Annual Conference: panellists focused on what the G7 and B7 can achieve.
06 Nov 2020, 5 min read
Lord Bilimoria’s opening speech on the second day of the Annual Conference highlighted the need for UK leadership on the global stage. Global leadership at a time of division, a time of crisis and a time of change. 2021 is therefore a huge opportunity, with the UK chairing two global platforms – the G7 and COP26 – and with CBI leading the business engagement on both.
Speakers:
- Perrin Beatty, President & CEO, CCC Canada
- Markus Beyrer, Director-General, BusinessEurope, EU
- Thomas Donohue, CEO, USCC, US
- Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, Director-General, CBI
- Masakazu Kubota, Director-General, Keidanren, Japan
- Joachim Lang, Director General and Member of the Presidential Board, BDI Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.
- Stefan Pan, Delegate for European Affairs, Confindustria, Italy
- Lord Mark Sedwill, Chair, Panel on Global Economic Security
- James Harding, Co-Founder and Editor, Tortoise Media (Chair)
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Highlights from the session:
As Lord Mark Sedwill, the former Cabinet Secretary and Sherpa for the G7 economic
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