Winmark Innovation Summit and Awards
09 Jan 2024
To launch our annual programme of In-person meetings, Winmark is proud to announce our 2024 Winter Innovation Summit and Awards Ceremony which is open to all our network members and it would be great if you could be available to join us...
SPEAKER(S): Sam Patel, Corporate Innovation Coach | Tanya Popeau, International Director, Synthesis | Chris Deverell, Founder, Deverell Innovation Ventures
Digital Board Series: The Future of Cyber Defence
24 Jan 2024
Cybercrime is a continuous threat to global business, with a recent IBM security report finding that data breaches alone cost UK businesses an average of £3.4 million per breach...
SPEAKER(S): David Emm, Senior Security Researcher, Kaspersky
CHAIR: Jitender Arora, CISO, Deloitte
Reputation, Trade, and Sanctions
25 Jan 2024
Navigating geo-political issues as a global business can be tricky, especially when economic sanctions are involved. How can business leaders for entities located in affected countries manage the threat to trade posed by sanctions, while also considering their businesses reputation...
SPEAKER(S): Keith Huffman, Chief Legal Counsel, Export Control, SAP | Dmitry Vishnyakov, Head of Government and Public Affairs | Henry Smith, Partner, Control Risks
CHAIR: Sir William Patey, Non-Executive Director, Control Risks
HMRC Enquiries and Disputes Workshop
30 Jan 2024
Building on our November meeting on the 'future of co-operative compliance', this workshop will focus on dealing with HMRC enquiries and tax disputes...
SPEAKER(S): Steven Porter, Partner, Head of Tax Disputes and Investigations, Pinsent Masons | Ian Robotham, Legal Director, Pinsent Masons
CHAIR: Jake Landman, Partner, Pinsent Masons
Tax function ‘Out Of A Box’
21 Feb 2024
This design-thinking workshop will identify all the management collateral needed by high-performing in-house tax functions in large international groups. What are the documents, templates, policies, process maps, checklists etc that a Head of Tax needs ready to hand to support tax function deliverables?
SPEAKER(S): Peter Mason, Group Tax Director, Advisory Member | Louisa Gonzalez, Head of Tax, Johnson Matthey
The CFO as Chief Data Officer
22 Feb 2024
The rapid growth in both the volume of data and the ability to analyse it pushes the management of data high up on the list of senior management responsibilities. Data is an increasingly important strategic asset to be protected and managed for risk, but also leveraged for valuable insights that can drive commercial opportunities...
SPEAKER(S): Premal Parekh, Former Finance Director - Real Estate & Operations Investments, LSEG | Kelvin Stagg, Chief Financial Officer, Page Group
CHAIR: Edward Guest, Group CFO/COO, The Unlimited Group
Tax Director Network Dubai Inaugural Advisory Panel: In-house Tax in UAE
23 Feb 2024
The UAE has grown in recent years as a centre for corporate HQs and regional offices and as a location for MNE tax functions. Coinciding with this growth, the UAE has introduced a number of tax reforms - most recently with last year’s introduction of a corporate income tax and changes to TP rules...
SPEAKER(S): Nanjundaswamy TC, Head of Taxes, Baker Tilly International | John Jeffcock, CEO, Winmark
Retaining and Rewarding Diverse Talent
05 Mar 2024
How do you ensure you have effective processes to onboard, and reward diverse talent and that you create a positive working environment that makes people want to stay and build their career with you?
SPEAKER(S): Jummy Okoya, Interim Dean of Office for Institutional Equity, University of East London | Mark McLane, Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Well-Being, M&G Plc
CHAIR: Natasha Makhijani, Group CEO, Oliver Sanderson Group Plc | Mark McLane, Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Well-Being, M&G Plc
Integrating Business Units
07 Mar 2024
Whether the result of a merger, acquisition, or consolidation of existing businesses - how an integration is approached and executed is key to its success. The cost of getting this wrong can be monumental, however when done right, business integrations can serve to boost efficiency and ensure value is created rather than lost during the process...
SPEAKER(S): Danny Davis, Partner, DD Consulting
CHAIR: Rob Newnes-Smith, Owner, Newnes-Smith Consulting
Anatomy of a Deal: Lessons for Tax Teams
14 Mar 2024
This meeting will examine the role of tax in M&A through the lens of Viasat's $7.3bn acquisition of Inmarsat in May 2023. The deal reflects a wider consolidation in the global satellite communications industry...
SPEAKER(S): Ray Rulach, Group Tax Manager, Inmarsat | Ali Conway, Head of Tax, Advisory Member
CHAIR: Roger Horwood, Head of Tax, Advisory Member
Sustainability – Driving Profits with a Purpose
18 Apr 2024
The sustainability agenda has been a key priority for organisations for many years now and it's importance in terms of brand and consumer perception and employee engagement cannot be understated...
SPEAKER(S): Jessica Long, Head of ESG Consulting, Ipsos Strategy3 | Arushi Gupta, Engagement Manager, Ipsos Strategy3
CHAIR: Peter Holland, CEO, The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
Aligning risk management to tax strategy
25 Apr 2024
Agreeing a strategy for tax is the starting point for managing the tax affairs of a large, complex group. From the strategy all else flows: resourcing; use of advisers; and, perhaps above all, risk management...
SPEAKER(S): Tim Branston, Director of Taxation, SEFE Marketing & Trading Limited | Eleanor Christie, Group Head of Risk, Corporate Governance, Internal Audit and Tax, Nando's Group Limited
CHAIR: Matthew Rose, Global Director of Tax, Lycamobile UK Limited
HMRC Briefing
02 May 2024
At this webinar, we will be delighted to welcome back Nicole Newbury, Director of Large Business at HRMC. This meeting is an opportunity for members to hear from Nicole on a range of topics of relevance to corporate taxpayers...
SPEAKER(S): Nicole Newbury, Director Large Business, HMRC
The Public Private Sector Summit
14 May 2024
The purpose of the summit is to identify what world-class public and private sector relationships should look like. Private sector delegates for this event are invited from the Winmark C-Suite Membership and Public sector delegates from the Public Chairs Forum (PCF) membership...
SPEAKER(S): Helen Pitcher OBE, Independent Non-Executive Director, C&C Group | John Jeffcock, CEO, Winmark | Christopher Hodges OBE, Emeritus Professor of Justice Systems, University of Oxford | Dominic Johnson CBE, Minister for Investment, Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
CHAIR: Rosemary Martin, Group General Counsel, Vodafone group | Phil Beach CBE, Chief Executive, Energy & Utility Skills | Nick Lakin, Group Director of Corporate Affairs, Kingfisher | Matthew Bailes, CEO, Paradigm Housing Group | Jane Frost CBE, Chief Executive Officer, Market Research Society | John Kimmance, Managing Director National Mapping Service, Ordnance Survey
Chief value Officer – The Evolution of the CFO
22 May 2024
The responsibilities of CFOs continue to broaden beyond a core financial focus, to encompass stewardship across broader areas of their organisations’ performance. Increasingly an organisation’s value is measured by the extent to which it delivers for all stakeholders, customers, suppliers, employees and regulators...
SPEAKER(S): Alistair Roman, Former Group Finance Director, The Post Office | Clive Webb, Senior Insights Manager, ACCA
CHAIR: Mike Aspinall, Chief Financial Officer, CyberSmart Ltd
Tax and Finance Transformation
23 May 2024
What is meant by tax transformation and how does it relate to systems changes in mainstream finance? Are tax departments forever destined to look for opportunities to piggy-back onto wider finance transformations, or, can they drive meaningful change on a standalone basis?
SPEAKER(S): Adam Eagers, Group Tax Director (Europe), A.S. Watson | Ross Philpott, Head of Indirect Tax (Europe), A.S. Watson
CHAIR: Sandy Markwick, C-Suite Director, Winmark