We’d like to take a moment to reflect on the events we have organised on behalf of Cardiff Business Club and the incredible collection of speakers that have featured this year, providing us with a series of thought-provoking events and an insight into their industries.
Starting the year strong we heard from Dan Frumkin, CEO of Metrobank and heard about how the community is at the heart of their bank and is central to where Metrobank place their branches.
Moving into March we were lucky enough to have 2 events, one of which was celebrating International Women’s Day, In Conversation with Prof. Laura McAllister CBE and Felicity Evans, where they covered politics, equality, sport and of course we couldn’t let the night go by without hearing about Laura’s rainbow bucket hat.
Following this Gareth Williams from Thales Group addressed the Club, and talked all things Cyber, including Cyber threats. Roger Devlin, Chairman of Persimmon Homes featured at May’s event and shared insights into Persimmon’s position as the leading housebuilder in South Wales.
Over the summer Cardiff Business Club hosted Jeannette Linfoot, who talked about her journey of becoming an entrepreneur, and to round up the 2022-2023 Season, His Excellency Dr Róbert Ondrejcsák, Ambassador of Slovakia to the United Kingdom, reflected on the journey of Slovakia since becoming a sovereign state and encouraged businesses to Slovakia.
The 2023-24 Season began with a networking drinks reception event, kindly hosted by Ogi at their new offices in Hodge House where we heard from Ogi’s Chief Revenue Officer, Sally-Anne Skinner. With October brought another guest speaker, The Rt. Hon. Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division and Chair of the Family Justice Council, who gave us a look into the wide scope of Family Law.
November brought us a look into the renewable energy sector, with guest speaker, Tom Glover, RWE’s UK Country Chair. The final event of Cardiff Business Club for 2023 saw a Festive Drinks Reception with Noel Mooney at Principality House.
Founded in 1912, Cardiff Business Club has always aimed to connect organisations and share inspiration via their members and world class speakers, and we’re sure you’ll agree that looking back at the line up of 2023 they’ve definitely achieved that. At Grapevine we are proud to be working with an organisation with such a rich history and we look forward to continuing working with Cardiff Business Club in the new year.
