With Covid-19 restrictions ongoing, ensuring the wellbeing of ourselves and our teams has never been more important. In partnership with MLN our latest virtual event brings together a stellar line-up of speakers, who will share experiences, insights and strategies focussed on ensuring our wellbeing and enhancing our performance.

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE

Britain’s Greatest Paralympic Athlete Tanni competed in five Paralympic Games, winning 11 Gold Medals, and is acknowledged as one of the most gifted and courageous sportswomen of her generation. In addition to her outstanding Paralympic achievements, she won the London Wheelchair Marathon a total of six times between 1992 and 2002. Tanni has gone on to play a prominent role in public life. In 2010 she was elevated to the House of Lords as a crossbench peer, with a particular focus on health, welfare, sport, disability and youth development. Amongst other positions she is chair of UK Active, Chancellor of Northumbria University, President of the National Council of Voluntary Organisations and an ambassador for UNICEF.

Caroline van der Feltz

Award-winning HR Leader Caroline is HR Director for Danske Bank UK, where she leads the People Strategy as part of the bank’s Executive Committee. She received the ‘Excellence in HR Leadership Award’ at the 2020 CIPD HR Awards and her team was crowned ‘Best HR/L&D Team of the Year’ at the same awards. Caroline has spent the majority of her career in London and returned to NI in 2015. Prior to taking up her current role, she worked in senior positions for a number of FTSE 100 companies including Reckitt Benckiser, Coutts and RBS.

Barry Winkless

Author, Speaker & Thought Leader Barry is Head of the Future of Work Institute and Chief Strategy Officer at CPL. He is a highly respected author, speaker and thought leader in the disciplines of creative leadership, strategic wellbeing and employee engagement with a particular focus on how society is changing and what that means to the world of work. Over the past 25 years Barry has worked globally with some of the world’s most respected organisations and has executed significant real world projects across Ireland, Europe and the USA.

Northern Ireland’s first two-weight World Champion boxer Carl Frampton joins our host Dr. Wendy Austin MBE to discuss resilience and bouncing back in a post-COVID society. How does Frampton deal with adversity? What advice does he have for building resilience and overcoming setbacks? How does Frampton react to criticism and how does he deal with the pressure of living life in the public eye? How important have Frampton’s family and support network been to his success? Who are his inspirations? Why do the physical and mental challenges of boxing go hand in hand and how important is it to be vocal about mental health? What impact has COVID had on boxing? How does Frampton stay motivated? What’s the greatest challenge outside of boxing that Frampton has overcome? What are his ambitions when he hangs up the gloves? And how can Frampton’s attitude and philosophy be applied to other walks of life, such as business? Listen to the Danske Advantage podcast to find out!

Keynote and Q&A with an international speaker and thought-leader on future human behaviour, societal change and business strategy.

Conor Lambe - Danske Bank Chief Economist will discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the local economy and the outlook for economic growth and the labour market in Northern Ireland. John-Paul Coleman - Danske Bank Head of Markets and Treasury will discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the interest rate and fx markets and will share his thoughts on what the catalysts for movement in the markets are.