Rethinking fair access: How level is your playing field really? (October 2018)
The Club’s autumn event was hosted by J. Walter Thompson, at the advertising agency’s Knightsbridge offices. Our keynote speaker was Dr Ger Graus OBE, Global Head of Education at KidZania, who shared his fascinating insights into the roots of ambition in children and teenagers, setting in context many of the challenges that our audience of diversity and early careers professionals now face when recruiting, training and retaining young people.
Next, we heard from Emma Hoyle, UK & European HR Director at J. Walter Thompson, who talked us through the ad firm’s evolving campaign to broaden their appeal and visibility among talented applicants from all backgrounds. Finally, it was time to hear from our audience, with contributions from Matt Baker at KPMG, Laura Roberts at ITN, Amy Shepherd and Esther Nicoll at Cancer Research UK, Steve Morton at Virgin Money, Kimberley Rowling at CBRE, Amanda Nash at Harvey Nash, Sajana Raja at Mumsnet, Lee Curtis at Selfridges, and Laurence Cubbon at Demos.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAS LEHAL jaslehalphotography.co.uk
Dr Ger Graus OBE, KidZania
Emma Hoyle, J. Walter Thompson
Tanya de Grunwald, Graduate Fog
Steve Morton, Virgin Money
Laura Roberts, ITN
Matt Baker (KPMG), Cary Curtis (Give A Grad A Go)
Sajana Raja, Mumsnet
Dr Ger Graus OBE
Thank you to our hosts J. Walter Thompson for kindly providing the venue and hospitality for the Graduate Fog Employers Club’s Autumn 2018 event
Amy Shepherd, Cancer Research UK
Lee Curtis, Selfridges
Oliver Waddington-Ball, The Big Issue
Esther Nicoll, Cancer Research UK
Amanda Faull, Harvey Nash
Kimberley Rowling, CBRE
Dr Ger Graus OBE
Angus Hanton, Intergenerational Foundation
Marius Bartsch, J. Walter Thompson
Emma Hoyle, J. Walter Thompson
Dr Ger Graus OBE, KidZania
Tanya de Grunwald, Graduate Fog
Emma Hoyle (JWT), Tanya de Grunwald (Graduate Fog), Dr Ger Graus (KidZania)
Matt Baker, KPMG
Kimberley Rowling, CBRE
Emma Hoyle (JWT), Tanya de Grunwald (Graduate Fog), Dr Ger Graus (KidZania)
Laura Roberts, ITN
Esther Nicoll, Paige Guilfoyle and Amy Shepherd (Cancer Research UK), Amanda Faull (Harvey Nash)
Emily Wong, Nelson Bostock
Dr Natalie Marchant, UCL
Emma Hoyle, J. Walter Thompson
Laurence Cubbon, Demos
Sajana Raja, Mumsnet
Lee Curtis, Selfridges
Amy Shepherd, Cancer Research UK
Oliver Waddington-Ball, The Big Issue
Michael Lassman (Equality Edge), Laura Roberts (ITN)
Our guests and speakers continued the conversation over drinks
Paige Guilfoyle, Cancer Research UK
Rakib Ehsan, Intergenerational Foundation
Sally Evans, Give A Grad A Go
Amanda Faull, Harvey Nash
Emily Wong, Nelson Bostock
Dr Ger Graus, KidZania
Laura Roberts (ITN), Sajana Raja (Mumsnet)
Our famous home-roasted sweet ‘n’ spicy rosemary nuts made yet another appearance!
