2009 One Day Conference

'Financial Services - Beyond the Recession' with guest speakers;

Rt. Hon John McFall MP - Member of Parliament for West Dunbartonshire and Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee.

In July 2001, John was elected Chairman of the House of Commons Treasury Selection Committee. He was re-elected to this post in October 2005.

Recently the Treasury Select Committee has been a prominent voice on the banking crisis and credit crunch. In November 2008, the Treasury Select Committee asked the public to send in questions, which the Committee then put to the Chancellor, the Governor of the Bank of England and the Chairman of the FSA.

David Strachan, Director of Financial Stability, Financial Services Authority

David was appointed as the FSA's Director of Financial Stability in April 2008. Since joining the FSA in 1998, he has held a wide range of posts within the FSA such as Director of Major Retail Groups, Director of Deposit-Takers and Head of Market Conduct and Infrastructure.

In addition David led the work to produce the Turner Review Discussion Paper published in March 2009.

Roy Leighton, Chairman, Financial Services Skills Council

Roy has had a long career in both the traditional and modern financial services industry. He has chaired the Practitioner Panel at the FSA and the FOA, the European derivatives association.

In 2001 Roy was made Honorary Professor of City University and has taught at the Cass Business School for many years.

Conference Chair - Rob MacGregor, Finance and Legal Services Sector National Officer, Unite the Union

Rob is National Officer for Unite's largest industrial sector covering finance and legal services with more than 155,000 members. Unite is also the largest member union of the Alliance for Finance.

Rob has worked for Unite for more than 18 years, and during his career has been lead officer for the union in negotiations with Barclays Bank, the RBS Group and the Building Society and de-mutualised sectors.

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