Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, will be the keynote speaker at the Scottish Chambers of Commerce’s Annual Business Address on 17th November 2022.

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce Annual Business Dinner will also have a line-up of high-calibre business speakers with an audience of more than 500 senior business leaders and the opportunity to network new relationships.

Hear from Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, and Stephen Leckie, President of Scottish Chambers of Commerce, as well as hearing from the following speakers:

David Thomson, Director at DC Thomson 
David Thomson is a director of DC Thomson, one of the leading media organisations in the UK. A direct descendent of the company’s founder, David Coupar Thomson.

Lindsay McGranaghan, CGI Vice President Scotland 
Lindsay was appointed Scotland Business Unit Lead in October 2019. Lindsay McGranaghan, CGI Vice President Scotland Lindsay was appointed Scotland Business Unit Lead in October 2019. She has overall responsibility for CGI’s public and private sector businesses in Scotland, ensuring success for clients, shareholders, and members by innovating and delivering transformational technology to our clients.

Chris Ball, Chief Executive Officer, ESO Sports 
Chris Ball is the founder and CEO of ESO Sports and leader of mountain bike racing within the Warner Bros Discovery group.

Nigel Milton, Chief of Staff & Carbon, Heathrow Airport
Nigel leads Heathrow’s Carbon Strategy, Communications, and Sustainability & Communities Teams. His responsibilities include protecting Heathrow’s reputation and ensuring the airport maintains its global leadership role in the decarbonisation of aviation through both practical measures and advocacy. He leads the airport’s liaison with external stakeholders on all policy issues across international, national, and local government as well as business and represents Heathrow in the media and in public meetings.

Linda Scott, Chief Marketing Officer, CodeClan
Linda brings an entrepreneurial mindset, with a wealth of experience in pushing commercial growth and engaging with governance to CodeClan.

Dr. Hina Khan, Senior project manager at Spire Global UK 
Dr. Hina Khan is a senior project manager at Spire Global UK and manages all of Spire’s UK and European programme activity involving government, academic and institutional partners, such as the UK Space Agency, European Space Agency, UK Met Office, UK universities, and UK/Scottish governments.

Join SCC to connect with hundreds of decision-makers across Scotland from Senior Executives, Directors, CEOs, and owners of family-run businesses, from the SME community to politicians, to business leaders as we discuss the opportunities and challenges in the current business environment.

There are a few remaining tables, book via ros.wardley-smith@scottishchambers.org.uk before 7th November 2022.