnist

David Baddiel

Comedian, author, screenwriter and television presenter

Alice Lascelles

FT drinks columnist

Evan Davis

TV and radio presenter and podcaster

Jo Ellison

FT Weekend deputy editor & HTSI editor

Carl Erik Fisher

Associate professor at Columbia University and author of 'The Urge'

Janine Gibson

FT Weekend editor

Greg Jackson

CEO and founder, Octopus Energy Group

Gideon Rachman

FT chief foreign affairs commentator

Ayesha Ofori

CEO and founder, Propelle

Robert Shrimsley

FT UK chief political commentator and executive editor

Monisha Rajesh

Author and journalist

Martin Wolf

FT chief economics commentator

Lea Ypi

Author and professor of political theory, London School of Economics

John Thornhill

FT innovation editor

Rebecca Rose

FT Globetrotter editor

Robert Armstrong

FT US financial commentator

Katie Martin

FT markets columnist

Frederick Studemann

FT literary editor

Eliza Filby

Historian and author (Inheritocracy)

Antonio Weiss

Technology expert and author of 'AI Demystified'

Harriet Fitch Little

FT Weekend magazine food & drink editor

Stuart Kirk

FT columnist

Moira O'Neill

FT investing columnist

Tom Robbins

FT travel editor

Annabel Bosman

Regional Centre Head, RBC Wealth Management

Murad Ahmed

FT technology news editor

Olga Donica

Clinique La Prairie longevity innovation director

Simon Kuper

FT Life & Arts columnist

Beatrice Hodgkin

FT House & Home editor

John Burn-Murdoch

FT chief data reporter and columnist

Juliet Riddell

FT head of new formats

Nathan Brooker

FT Money editor

Catherine Clarke

Author and professor, Institute of Historical Research, University of London

Pat Gordon-Smith

Singer, Jay Rayner Sextet

Robert Rickenberg

Bassist, Jay Rayner Sextet

Sophie Alloway

Drummer, Jay Rayner Sextet

Luke Pinkstone

Saxophonist, Jay Rayner Sextet

Mark Ridout

Guitarist, Jay Rayner Sextet

Charlotte Philby

Author

Henry Mance

FT chief features writer

Miranda Green

FT deputy opinion editor

Josh Spero

FT wealth editor

Francesca Jakobi

FT lead visual journalist

Roger Blitz

FT crossword editor

Isabel Berwick

FT Working It editor

Neal Hudson

Independent housing market analyst, Residential Analysts & BuiltPlace

Leyla Boulton

FT senior editor and development editor, FT Live

David Oakley

FT assistant companies editor

Philly Ponniah

Chartered wealth manager, Philly Financial

Nimesh Shah

Blick Rothenberg CEO

Sophy Roberts

Author and travel writer

Edward Luce

FT US national editor and columnist

Jemima Kelly

FT columnist

Jim Pickard

FT deputy political editor

Alice Loxton

History presenter and author

Spencer Hyman

Co-founder and chair of chocolate, Cocoa Runners

Cordelia Jenkins

FT Weekend magazine editor

Martin Parr

Photographer and photojournalist

Elise Wortley

Explorer

Tom Faber

FT gaming critic

Deano Moncrieffe

Agave expert and Hacha bar owner

Jesse Estes

Global brand ambassador, Tequila Ocho

Helen Warrell

FT investigative reporter

Louis Wise

HTSI deputy editor

Lauren Indvik

FT House & Home deputy editor

Simon Usborne

Journalist

Sarah O'Connor

FT employment columnist

Jonathan Guthrie

FT Financial Thinking columnist and author (The Truth About Investing)

Sabine Donnai

Viavi chief executive and consulting general physician

Philip Stephens

Author and journalist

Charles Spinola

Cartwright Jenson Group founder & director

Maria Crawford

FT deputy books editor

Chris Clark

Author and regius professor of history at the University of Cambridge

Olivia Hylton

FT Schools project lead

Patrick O’Donnell

Brand ambassador, Farrow & Ball

Holly Gramazio

Game designer, curator and author

Tim Littlewood

Natural History Museum director of science

Anant Varman

Actor

Anna Burnett

Actor

Lamorna Ash

Author and journalist

Hannah Ritchie

Author and senior researcher, Programme for Global Development, University of Oxford

Ajesh Patalay

HTSI food columnist

Diarmaid MacCulloch

Historian and author

Jackie Wullschläger

FT chief visual arts critic and author

Tim Hayward

Food writer and author

Melissa Thompson

Food writer and author

Alec Russell

FT foreign editor

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