Newcastle University’s ‘NCL in Action’

I appeared on a panel for an event for my university at Lloyds Banking Group HQ, exploring the theme: “Global Uncertainty: Catalyst for Innovation or Barrier to Progress?”

We discussed some of the defining challenges of our era from economic disparity and big tech dominance to shifting geopolitics, a faltering climate agenda and the rise of misogyny.

Left to right - Dr Martin Farr, senior lecturer in contemporary history at Newcastle University, Lloyds’ Chief Economic Adviser Angus Armstrong, me, diplomat Benjamin Saoul OBE, and Rob McCargow, technology impact leader at PwC UK.