Our annual Year 11 Leadership Conference was held on 23rd October 2025; organised by the students with assistance from staff. This year’s theme was ‘Visions and Values’. Thank you to Mr Copper for leading the girls on a fantastic day.
Guest speakers included: Mitra Janes, Head of Diversity and Inclusion, for GBM and CMB at HSBC; Verity Wild, Assistant Editor at BBC World Service; Laurie Dawson, Former Company Director and Nicole Mascarenhas, Operational Due Diligence Analyst.
Thank you to Knights Solicitors who ran workshops on becoming a solicitor.
Student workshops included: Punching Toward Power; Women in Motorsports; Instruments Around the World; Chemical Explosions; Illusion & Deception; The Next Swing Forward: The Future in your Hands; The Alabaster Case; Running Rome; Rooted in Design; Hidden Figures; The Queens of Rhyme and Timing you Trust.
Previous Leadership Conferences
2024 – be true. be you
Keynote Speakers:
- Mitra Janes | Head of Diversity & Inclusion for investment banking, markets and commercial banking, HSBC
- Anna Ogundehin | Global PR and Communications director for Claudia Schiffer
- Verity Wilde | Assistant Editor, BBC World Service
- Noor Jawad | Consultant Gastroenterologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at QMUL
2023 – World of Opportunities
Keynote Speakers:
- Dr Heather Melville, OBE, CCgr, CCMI CEO | OBE CMgr CCMI CEO and Founder, Clarke Smith Advisory; Senior Advisor of Teneo and Chancellor of York University
- Laurie Hooper | Founder of The Natural Deodorant Co.
- Mitra Janes | Diversity & Inclusion Lead for GBM and CMB at HSBC
- Verity Wilde | Assistant Editor at BBC Minute
2022 – The Diversity of Success
Keynote Speakers:
- Dr Heather Melville, OBE, CCMI, JP | Director and Head of Client Experience of PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Alison Jackson-Carter | Head of Corporate Communications
- Mitra Janes | Diversity & Inclusion Lead for GBM and CMB at HSBC
- Ella Jerman | Social Media Manager and Consultant at Ten Toes Media
- Verity Wilde | Assistant Editor at BBC Minute
