Panellist, The Rise of the Machines, The Science Museum, London, UK

A public panel discussion chaired by Fergus Walsh of the BBC for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity (RMCC)

President's Invited Guest Lecture, The Southern Thoracic Surgeons Association, Marco Island, Florida, USA

"Your talk was AWESOME!!"

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Professor Jeffrey Jacobs

President of the STSA

Invited Adress, The Mercers Livery Company, Ironmongerlane, London, UK

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Plenary Address, The Transparency Summit, Columbus Ohio, USA

"Not only was your presentation outstanding, but your ongoing contribution was essential to driving the conversation forward, here in the US."

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Amy Basken

Director of Programs

Pediatric Congenital Heart Association

Visiting Professor, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA

The Risks of Silence

Invited Panellist, Current Ethical Thinking in Surgical Innovation, Bristol, UK

Part of the IDEAL collaboration for improving surgical research

Invited Lecture, Allocate Leadership Meeting, Old Trafford, Manchester, UK

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Keynote Address, British Assocation of Perinatal Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

 "a fantastic talk. You certainly made us all think!"

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Dr Helen Mactier, President BAPM

Invited Address, Committee Room 13, House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, London, UK

A presentation to a House of Commons Committee

Visiting Professor, University of Minnessota, Minneapolis, USA

"You were a great Visiting Professor. I have had several remark about how interesting, stimulating, challenging your talks were, and a couple said they thought it was our best Professorship ever! I would agree."

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Professor David Overman, Minneapolis

Invited Lecture, Imperial Medical School, London

An exploration of the overlap between art and science in modern surgery

The Werner Zuber Memorial Lecture, European Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Wengen, Switzerland

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Opening Address, European Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Wengen, Switzerland

"Terrifying Story, and vital contribution to our meeting"

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Dr Clive Lewis, Secretary ESHLT

Medico-Legal Lawyers Luncheon Club, Royal Society of Medicine, London

"Excellent talk.  Everyone enjoyed it.  Really Good."

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Kieran Coonan, QC

Keynote Address, Aviva Wholesale Conference, Corinthia Hotel, London

"Inspirational!"

Stewart Robertson, Organiser, Aviva Inverstors

Invited Plenary Lecture, Belgian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Senneffe, Belgium

The power of transparency in data presentation to optimise team performance.  Lessons from high performing industries.

Keynote Address. General Insurance Reseach Organisation, ICC Birmingham, UK

Two contrasting experiences; managing risk at scale, and the risk of managing complex issues when life is at stake

Keynote Lecture. Aviva Institional Investors Conference, The Shard, London, UK

"A GREAT presentation!"

After Dinner Speech for Wolters Klowers Inc, Tower Bridge, London, UK

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Invited Lecture, IDEAL Conference on Surgical Outcomes, Bristol UK

"Fantastic talk...Twitter was buzzing....Inspirational"

Professor Jane Blazeby, Professor of Surgery at Bristol and conference organiser

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Presentation for "Speakers for Schools", Excelsior Academy, Denton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Speakers for Schools is a charity started by Robert Peston.  It gives school students the chance to hear first hand from people in careers whom they might not otherwise meet.  It is really humbling and uplifting for the speaker!!

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The students ...commented, 

'Really inspirational/inspiring,' 

'emotional and moving,' 

'The best assembly I've ever had,' 

'It makes me want to be a better person.' 

'Amazing', 'fascinating.'

Keynote Address, Ai You Foundation, Cheng Du, China

A guide to the value of philanthropy in improving children's health

Keynote Address, Nestle plc Leadership Summit, Alton Towers, UK

"An inspiring session...resonated across the room'

Gharry Eccles.  Regional Vice President CP UK

Invited Lecture, ESPO 2018, Stockholm, Sweden

A review of current evidence and recent advances in this controversial field

Keynote Address, European Society of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Stockhom, Sweden

"Outstanding, inspiring, fascinating and relevant"  

Ann Hermasson, President of ESPO

Keynote Address, Sanofi Product Launch, Munich, Germany

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Gresham College Public Lecture

The media and medicine have different perspectives. At least in part, this is due to a preference for individual human stories over detailed analysis of results. 

This lecture used examples of how the public may be misled and consider the implications of such misunderstanding.

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Invited Lecture to The Huxley Science Society, Westminster School, London, UK

"Outstandingly good talk from Prof Martin Elliott at Huxley Society about ‘keeping the wealthy alive’. Genuinely thought provoking and hugely insightful." 

@WSchoolScience @wschool

Invited Guest Plenary Lecture, The American Association of Thoracic Surgeons, San Diego, CA, USA

Audience Tweets;  "Brilliant speech", "fantastic presentation", "amazing talk". "my favourite talk of the day", "inspiring", "provoking, timely, brilliant", "thought provoking and stimulating as always"

Keynote Address with Mark Gallagher for PA Consulting. Evian, France

“Martin spoke at our Global Partner Conference and was a huge success. What particularly resonated was his numerous examples of innovation, and the way in which he has brought outside in thinking into his very specialist world. It was inspiring, optimistic and thought-provoking” 

Andrew Hooke, Head of Consulting, PA Consulting Group

Gresham College Public Lecture, Museum of London, London, UK

A discussion of the concepts behind, and ethics and finances of, personalised or precision medicine

Invited Lecture, BMJ Editors Away Day, London, UK

The surgical literature is beset way half truths and the lack of raw, analysable data. In this talk I outlined ways in which this situation could be improved

Keynote lecture, IVCC5 and DS Smith Plc, Geneva, Switzerland

How good data can change behaviour and the pernicious effects of a blame culture

Gresham College Public Lecture, The Museum of London, London, UK

As technology changes, do health professionals still need a good bedside manner?

Invited Lecture, to General Managers Course, The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

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Invited Guest Lecture, The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoacic Surgeons, Visakpathanam, India

Past and Current status of modified ultrafiltration in cardiac surgery.

Invited Guest Lecture, The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoacic Surgeons, Visakpathanam, India

A summary of our extensive experience in the repair of complex tracheal problems in children

Keynote Address with Mark Gallagher (F1 presenter, formerly of Ford Cosworth), International Temperature Controlled Logistics Congress, Twickenham, London

Combining our experience of two high-risk sectors to reveal lesson suitable for other complex organisations seeking excellence

Keynote Lecture, Schroder's Recognition Scheme. London, UK

Motivational tricks to enhance performance

Keynote Lecture, Excellence in Education, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London

Lessons learned from various industries which have had an impact on the safety and effectiveness of medicine.

Invited Keynote Lecture, KU Leuven, Belgium

A paean to the right measures and transparency 

Keynote Address, East of England NHS Leadership Academy

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Invited Lecture, Timecare, Stockholm, Sweden

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Keynote Address, Aviva Insurance Summit, London UK

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Keynote Address, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, UCL, London

A review of what it feels like to be a cardiac surgeon, with interviews from surgeons from all over the world

Keynote Address, British Congenital Cardiac Association, London, UK

 "a wonderful talk. I think it may have really prompted people to help and commit to change in the future."

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Professor Michael Burch, BCCA

Keynote Address, Whitehall & Industry Group, Athenaeum, London

A conversational seminar about major issues in healthcare

Keynote Address, Pennington Manches Annual Partner Conference

"Martin Elliott was excellent- probably the best speaker I have ever heard. I thought he “got” the audience and pitched it just right- mix of important points he wanted to get across plus humour.  The way he explained applying an approach from completely outside of his world and the challenges that presented was fascinating. His “humble” approach for such an important man was impressive and a great example for many.  Quite how he has the time to do all the thinking outside of the box plus his day job I have no idea! "

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anonymous audience member

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Plenary Keynote Address, jENS meeting, Venice, Italy

a talk highlighting the importance of real time monitoring and transparency of team performance

The 28th Arthur DeBoer Lecture, Lurie Childrens Hospitalm Chicago, IL, USA

"fascinating, enlightening & entertaining"

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Grand Rounds (Visiting Professor Lecture) Children's National Hospital, Washington DC, USA

"The presentation was nothing short of spectacular"

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Kurt Newman MD, CEO, Children's National Hospital Washington DC, USA

Keynote Address; The Congenital Heart Surgeons Society (CHSS) in Chicago USA

"the talk was absolutely unbelievable. Everyone was glued. It was brilliant, eloquent, comprehensive, funny, provocative, educational … all in the right mix.  Made me want to never speak in public again!"

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Professor Luca Vricella, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, USA

Keynote Lecture, Exponent Private Equity, Lord's Cricket Ground, London, UK

Most people work within their corporate silos and don't get to appreciate how things are being done in other organisations.  I will show how much can be learned from surprising sources, and how we have improved safety and effectiveness in healthcare as a result.

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'Martin Elliott was extremely well liked and well received, so in summary a big success!'

Simon Davidson, Exponent PE

The Stokes Society Lecture, Pembroke College, Cambridge University

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Keynote Lecture, Brewin Dolphin, London

Cardiac surgery has lived through several disruptive changes, and technology is making a further impact.  Pressures from budget cuts, Brexit and organisational reform mean teams have to change and change the way they work.  This lecture describes the lessons we have learned and what might be useful to others.

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"Thank you so much for introducing us to Martin last week – he was such a success and everyone is still talking about him, it was just amazing…"

“Martin was amazing, great humour, incredibly deep and inspirational. “

Brewin Dolphin

Keynote Lecture, The Large Charities FInance Group

"thank you again for a fantastic presentation yesterday. The feedback on it was exceptional"

Rohan Hewavisenti, Imperial War Museum

The John Evans Lecture, The British Association of Paediatric Otolaryngology (BAPO), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

"It was one of the best lectures I seen delivered at any meeting, not just medical or ENT.  It seems so obvious that we are setting the bar too low and that our research papers are simply summaries- but I think that is the first time I think it has ever been made so explicit.  I thought it set the tone wonderfully..."

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 Steven Powell, FRCS  BAPO organiser

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5 Invited Lectures, World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and cardiac Surgery, Barcelona, Spain

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Invited Lecture, Medway Hospital, Kent, UK

"Brilliant, Engaging, Inspiring"

James Devine, Executive Director of HR and OD

Keynote Lecture, ReaSoN Neonatal Conference, Warwick, UK

In this lecture, I explained basic theoretical points and indicated how a transparent approach to outcome reporting, in real time, can influence behaviour for the better, trading on our competitive instincts.

I  also examined the negative consequences of blame, and discussed how organisations and units can encourage a just culture in which learning from error is the norm.

I used real examples where appropriate and suggested methods which will work in any speciality

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75% of the audience rated the talk as 'excellent' and a further 18% as "good".

Keynote Lecture, Investment Advisors Conference, Hampshire, UK

Most business exist within a silo, preferring their own kind.  This talk demonstrated, using examples, how even very different industries can improve if they open their minds to others.

"We have collaborated with Martin on several events now, and each time he has been an absolute pleasure to work with in both the run-up to the conference, and on the day itself. His material is thought-provoking, informative and insightful, and offers a previously unknown perspective for our delegates. Indeed, at our most recent conference Martin’s session was described by our attendees as “outstanding”, “marvellous”, “fascinating” and “exceptionally relevant”, to list just a few of the comments. Martin’s talk scored a hugely impressive 4.76 out of 5, making it one of the most popular and well-received presentations at any of our conferences over the years. We would thoroughly recommend Martin as an external speaker for any business audience – his message resonates with anyone striving for improvement on a personal or professional basis."

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Katy Cole and Helen Wagstaff, Speakers in Partnership and Marketing in Partnership

Keynote Lecture to Guy's, King's, at St Thomas' Cancer Network

"Your talk hit the perfect note giving a clear insight around what can be achieved with a focus on quality improvement and the importance of data to drive change. To hear it from a fellow clinician made it much more meaningful.  Many of my colleagues  were inspired and energised by your talk and I hope we can now build on that to drive forward our vision for a high quality cancer service. Once again many thanks for coming to talk to us"

Majid Kazmi

Chief of Cancer Services 

Deputy Medical Director

Guys and St Thomas' NHS foundation Trust.

Congenital Cardiac Nurses Association, Worcester, UK

A lecture considering the ethics and cost of reducing the age of viability of preterm foetuses, and the potential costs to society of artificially supporting patients with terminal heart failure.

NHS Confederation, Liverpool UK

The potential application of software to facilitate the rostering of medics, and to optimise safety and productivity by getting the right people to the right place at the right time.

Invited Lecture, Harvard University -University College London Joint Meeting, London, UK

Tracheal transplantation remains very difficult.  Many techniques have been tried, the most recent being stem-cell supported transplantation.  This talk reviewed our experience, problems and potential solutions and speculates on what next.

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"The surgery and ethics issues were complex, so it was great that you made it seem straightforward enough to inspire our mixed audience – fabulous."

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Prof Paul Winyard

University College, London

Gresham College Lecture, Museum of London, UK

An autobiographical homage to a fascinating and fulfilling occupation.  It will also consider how the job has changed over my lifetime, and particularly what might be needed in the future

Keynote Lecture, Ospedale Bambino Gesu, Rome, Italy

A lecture reporting recent examples of fraudulent reporting of surgical results, the implications of such action and suggesting ways in which the profession can both prevent such things and improve the overall quality of our data.

Philips International Salesforce Meeting, Rome, Italy

"During our 2017 sales force training Prof Elliott has first of all amazed our Philips sales team by the story about the work he did with other industries, especially the Formula 1 teams.

Secondly with his inspiring talk full of tangible examples,  humor and to the point topics for our audience, he triggered new ideas and inspired the teams to think beyond our standard products and services.

He is one of the most engaging speakers in the medical world that I have seen."

Bas van Breugel

Director Sales and Marketing

Philips Patient Care and Monitoring Solutions

Association of Surgeons of GB & Ireland, Glasgow, Scotland

It is hard to improve if you don't have a way of measuring that improvement.  Medics are quite competitive, and finding clear and relevant forms of data presentation motivates them to do things better.  This talk will describe some of those methods and use examples to demonstrate how the transparent use of of data changes behaviour.

Keynote Presentation, Joint Investment Conference, Hampshire, UK

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Keynote Lecture for Webinar by MSD and Wave Pharmaceuticals, London, UK

"Martin was a pleasure to work with, professional, flexible and happy to operate within the regulatory constraints of the pharma industry. His medical experience, media training and the knowledge he brought with him, ranging from Formula 1 and big data to teamwork and leadership, made him an excellent partner for the project."

MSD

Keynote Lecture, 1st International Meeting of the Pediatric Airway Teams, Genova, Italy

"Enlightening and Inspiring"  

Profs Michele Torre, Genoa and Sergio Bottero, Rome

Public Lecture, Mirandola, Italy

"Fantastic Presentation"

Andrea Menghini, on behalf of Mirandola Lions Club, Kiwanis International and Rotary International

Gresham College Lecture

Most open-heart surgery in children requires the use of donor blood. Jehovah’s Witnesses believe, on the basis of biblical texts, that blood should not be ingested or transfused. There is thus a tension between clinical teams and devout families. This lecture explores that tension, and considers how we might perform open-heart surgery without blood. 
 

MHRA Annual Managers Conference, London, UK

" 94% of the audience found the talk useful, and 76% said they would be applying the learning back at work.  This is some of the highest speaker feedback we have ever had.  They liked the style, and the mix of humour and serious content".

Paul Inglefield, Dep Director Corporate Communications, MHRA

FSD Annual Finance Conference; whole system working. Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket, UK. For NHS Health Education England.

"Engaging, inspiring and a delight"

"Inspiring, intersting and full of useful experiences which we may be able to replicate or learn from to drive changes."

"There best speech of the day.  Excellent, amazing and inspiring.  Very clear presentation addressing the themes of innovation, leadership and culture.  Very glad and grateful I had the opportunity to hear Professor Martin Elliott"

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audience members comments

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Gresham College Lecture (with Dr Valerie Shrimplin)

A celebration of the heart for St Valentine’s Day. How is it that a simple pump has become a symbol of the highest human emotions of love, truth, conscience and moral courage?  How have artists represented this over the centuries? And how effective have those representations been? 
 

Gresham College Lecture

A lecture about Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy and Sudden Cardiac Death.  The lecture follows the death of my own son, Toby, from SUDEP and after reviewing the subject, calls for an integrated and uniform approach to the investigation of sudden death.  Follow up articles in the British Medical Journal, the Evening Standard and the Daily Mail.

SKMC Conference 2016 AbuDhabi

'two outstanding, entertaining and fascinating contributions by Professor Elliott"   Prof Laszlo Kiraly, Abu Dhabi

SKMC Conference 2016, Abu Dhabi

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Masterclass, Camden School for Girls, London

"A huge thank you to the fantastic Prof Martin Elliott...incredible work"

Emma Perry, Head of Science

Visiting Professor Lecture, University of Belgrade, Serbia

"One of the best lectures I have ever heard"  

Professor of Respiratory Medicine

British Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (BAPRAS) 2016 winter meeting. Keynote Address

Feedback Score 4.9/5...."fascinating, inspiring, stimulating"

Gresham College Lecture

A critique of current medical publishing and how it facilitates fraud

Colchester Medical Society Lecture

"Enthralling lecture, crystallising much that we all had been thinking"  "Overwhelmingly positive comments"

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Dr Marion Wood, President

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The Guy Fawkes Lecture 2016, St Peter's School, York, UK

"To witness a truly inspiring delivery of how one man’s defiance to accept nothing but the best of himself, to push the boundaries of his own understanding and the productivity of the people around him, really was quite incredible. I believe I speak on behalf of both St Peter’s and the members of the York community that came to see Professor Elliott when I say it was a distinct privilege to have him deliver his talk"

Charles Dunn, Student

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Wow! I’m a non-scientist who’s heard dozens of science lectures as part of our programme - Prof Elliott’s stands out as the most engaging of all of them. Martin has a great story to tell from his time at Great Ormond Street and tells it brilliantly. His lecture captivated everyone from school children to university scientists. He outlined what his heart surgery team had learnt from F1, with total command of his subject matter and plenty of analogies, visuals and jokes to maintain attention. There was a great buzz of discussion afterwards - and what an example of two apparently diverse industries learning from each other! F1 technology clearly IS good for the health of child heart patients.

Ben Fuller, Head of Government & Politics, St Peter's School, York

Alinea Consulting, City Hall, London

The Fighter Pilot and The Surgeon

Joint Presentation and discussion with Mandy Hickson

Keynote Address, Werfen Life, Barcelona

"The session went extremely well and feedback certainly points in this direction. What was most appreciated was the fact that you were a scientist, medical practitioner and a manager; not the typical academia person who has no business experience lecturing theory to a room of experienced business people. They loved your inter industry experience and the fact that you had exchanged best practices with what could have seemed like very opposite fields."

Lucia Del Moral, Head of HR, WerfenLife, Barcelona 

TEDx Wandsworth 2016

"The talk was superb!"

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Amman Abid, TED Event Organiser

Friends of Adeona, Dartmouth House, London

Joint Presentation with Matthew Syed

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Matthew & Martin - your presentation / performance was incredibly interesting, engaging and lots of fun. I doubt our guests will have seen anything quite like it before, which is exactly what we wanted. We’ve certainly had great feedback from donors and staff alike which will be hard to match next year.

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Rachel Hughes, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity

iMed 08, International Medical Student's Conference, Lisbon, Portugal

I will argue that the data associated with innovation, especially in surgery, are 'owned' by the wrong people.  Peer review should start with the dataset, and data collection should be mandatory and the output analysable by others.

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Annual Hotel Conference, Manchester, UK

"Rare is the conference speaker who truly inspires, motivates and delights, yet moves you to the extent that you feel it a great privilege to have been in the audience. Martin is that rarity and combines his brilliance with a humility and wit which makes his message all the more powerful and engaging."

Jonathan Langston, Co-Founder The Annual Hotel Conference

Gresham College Lecture, The Museum of London, London

I will show how the heart beats, and with the help of two drummers and a dancer, what happens when the rhythm gows awry.  Free Public Lecture, just turn up!

Augis 2016, Leeds, UK

Andrew Kennedy

@UpperGISurg

Nov 01

@Trisha_the_doc @profmjelliott gave outstanding talk on outcome reporting at #AUGIS in Sept. Convinced me!

Banking Standards Board Breakfast Presentation, Morgan Stanley, Canary Wharf, London

"a riveting talk following by an excellent discussion; very worthwhile attending.....most inspiring and much to take back to our organisations" 

Peter Massey-Cook

Head of Ethics, EMEA

JLA Speaker's Breakfast, Regent Street Cinema, London

Mitigating risk, striving for excellence and learning form other industries.  Lessons from Great Ormond Street