The BCC is pleased to announce that one of the key speakers at this years conference will be Ruby McGregor-Smith, CEO of Mitie, with lead sponsor confirmed as Kimberley Clark Professional.

Ruby McGregor-Smith is the only asian female chief executive of a FTSE 250 company, and was awarded a CBE in 2012 for services to business and promoting diversity. The theme this year is changing perceptions and as a female boss at one of the worlds leading companies her insight and experiences are bound to be extremely interesting to delegates.

BCC Chairman Doug Cooke said; ” This year’s conference is building up a great momentum already. We’re well ahead of where we were at this stage of the planning last year, and to have Kimberly Clarke confirmed as our main sponsor,and Ruby McGregor-Smith speaking is fantastic news”

Another key speaker just confirmed is Tony Anderson – sales and marketing director for Easy-Jet. So far 4 other sponsors are lined up, they are; South Thames College, Reintec, NSL, and Equality Human Rights Commission.

The conference will take place on 6th November at Dexter House in London, with tickets now available from the BCC website.

There’s more big names still to be confirmed, and it’s already lining up to be one of the year’s most important industry events.