Innovate 2050 is the headline event at the Festival of Business 2025 where we'll be joined by global business leaders and experts who will discuss how the best businesses are innovating and responding to the world’s biggest challenges.
We’re excited to welcome speakers from Mr & Mrs Smith, TrustedHousesitters, the BBC, Orderly, and producers of hit series Adolescence, Warp Films, who will share their insights on the future of digitisation, finance and media.
Speakers
Tamara Lohan
Role: Founder
Organisation: Mr & Mrs Smith
Peter Evans
Role: CEO
Organisation: Orderly
Mathew Prior
Role: CEO
Organisation: TrustedHousesitters
Siobhan Morgan
Role: Head of Development
Organisation: Warp Films
Jess McCreadie
Role: Investment Director
Organisation: Northern Gritstone
Kerris Bright
Role: Chief Customer Officer
Organisation: BBC
Patricia Perlman-Dee
Role: Professor of Finance
Organisation: Alliance Manchester Business School
Jenni Rose
Role: Senior Lecturer in Accounting
Organisation: Alliance Manchester Business School
Ken McPhail
Role: Head of Alliance Manchester Business School and Professor of Accounting
Organisation: Alliance Manchester Business School
Peter Buckley
Role: Professor of International Business
Organisation: Alliance Manchester Business School
Axele Giroud
Role: Professor of International Business
Organisation: Alliance Manchester Business School
Bruce Tether
Role: Professor of Innovation Management and Strategy
Organisation: Alliance Manchester Business School
Sir Cary Cooper
Role: Professor of Organisational Psychology
Organisation: Alliance Manchester Business School
Gerard P. Hodgkinson
Role: Professor of Strategic Management and Behavioural Science
Organisation: Alliance Manchester Business School
Catherine Mann
Role: Professor of the Practice and external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee
Organisation: Brandeis University
Markos Zachariadis
Role: Professor and Chair in Financial Technology (FinTech) & Information Systems
Organisation: Alliance Manchester Business School
Lou Cordwell
Role: CEO Unit M and Professor of Innovation
Organisation: Unit M
Luke Georghiou
Role: Professor of Science and Technology Policy and Management and Associate Vice-President
Organisation: The University of Manchester
