IFSEA 2026 Speakers

HEADLINE SPEAKER:
Tiernan Brady

(UK) - Human rights campaigner; former Executive Director of The Equality Campaign (the Yes campaign for marriage equality in Australia); former Political Director of Yes Equality (marriage equality campaign in Ireland); former Director of Inclusion (now consultant) at Clifford Chance

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS:

Clare Runacres

BBC radio journalist and newsreader

Dr Benjamin J. Griffiths

University of Nottingham (UK) - Assistant Professor, School of Psychology, Neural Mechanisms and Neurotechnology specialist

Our confirmed speakers so far:

Kato Aerts

Lydian (Belgium) –
Partner, Employment lawyer

Merrill April

CM Murray LLP (UK) –
Partner, Employment and Partnership lawyer

Emma Bartlett

CM Murray LLP (UK) -
Partner, Employment and Partnership lawyer

Dr. Neil Bentley-Gockmann OBE

Chief Executive, The Whitehall & Industry Group; Chair of the WorldSkills Global Research Council (UK)

John Binns

BCL Solicitors LLP (UK) –
Partner and Criminal lawyer

Marian Bloodworth

Fox Williams (UK) –
Partner, Employment lawyer and Litigator

Christianne E. Bouma

Van Hall Arbeidsrecht (Netherlands) –
Partner, Employment lawyer

Amy Bradbury

Harbottle & Lewis LLP (UK) – Partner, Reputation management, information law and data privacy lawyer

Florence Brocklesby

Bellevue Law (UK) - Founder and Principal, employment and commercial disputes lawyer

Raphael Brunner

MME Legal & Tax (Switzerland) - Partner, International Commercial, Trade and Logistics Lawyer, President of the Swiss Maritime Law Association

Terri Connolly

Taft (Chicago, USA) –
Partner, Employment law and litigation attorney

Anne Davies

Richardson Lissack Limited (UK) – Partner and Criminal lawyer

Lori L. Deem

Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd (Chicago, USA) – Partner, Employment law attorney

Kelly M. Dermody

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (San Francisco, USA) - Managing Partner and Employment lawyer

Miren-Edurne De Frutos

Neurodiversity campaigner and international speaker (UK)

Ming Evans

Smiths Plc (UK) -
Global Employment Associate General Counsel

Anders Etgen Reitz

IUNO (Denmark) –
Chairman of the Board, Partner and specialist in HR Legal and Technology & Data

Ciaran Fenton

Ciaran Fenton Limited (UK) – Leadership Consultant, Board Facilitator, and Writer

Caroline Field

Fox & Partners LLP (UK) – Partner, Dispute Resolution and Litigation lawyer

David Fisher

CM Murray LLP (UK) –
Partner, Employment and Partnership lawyer

Katherine Flower

Burges Salmon LLP (UK) – Partner and Employment lawyer

Michael Gonzalez

Clarity Global (UK) -
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications

Veena Gopalakrishnan

Trilegal (India) -
Partner, Labor and Employment lawyer, cross‑border M&A and workplace inclusion specialist

Dr. Thomas Granetzny

Freshfields (Düsseldorf, Germany) –
Partner, Employment and Pension lawyer

Tracey Groves

Intelligent Ethics Limited (UK) – Founder and Director, Corporate ethics, culture and governance specialist

Alex Haines

4 Pump Court (UK) –
Barrister

Beth Hale

CM Murray LLP (UK)
– Partner and General Counsel, Employment and Partnership lawyer

Isabo Heirbaut

Bellaw  Van Eeckhoutte, Taquet & Clesse (Belgium) -
Employment and Social Security lawyer

James Hockin

Withers (UK) - Partner, Employment lawyer

Joydeep Hor

People + Culture Strategies (Australia) –
Founder and Managing Principal, Employment lawyer and people‑management strategy specialist

Mathilde Houet-Weil

Weil et Associes (France) – Employment and labor-related litigation lawyer

Bishen Jeswant

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (India) – Partner, Employment lawyer

Harry Jones

Polsinelli (Dallas, US) - International Employment & Labor Law Chair

Danny Kaufer

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (Montreal, Canada) - Senior Counsel & Co-Chair, Sports & Gaming Law Group

Emily Kaufer

Air Canada (Montreal, Canada) - Human rights, harassment and workplace investigations attorney

Jonathan Kirsop

Pinsent Masons LLP (UK) – Partner, Data protection and technology lawyer

Nick Leale

CM Murray LLP (UK) –
Partner, professional regulation specialist

Natacha Lesellier

Flichy Grangé Avocats (Paris, France) - Partner

Wendi Lazar

C-Suite Strategies (New York, USA) – Founder and CEO, C-Suite strategic advisor and executive compensation specialist

David Lowe

Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, LLP (San Franscico, USA) - Employment litigation attorney

Joanna Ludlam

Jenner & Block London LLP (UK) – Partner and Investigations lawyer

Clare Murray

CM Murray LLP (UK) –
Managing Partner, Partnership and Employment Lawyer

Natalie A. Napierala

Carlton Fields (New York, USA) – Partner, Securities litigation, white-collar crime, and government investigations attorney

Cecilie Søndergaard Nielsen

CN8 Leadership Confidence (UK) – Founder, Leadership advisor and Executive Coach; former HR leader and Private Equity MD

Catherine O’Flynn

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP (Dublin, Ireland) – Partner, Employment and Benefits lawyer

Ellen Peart

BCL (UK) – Partner, serious and complex criminal defence lawyer

Michele Pellegatta

Daverio & Florio (Milan, Italy) - Senior Associate and Employment and Labor lawyer

Kristen Prinz

The Prinz Law Firm
(Chicago, USA) – Founder & Partner, Employment law attorney and business counselor

David Regan

Lewis Silkin (UK) - Partner, Employment lawyer

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André Royer

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (Canada) –
Partner, Labour and employment law attorney

Emma Sangeelee

CM Murray LLP (UK) – Partner, Discrimination and Partnership lawyer

Gus Sellitto

Byfield Reputation Counsel (UK) – Founder, litigation PR and reputation management specialist

Amy Shulman

Outten & Golden
(New York, USA) – Partner, litigator, adviser, and Transactional lawyer

Corinne Staves

CM Murray LLP (UK)
- Partner, Partnership, LLP and Professional Practices Lawyer

Dr. Johannes Traut

Seitz (Germany) – Partner and Co-head of seitz.digital, Employment and data protection law specialist

Nick Vamos

Peters & Peters (UK) - Partner and Head of Business Crime (Barrister)

Adil Taha

Taha & Co (UK) – Founder, Strategy Specialist & Private Equity Operating Partner

Lindsey Wagner

Wagner Legal PC (California & Ohio, USA) –
Founding Partner, Employment law attorney, workplace investigator and mediator

Nick Wilcox

BDBF LLP (UK) –
Partner and Employment lawyer

David Yewdall

BDO (UK) -
Partner, Global Employer Services

Sarah Chilton

CM Murray LLP (UK) –
Senior Partner, Employment and Partnership lawyer

Anna Birtwistle

Farrer & Co (UK) – Partner, Employment and Partnership lawyer

Amit S. Bindra

The Prinz Law Firm (Chicago, USA) –
Managing Partner, Employment law attorney

Tobias Vollmer

Raedas (UK) – Managing Director, corporate investigations and cross‑border asset recovery specialist

Miriam Bruce

Mayer Brown (UK) - Employment Litigation & Counseling, Employee Benefits & Global Mobility lawyer

Chris Roberts

Grosvenor (UK) –
Partner, white collar/investigations lawyer

David I. Brody

Sherin and Lodgen LLP
(Boston, USA) –
Partner and Employment litigator

Cody Yorke

    Withers Bergman LLP
(New York, USA) – Partner and Employment lawyer

Elaine Banton

7BR (UK) -
Barrister, Employment and Discrimination law

Todd M. Young

    Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
(Chicago, USA) – Partner and Business
and Commercial Transactions Lawyer

Jenny Hodges

Aureos (UK) -
General Counsel