First speakers confirmed for 15 June 2026
We are delighted to confirm that the West Midlands Mayor and East Midlands Mayor will both be speaking at the Midlands Economic Summit 2026. Further speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.
Richard Parker
Mayor of the West Midlands
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Claire Ward
Mayor of the East Midlands
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Kevin Johnson
Managing Director
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Ninder Johal
Chair
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Paul Faulkner
Co-founder
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Amy Harhoff
Chief Executive
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Sarah Spink
Strategic Partnerships Lead
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Cat Brown
Director
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Lord Harrington of Watford
Chair
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Louise Hellem
Chief Economist
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Chaithanya Kumar
Co - founder & CTO
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Prof. Juergen Maier CBE
Industrialist, Chair
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Raj Kandola
Acting Deputy CEO
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Mark Smith
Education & Marketing Director
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Nicholas Barlow
Business Development & Partnership Lead
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Veejay Patel MBE
Director
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Daz Cox
Co-Founder & Director
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Prof. Gurpreet Singh Jagpal OBE
Chief Commercial Officer
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Iain McCallister
CEO
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Robert Franks
Managing Director
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Carmen Watson
Chair
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Jess Lawson
Chartered Management Degree Apprentice
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Prof. Jun Du
Professor of Economics
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Simon Marks
City Executive - Midlands
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Simren Johal
Youth Engagement Advocate & Emerging Leader
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David Bailey
Professor of Business Economics
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Lord Ravensdale
Crossbench Peer
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Suzie Branch-Haddow
Vice Principal of External Development
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Laura Tovey-Keane
Head of Marketing Communications
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Dr Neysha Ramjohn
Deputy CEO
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Amelia Topley
Office Manager
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Dr Anitha Chinnaswamy
Cyber Security Research Leader
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Jocelyn Paulley
Partner
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