The IoD Annual Convention 2008

Over 2,500 leaders got together...

This year’s Convention boasted its strongest ever speaker line-up, featuring both the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Opposition Leader David Cameron. The magnificent setting of the Royal Albert Hall, packed with 2,500 British business leaders, heard from a truly outstanding array of speakers.

There were big-hitters from international business including BA’s Willie Walsh, dynamic entrepreneurs such as lastminute.com’s founder Brent Hoberman, and from the not-for-profit sector, the Director General of The National Trust, Dame Fiona Reynolds.

And there was more than a sprinkling of stardust with the charismatic Kevin Spacey and Bob Geldof, both offering inspirational leadership messages for delegates.