Introducing The Great British Brands Breakfast Club

By Lucy Cleland

50 mins ago

A full list of topics so far


The Great British Brands Breakfast Club, sponsored by Rathbones, is a unique series of informal yet informative breakfasts to give Great British Brands intimate access to some of the leading voices in industry and beyond. Whether it’s how to launch your brand in China; how brands can work with culture for mutual benefit; or how to survive a crisis, these events are an integral part of the Great British Brands membership.

The Great British Brands Breakfast Club: All The Speakers So Far

1. What can we learn from failure?

Speaker: Andy Coulson, owner of communications agency Coulson Partners and host of podcast Crisis What Crisis?

Andy Coulson sitting on a black velvet sofa

2. What can luxury brands learn from China?

Speaker: Chloé Reuter, a luxury brand strategist, entrepreneur and advisor

3. Why and how to become a B Corp brand

Speaker: Mark Cuddigan, CEO of Ella’s Kitchen

4. How to protect life on earth

Speaker: James Thornton, CEO and founder of ClientEarth

6. Building the citizen future: why we need a new narrative around citizenship – and what brands can do to help

Speakers: Jon Alexander, co-founder New Citizen Project and author of Citizens

7. How companies and culture are a match made in heaven

Speaker: Lord Ed Vaizey, former culture secretary

Ed Vaizey

8. Making the most of your little black book: how to use inclusive language to understand and affect change

Speakers: Jame Oremosu and Dr Maggie Semple

9. How to be a net zero citizen

Speaker: Lucy Johnson, founder of Green Salon

Lucy Johnson

10. Making with Soul in the Digital Age

Speaker: Helen Chislett, author of Craft Britain (co-authored with David Linley)

11. Insights into the positive side of AI and its power to transform your business

Speakers: Elaine Parr, IBM Global Luxury Brands Senior Partner and Jez Bassinder, IBM UK & Ireland Generative AI Consulting Leader, plus an opportunity to meet Dr Nicola Hodson, IBM UK & Ireland Chief Executive

12. How to build business resilience in an ever-changing environment

Speaker: Rupi Goel, Head of Luxury Retail at Google UK