Todays’ guest is a formidable professional with whom I have been sparring on and off for the last 16 years. But most of the time that sparring would have gone on behind the scenes and not while notebooks were open, or indeed, the microphones switched on. That’s because Caroline Wagstaff, who has just been confirmed in post as the permanent CEO of cross-industry body the London Market Group (LMG), has spent her career working on the media relations and strategies of top players in the industry. In this interview we run through what the LMG is all about and what its top priorities are. We talk about lobbying government departments and regulators and selling the benefits of the London Market to brokers, customers and future talent from around the world. There is also a lot of detail around the recent success the LMG has had in getting the UK Government to give regulators an obligation to consider the impact of regulatory activity on the globally competitive position of the market. Caroline says that a big part of this job is about corralling all the hugely varied and often disparate parts of the market together under common banners. This job needs a very strong character to bring all the different players together. Listen to this and I think you’ll see straight away why the LMG board felt Caroline was going to be a good fit for the role. I always enjoy spending time with Caroline because she is so direct and there is no ambiguity – I think you will too. NOTES I refer to The LMG 5-point plan early in the podcast and I think I should have introduced it a bit better, so here it is in all its glory: https://lmg.london/news/lmg-launches-5-point-plan-to-help-seize-new-global-trade-opportunities/

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Ep 101 Caroline Wagstaff CEO The LMG: Always a campaigning body

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