Our annual Year 11 Leadership Conference was held on 23rd October 2026; organised by the students with assistance from staff. This year’s theme was ‘Potential Unlocked’. Thank you to Miss S Sales for leading the girls on a fantastic day.
Guest speakers included: Mitra Janes, Head of Inclusion for Corporate and Institutional Banking at HSBC; Nazia Hassan, Senior Marketing Lead at WaterAid and Dr Noor Jawad, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal College of Physicians College Tutor and Honorary Senior Lecturer QMUL, Barts Health NHS Trust.
Thank you to Knights Solicitors who ran workshops on becoming a solicitor.
Student workshops included: The Brilliance of BSL; Sugar Rush; Esc. Room; Do you have Slime Hands?; Nature Rocks!; The Deceptors; Escape Room Extreme; Party Animals; Yoga Battles and Making Memories.
Previous Leadership Conferences
2025 – Vision and Values
Keynote Speakers:
- Mitra Janes | Head of Diversity and Inclusion, for GBM and CMB at HSBC
- Verity Wild| Assistant Editor, BBC World Service
- Laurie Dawson | Former Company Director
- Nicole Mascarenhas | Operational Due Diligence Analyst
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
