The event will include keynote speeches from Sesame Bankhall Group’s Executive Chairman, Ivan Martin, along with Toby Strauss, Aviva CEO. Panel debates will give advisers the chance to speak to CEOs Otto Thoresen from Aegon, Mike Kellard from AXA, Graham Harvey from Friends Provident, Peter Mann from Skandia and David Etherington from Zurich.
Other key sessions taking place include developments from Sesame in the investment platform arena, along with a mortgage panel debate chaired by PMS managing director John Cupis, covering recent outcomes and impact of the FSA’s Mortgage Market Review.
There will be motivational speeches from Sir Clive Woodward, former England RFU Coach and British Olympic Director of Elite Performance, and Sahar Hashemi, co-founder of Coffee Republic, best selling author and one of the UK’s most inspirational entrepreneurs.
Stephen Young, chief operating officer at Sesame Bankhall Group, said: “Sesame Symposium has become renowned for providing expert insight and stimulating debate. It gives financial advisers the opportunity to hear first hand from leading commentators on the future of the industry, helping them to decide how their own businesses should respond to key challenges such as the RDR and Mortgage Market Review.
“We will be outlining how we are helping advisers and will be unveiling several exciting new developments. With tough economic and regulatory conditions, our role in providing valuable guidance and the tools to help advisers build prosperous businesses is more important than ever.”
The conference takes place in London on 15 November 2010 at the Park Plaza Hotel, Westminster.
