The conference featured leading international and local speakers in areas such as digital transformation, sustainability, as well as a panel of local business leaders outlining how disruption has changed their strategic approach.
Delivering a keynote speech at the hybrid event was Terence Mauri, author and Mentor in Residence at MIT and London Business School. Regarded as an influential and outspoken expert on the future of leadership, he outlined that businesses are looking for a future that is “growth-led, resilient, sustainable and should aim to harness disruption as a tailwind for renewal and re-imagination.”
Other speakers at the event, running at ICC Belfast and simultaneously online included leadership and communication expert Andrew Toogood; sustainability expert Dr Cera Slevin; and tax expert Alan Gourley. The event drew on the experiences and forward plans of local companies including Veriteer, Finnebrogue, Galgorm Collection and Danske Bank.
Speaking at the Countdown to Growth Conference, Maeve Hunt, Chairperson of Chartered Accountants Ulster Society said: “It’s been a really testing couple of years for local businesses. We’ve heard a lot about recovery over the last number of months, and in the meantime, businesses have been getting on with it.
“Today we looked beyond the pandemic and past the immediate recovery. We found some genuine reasons to be positive about growth in the post-pandemic future. The Conference examined how the world of business is set to change, the increasing pace of that change and the key factors for growth for local business.
“I would like to thank Danske Bank for their sponsorship of this Conference. I believe that together we’ve been able to highlight some of the positive factors in our post-pandemic future that can provide some real growth, jobs and prosperity for everyone in our community.”
Pictured at the Countdown to Growth Conference in Belfast are (from left) Vicky Davies of Danske Bank; Maeve Hunt of Chartered Accountants Ulster Society and Zara Duffy of Chartered Accountants Ireland.
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