Join Deanna Oppenheimer, Chair of IHG Hotels & Resorts, Non-Executive Director at Thomson Reuters and Slalom, and founder of BoardReady, as she shares her experiences as a leading female voice in business.  

Deanna will be speaking about her personal and unique experience of board roles across different sectors on both sides of the Atlantic, why diversity in the board room is a crucial accelerator for tackling some of the big issues of our time and strategies for businesses big and small to create diverse talent pipelines. Importantly. she will also share her tips on how to get your voice heard in the Boardroom.

Speakers: 

Deanna Oppenheimer is an experienced global corporate board leader, having served on a variety of Fortune-500 and FTSE 100 boards. Currently, she serves in the UK as Chair of IHG Hotels & Resorts and in North America as a non-executive director at both Thomson Reuters and Slalom LLC. In December of 2023, Deanna stepped down from her role as Chair of Hargreaves Lansdown, where she spent six years overseeing the Board during a period of significant change for the industry. Previously, Deanna served on several other notable boards, including Tesco plc and Tesco Bank, Whitbread plc, AXA Global, and Brooks Running.

Paul van Zyl is the co-Founder of The Conduit and Chief Executive Officer. Paul is a winner of the prestigious Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He served as the Executive Secretary of South Africa’s post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission and co-founded the International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), an international human rights organisation based in New York City.