Celebrate sector excellence and channel the power of professional services to boost UK Growth
CEO Conference 2027
Theme: THE CONFIDENT FIRM
Date: Friday, 19 March 2027
Time: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Venue: Cavendish Venues, The Minster Building, 21 Mincing Lane, London EC3R 7AG
Organisers: Managing Partners’ Forum + Centre for Professional Services Research
Knowledge partners: Harvard Business Review + Financial Times
Cost: No fee for delegates
The countdown to the most awaited Conference has already began!
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The confident firm
Confidence is not certainty or optimism. Confident firms understand clients and competitors, make clear choices
and equip their people to deliver. Join fellow CEOs and Managing Partners to examine real commercial decisions
— including trade-offs, setbacks and lessons for growth.
By invitation to CEOs and Managing Partners only; one place per firm, with places capped by sector to preserve diverse perspectives. Over 100 CEOs and Managing Partners attended in 2026. No sponsors or exhibitors. Forum members attend without charge; invited non-members may attend by joining the Forum.
Programme
8.30 - 9.30
Registration, networking and refreshments
09:40–11:00
How can leaders make better decisions and understand what clients value?
Keynotes by Ruxandra Radulescu, CEO of Within International, on neuroscience, evidence and
judgement under uncertainty; and Alastair Beddow, Managing Director of Meridian West, on what clients value and how they assess differentiation and performance.
Ruxandra Radulescu, CEO of Within International
Alastair Beddow, Managing Director of Meridian West
11:30–12:30
Where can firms create the most value?
Market choices panel: leaders compare decisions to enter markets, reshape offerings or withdraw.
Which client and competitor evidence informed their choices, and what happened next?
12:30–12:45
Growth Champions Club: induction of 10 Annual members; welcome of new Merit members.
13:45–14:45
How can firms turn choices into results?
Strategy into action panel: how firms aligned people, investment and incentives; when to standardise delivery or preserve professional individuality; and when leaders delegated or intervened.
14:45–15:45
How can firms stay ahead of change?
Learning and renewal panel: experiments, talent decisions and challenges to established thinking
that created new capabilities. What failed, what worked and what changed?
16:00–17:00
Closing reception with conference delegates and key contributors to Management Excellence Week.
Full programme to follow
Why Attend the Growth Conference?
Cross-sector
Invitations are extended to 10 sub-sectors with quotas to allow delegates to mix with peers from outside their usual silos.
In-person networking
An invite-only event, the conference brings together CEOs and Managing Partners from mainly mid-market professional services firms full-day event. There are minimal sponsors and exhibitors to maintain focus on the growth agenda.
Thought provoking content
A full day conference of thought-provoking sessions is led by 27 presenters, panellists and moderators. Through a mix of keynotes and delegates will hear ideas on optimal and original ways to grow a professional services firm from experts and peers.
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Growth champions ceremony
The presentation of trophies to 2026 Growth Champions will take place immediately before lunch at the conference. Growth Champions are selected by the Forum for ten sub-sectors: accountancy; actuarial services; architecture; consulting engineering; legal services; management consultancy; marketing; patent attorneys; property advisory; and recruitment.