We’re excited to be holding our Vidett Endgame Solutions Conference in Manchester this May.

This year we’ll be hosted by the National Football Museum. This charitable organisation will be giving us the keys to their wonderful home – the iconic Urbis Building – in the heart of Manchester and just a short walk from Manchester Piccadilly train station.

• What: Vidett Endgame Solutions Conference
• When: Thursday 16 May
• Where: National Football Museum, Manchester, M4 3BG

Bringing together over 250 professionals from the world of pensions. Whether it be advisers, insurers, lawyers, consolidators or fiduciary managers; you’ll be surrounded by the best of the best.

We’ve been working hard in the background, putting together our best starting 11! Keep a look-out here, and on our LinkedIn and X/Twitter social channels, for more news and updates as they happen.

Our day’s itinerary (subject to change)

1. 09.45 to 10.00 – Kick off and welcome
2. 10.00 to 10.35 – Insurer decision making process “under the bonnet”: James Duggan (chair), Pete Jennings (Just), Adrian Somerfield (L&G), Costas Yiasoumi (WTW), Adolfo Aponte (Cardano)
3. 10.40 to 11.10 – Great teamwork – Clara/Debenhams case study: James Chalk (chair), Tom Stockley (Vidett), Iain Pearce (Hymans), Ashu Bhargava (Clara), Jonathan Hazlett (Osborne Clarke)
4. 11.10 to 11.25 – Coffee break
5. 11.25 to 12.05 – Viewing alternatives through different lenses: David Griffiths (chair), Naomi L’Estrange (Vidett), David Taylor (PPF), Jonathan Griffith (LCP), Sammy Cooper-Smith (Rothesay), Simon Daniel (Eversheds)
6. 12.10 to 12.45 – New insurers entering the market & future outlook: Ben Salmons (chair), Adam Davis (K3), Dweenisha Caleechurn (PWC), Gurbani Swanni Leach (M&G), Gary Needham (Utmost).
7. 12.45 to 14.15 – Half time lunch
8. 14.15 to 14.55 – Trustee insight & perspective: Jo Carter (chair), Becky Wood, Ben Salmons, Mark Johnston, James Chalk (all Vidett)
9. 15.00 to 15.30 – Open Q&A session: Clare Routledge (chair), Tom Stockley (Vidett), Costas Yiasoumi (WTW), Rob Mechem (Just), Sammy Cooper-Smith (Rothesay), Caroline Kurup (CMS)
10. 15.30 to 15.45 – Full time: Closing summaries
11. 15.45 – Extra time: Networking, games & drinks

We can’t wait to see you in Manchester, ahead of what promises to be our best event ever thanks to our sponsors for the day – Just Group PLC and Rothesay.

Please note, due to restriction on numbers, this is a strictly invite-only event. For more information on our Endgame Solutions team, please click here.