The Bristol Distinguished Address Series (BDAS)

The Bristol Distinguished Address Series (BDAS) provides a unique opportunity to hear about challenges and decisions being made at the highest level of strategic leadership by high-profile industry experts from across the country.

Watch out for details of the Autumn 2022 series, coming soon.

Highlights from previous Bristol Distinguished Address Series

Previous talks

I.Stephanie Boyce

Stephanie delivered a lecture as part of the Bristol Distinguished Address Series titled "Dare to Dream".

Margaret Casely-Hayford

Margaret Casely-Hayford, Chair, Shakespeare's Globe, delivered a lecture titled "Trust and Governance: where to now?"

Anne Jessopp

Anne Jessopp, Chief Executive, The Royal Mint, delivered a lecture titled "Reinventing The Royal Mint".

Mike Haigh

Mike Haigh, Executive Chair, Mott MacDonald, delivered a lecture titled "Recovery from the global pandemic; the impact of accelerated megatrends".

Dr Darren Henley OBE

Dr Darren Henley OBE, Chief Executive, Arts Council England, delivered a lecture titled "What is the role of arts and culture in a post-pandemic world?"

Theresa Wise

Theresa Wise, CEO, The Royal Television Society, delivered a lecture titled "The Future of Television".

Ben Osborn

Ben Osborn, UK Country Manager and Managing Director, Pfizer UK delivered a lecture titled "The power of the mission: how we can apply the lessons of the pandemic to make the UK a global life sciences superpower"

Professor Lyndsay Duthie

Professor Lyndsay Duthie, CEO of The Production Guild of Great Britain delivered a lecture titled "Pushing past the pandemic, what's next for film and television?"

Jacqueline de Rojas

Jacqueline de Rojas CBE, President of techUK and Digital Leaders, and Co-Chair of IoC, delivered a lecture titled “Diversity and inclusion - why it's never been more important.”

Peter Lord

Peter Lord, Co-founder and Creative Director of Aardman Animations, delivered a lecture titled “A life in animation: getting going to letting go”.

Perminder Mann

Perminder Mann, CEO of Bonnier Books, delivered a lecture titled “Be Your Authentic Self”.

Doug and Dame Mary Perkins

Co-founders of Specsavers, Doug and Dame Mary Perkins, delivered a lecture titled "Building the World's Largest High Street Optics and Audiology Brand."

Panel Discussion: NHS Nightingale Hospital Bristol

For the first of the virtual Bristol Distinguished Address Series, also the Annual Bolland Lecture, we were delighted to host a panel discussion on Bristol’s Nightingale Hospital.

Lisa Opie

Lisa Opie, Managing Director of BBC Studios UK Production, delivered a lecture as part of the Bristol Distinguished Address Series titled "TV as a Force For Good.”

Xavier Brice

Xavier Brice, Chief Executive, Sustrans, delivered a lecture as part of the Bristol Distinguished Address Series titled "Living and moving well together”.

Katherine Bennett

Katherine Bennett CBE, Senior Vice President, Airbus & Chair, Western Gateway, delivered a lecture as part of the Bristol Distinguished Address Series entitled "What does internationalisation mean in C21st for global corporations?".

Bevis Watts

Dr Bevis Watts, Chief Executive of Triodos Bank UK delivered a lecture as part of the Bristol Distinguished Address Series entitled "Bankers must become Eco-warriors".

Bruce Carnegie-Brown

Bruce Carnegie-Brown, President of CMI & Chairman of Lloyd's delivered a lecture as part of the Bristol Distinguished Address Series entitled "21st Century Management”.

Arabel Bailey

Arabel Bailey, Managing Director of Innovation and Consulting Services at Accenture, delivered a lecture as part of the Bristol Distinguished Address Series titled 'Surviving and thriving in a disrupted world'.

Andrew Jennings

Andrew Jennings, Chairman, Board Member & Senior Advisor, delivered a lecture as part of the Bristol Distinguished Address Series entitled "The Changing Retail Landscape and how to succeed."

Deanna Oppenheimer

Deanna Oppenheimer, Founder of Cameoworks and Chair of Hargreaves Lansdown, delivered the University's prestigious Annual Bolland Lecture as part of the Bristol Distinguished Address Series with her talk titled ‘A Tale of Tech in Two Cities’.

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