Annual Conference 2012 

Sir Martin Sorrell
chief executive, WPP

Sir Martin Sorrell founded WPP, the world’s largest advertising and marketing services Group in 1985 and has been chief executive throughout.

Jayne-Anne Gadhia 
chief executive officer, Virgin Money

Jayne -Anne joined Virgin in 1994 and set up the Virgin One account - a revolutionary mortgage which proved to be a huge success.

The One account was bought by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2001 and Jayne-Anne moved with it to become Managing Director of the bank’s Consumer Finance Division.
Jayne-Anne returned to Virgin Money in 2007 where she is now Chief Executive Officer

James Harding 
editor, The Times

James Harding was appointed Editor of The Times in December 2007, Prior to this appointment; he was The Times Business & City Editor. Before joining The Times James held several positions with The Financial Times rising from corporate reporter to the FT’s Washington bureau chief.

Andy Bird
chairman, Walt Disney International

As chairman of Walt Disney International Andy is responsible for targeting new businesses, growing and increasing penetration of Disney's existing businesses in developed markets such as Western Europe and Japan, and leading the development of business and operations in emerging markets, including India, China, Russia, South Korea and Latin America. Reporting to Disney President and CEO Bob Iger, Mr. Bird works with all of Disney's business unit leaders around the world, coordinating and overseeing growth opportunities for The Walt Disney Company outside the United States.