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The Cambridge Union is the oldest debating society in the world, as well as the largest student society in Cambridge. It remains one of the highest-ranking competitive debating chambers worldwide, and hosts a range of speakers and topical debates each term. Since 1815 the Union has been committed to the principles of free speech and of fair, open, and honest debate. Founded at a time when the university authorities attempted to restrict these freedoms, the Union remains the centre of controv ...
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Vestigo Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that invests in early-stage technology companies focused on financial services. Its team members, including advisors from academia and the corporate world, are entrepreneurial, highly experienced, and deeply grounded in financial services, asset management, behavioral finance, and growing start-up companies. The complementary strengths of its team members uniquely position Vestigo to identify, make and mana ...
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H&P is a unique collaboration between the Institute of Contemporary British History at King's College London and the University of Cambridge. We are the only project in the UK providing access to an international network of more than 500 historians with a broad range of expertise. H&P offers a range of resources for historians, policy makers and journalists.
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Leading Professional People

Laura Empson and Tony Hall

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Professor Laura Empson and Tony Hall, Lord Hall of Birkenhead, explore the crucial leadership questions currently facing professional organisations and their leaders. They uncover the complicated, messy and surprisingly emotional challenges of leading professionals. Laura and Tony interview senior leaders from some of the most successful global professional organisations, including EY, Slaughter & May, MI6, Spencer Stuart and the BBC. And they build on their own insights from their lifetimes ...
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How can businesses leverage AI to create data-driven solutions and scale efficiently in today’s competitive FinTech environment? In this episode, Frazer and Conor discuss: > How AI is transforming business innovation by enabling companies to reimagine workflows, fuel growth opportunities, and expand market reach beyond mere cost-saving > Why a stro…
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In this recording from our 2024 Annual General Meeting, Dave and Mark discuss: The importance of early career diversity and gathering varied experiences before specialization The role of technological spikes such as the PC and internet in shaping wealth creation, but the next AI-driven spike is expected to surpass previous waves significantly Why y…
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In this recording from our 2024 Annual General Meeting, Ian Sheridan, Managing Director at Vestigo Ventures is joined by Vestigo portfolio founders in a panel on building capital-efficient businesses in today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape. John Cottongim, Co-Founder and CTO of Roots Automation, Jimmy Hatzell, Co-Founder and CEO of Hatz…
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In this recording from our 2024 Annual General Meeting, Mark and Charles discuss: The importance of deep relationships among co-founders in shaping company culture Technical debt is a constant concern that requires attention and balance with new features AI as a tool to enhance human intelligence rather than a replacement…
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Ever wondered how to navigate the complexities of FinTech innovation and leverage AI for your startup's success? In this episode, Frazer and Kris discuss: > Building and scaling FinTech startups, including strategic leverage, technology adoption, and effective partnerships with banks > The importance of measuring and managing complexity within bank…
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Episode 100 of #CoffeesOnMeDavidQuan: Sharon Chau is a Rhodes Scholar reading for a Masters in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Oxford. She previously graduated with a first-class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from Oxford as a Kwok Scholar. Outside of academics, Sharon was the Vice President and Treasu…
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Episode 99 of #CoffeesOnMeDavidQuan: Isaac Chan is a first-year music student at Clare College of Cambridge University. He is currently principal horn of the Cambridge University Orchestra, and is a designated conducting scholar for 2024-25 conducting the symphony orchestra and wind orchestra of Cambridge. Originally from Hong Kong, he started play…
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Curious about the evolving landscape of growth equity investments in the FinTech sector and the role of AI in shaping the future of finance? In this episode, Frazer and Matt discuss: > How FinTech and AI are reshaping financial services and investment strategies > Opportunities for applications of LLM technologies within financial services > Matt’s…
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How is AI reshaping geopolitical complexities and the competitive landscape of enterprise? In this episode, Frazer and Ray discuss: > The complexities of AI markets, from navigating open source versus closed systems to balancing innovation and margins in AI-as-a-service models > AI in Enterprise: Scaling Startups vs. Incumbent Giants > The geopolit…
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Oleksandra Matviichuk speaks in the Debating Chamber at 6:00pm on Friday 2nd February 2024. OLEKSANDRA MATVIICHUK Nobel Prize Winning Lawyer Named one of the Top 25 Most Influential Women in the World by the Financial Times, Oleksandra Matviichuk is a renowned Ukrainian human rights lawyer leading the Center for Civil Liberties in Kyiv. In 2022, Ol…
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Thusday 22th February 2024 at 8:00pm in the DebatingChamber. The vision of a United Europe has long been a dream ofvisionary philosophers and thinkers, from Leibniz to Lafayette. Successive empires seemed close to uniting Europe- Napoleon chief among them- before they crumbled into oblivion. It was only after the carnage of the World Wars that such…
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Vuk Jeremic speaks in the Debating Chamber at 6pm on Wednesday 31st January 2024. VUK JEREMIK Serbian Former Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic is the President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), a global public policy think-tank, and Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly magazine Horizons - Journal of International…
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Thursday 15th February 2024 aat 8pm in the Debating Chamber. This week’s debate will be led by all student speakers, meaning greater opportunity to make your voice heard. It should be a really engaging and lively debate! Freedom of speech and expression, especially on campus, has not ceased to be a hot button topic this decade. The line between hat…
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THE VICTIMS & AFTERMATH OF PARTITION & COLONIALISM INTERNATIONALLY Partition and the impacts of colonialism have deeply affected numerous countries, often marked with conflict and political division. This panel brings together international speakers from a range of backgrounds to speak on this issue and the victims of partition and colonialism and …
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This Debate took place on Monday 12th February 2024 at 8pm in the Debating Chamber. From Have I got News for You to Private Eye to SaturdayNight Live, political satire has enjoyed something of a renaissance. Since the grotesque portrayals of the loth century pioneered by Gilray and images that floated on the streets of Paris, Satire has often be an…
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This debate took place on Thursday 8thFebruary 2024 at 8:00pm in the Debating Chamber. From the 17th Century to the 20th Century, global economicsystems were often forged from imperialistic structures- in its first wave, the exploitation of the Americas and the expansion of slavery, and in the second wave, the vast scramble for African and Asian te…
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This debate took place on Thursday1st February 2024 at 8:00pm in the Debating Chamber. As modelling and technological capacity improves, an oldproblem on morality is rearing its head, especially as we all were confronted with the grim graphs of the COVID-19 pandemic. Is morality and human life calculable, a hedonic calculus of pleasure or pain, and…
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Thursday 11th January 2024 at 8:00pm in the Debating Chamber. Do we still treat the industry as somewhere you have a job rather than a career? Is hospitality promoted as a legitimate career or education path at school career fairs? Are those choosing to work in our industry respected?Proposition: RACHEL BELLIERE-WILSONRachel is an inclusion educato…
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Sabrina Paterski speaks in the Keynes Library at 5:30pm on Wednesday 24th January 2024............................................................................................................................Thumbnail Photographer: XXXXXXXXXXXX........................................................................................................…
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The Rt Hon Ali Sabry speaks in the Debating Chamber at 5pm on Tuesday 23rd January 2024.............................................................................................................................Thumbnail Photographer: XXXXXXXXXXXX......................................................................................................…
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What role does AI technology play in shaping the businesses of the future? In this episode, Frazer and Jimmy discuss: > What it takes to build an AI business on today’s most cutting edge technology stack > The challenges and opportunities presented by the new digital divide > Building technology for small business customers - - - Jimmy Hatzell, a s…
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Thursday 25th January 2024 at 8:00pm in the DebatingChamber. Following an intense atomic race between Nazi Germany and America, the Second World War ended in an atomic cloud of ash and glass. Through the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,Japan capitulated to America, and an intense atomic race kicked off between the Soviet Union and the Un…
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This debate took place on Thursday 18th January 2024 at 8:00pm in the Debating Chamber. The United Kingdom faces a bitter general election this year, 5 years after losses in working class areas doomed Labour to its worstresult since 1935. Currently leading the polls is Labour, led by Keir Starmer, aggressively moderating the stance of the party and…
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Episode 98 of #CoffeesOnMeDavidQuan: Zizheng (Tom) Wang's story is one of ambition, adaptability, and trailblazing success. Raised in a military family in China, Tom's early life was steeped in discipline and determination. At the age of 18, he embarked on a life-changing journey, traveling alone to the United States to attend the University of Mar…
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Episode 98 of #CoffeesOnMeDavidQuan: Zizheng (Tom) Wang's story is one of ambition, adaptability, and trailblazing success. Raised in a military family in China, Tom's early life was steeped in discipline and determination. At the age of 18, he embarked on a life-changing journey, traveling alone to the United States to attend the University of Mar…
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Episode 97 of #CoffeesOnMeDavidQuan: Wilson Ying is a third year student at Emmanuel College in University of Cambridge reading Mathematics. Born in a business family, he developed an interest in the economic and business world through books and everyday chats with his family. Curious about the world, he went on to explore his interests in areas in…
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Episode 97 of #CoffeesOnMeDavidQuan: Wilson Ying is a third year student at Emmanuel College in University of Cambridge reading Mathematics. Born in a business family, he developed an interest in the economic and business world through books and everyday chats with his family. Curious about the world, he went on to explore his interests in areas in…
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This panel event took place in the Keynes Library at 7:30pm on Friday 24th November 2023.Renowned author Hans Christian Anderson once wrote that when words fail, music speaks. This could not be more true today, with music being an avenue for important social and cultural commentary. This panel brings together some of the most critically acclaimed v…
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Victor Cheng is a CEO Coach and independent board member for founders of SaaS companies. He has been featured as a business expert by major media outlets including MSNBC, TIME magazine, and The Wall Street Journal, Victor is a former McKinsey & Company consultant and has been a senior executive in several publicly owned technology companies. He’s t…
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Tom Aikens speaks in the Keynes Library at 3:00pm on Friday 24th November 2023.............................................................................................................................Thumbnail Photographer: Flo Tawns..................................................................................................................…
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Caroline Calloway speaks in the Debating Chamber on Wednesday 22nd November 2023 at 8pm. ............................................................................................................................Thumbnail Photographer: Flo Tawns........................................................................................................…
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This Panel took place in the Debating Chamber at 7:00pm on Saturday 7th October.Many of Modi's supporters argue his focus on 'India first' has resulted in economic growth and prosperity since his election in 2014. Yet others accuse his government of stirring up ethnic and religious divisions, restraining press freedom, and increasing crackdowns on …
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This Panel took place in the Keynes Library at 6:30pm on Wednesday 4th October.The 'Being Class Act in Cambridge' panel is an attempt to showcase the experiences of staff and students at the University and examine whether Cambridge's reputation as an institution for the select few rings true today.We invited our panellists to discuss their experien…
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India WIlloughby speaks in the Keynes Library at 7:30pm on Monday 20th November, in aid of Trans Day of Remembrance.............................................................................................................................Thumbnail Photographer: Nordin Catic..........................................................................…
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In this exclusive interview from our Annual General Meeting this past October, Frazer Anderson sat down with general partners Mark Casady and Dave Blundin to discuss the profound differences between blockchain and AI, with a focus on the transformative impact of neural networks. The interview explores concrete examples of AI applications in financi…
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Sandi Toksvig speaks in the debating chamber on Sunday 5th November at 7:30pm.................................................................................................................Sandi Toksvig, a much-loved radio and television presenter, began her comedy career whilst at Girton College, Cambridge where she found time to write and perfor…
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Scott J. Alberi is a founder of Fc Centripetal and has been an institutional technology investor since 1999. As a professional institutional investor for over 20 years, Scott has researched, analyzed, advised, and invested in hundreds of public enterprise technology companies. His career began at Eminence Capital in 1999, where he spent 19 years fo…
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What are the parallels between the worlds of espionage and professional services? Laura and Tony talk to David Bickford, previously General Counsel to MI5 and MI6, about his role as the agencies’ Legal Director and Under Secretary of State. They explore how to build trust when professionals are working remotely, how to collaborate when knowledge is…
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Stella Assange speaks in the Debating Chamber at 5pm on 3rd November..........................................................................................................................Thumbnail Photographer: Reva Croft.........................................................................................................................Stell…
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John Markell has over 20 years technology industry experience having worked as an engineer, project manager and investment banker. His career in finance began at JP Morgan in New York and he has worked in New York, Toronto, London, and San Francisco as an investment banker prior to co-founding Armentum over 11 years ago. John has an MBA, a degree i…
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Olga Borisova speaks in the Debating Chamber on Friday 20th October 2023 at 6pm......................................................................................................................Thumbnail Photographer: Jakob Schoser....................................................................................................................…
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Oliver Belin is a thought leader in Supply Chain Finance with over 13 years of experience in this sector. He is the CEO of Calculum.ai, a company leveraging AI to generate Free Cash Flow by optimizing payment terms. During his career, he worked for leading institutions in Supply Chain Finance, such as PrimeRevenue, GSCF and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking …
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Laura and Tony speak to Katherine White, the first Chief Talent Officer of global executive search firm, Spencer Stuart. They explore the challenges of being a senior leader when you are not a fee-earner, and of leading the so-called talent when the fee-earners themselves do not see you as the talent. Katherine explains how she built trust and infl…
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In this special episode to celebrate his life, we look back at Sir Michael Parkinson's interview at the Union on the 20th of May 2009. Sir Michael was one of the greats of British television and his charm in our living rooms will be missed. This episode is a rare chance to hear him being the one answering questions.…
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Episode 96 of #CoffeesOnMeDavidQuan: Apolline M.E. Hastings is an aspiring diplomat and former member of the London Youth Assembly and Greater London Authority. As a contemporary gap year student (Cambridge University re-applicant), she possesses an ardent interest in intersectional feminism, security architecture, green energy and social mobility.…
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Episode 96 of #CoffeesOnMeDavidQuan: Apolline M.E. Hastings is an aspiring diplomat and former member of the London Youth Assembly and Greater London Authority. As a contemporary gap year student (Cambridge University re-applicant), she possesses an ardent interest in intersectional feminism, security architecture, green energy and social mobility.…
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Episode 95 of #CoffeesOnMeDavidQuan: Simon Staal recently completed his studies in computer engineering at Imperial College London, one of the best technical universities in the world. As somehow who has always been competitive in the classroom, Simon has an extensive history of prizes attained over his academic journey, recently culminating into b…
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Episode 95 of #CoffeesOnMeDavidQuan: Simon Staal recently completed his studies in computer engineering at Imperial College London, one of the best technical universities in the world. As somehow who has always been competitive in the classroom, Simon has an extensive history of prizes attained over his academic journey, recently culminating into b…
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Sam Altman accepts the 2023 Hawking Fellowship Award on behalf of the team behind OpenAI on Wednesday 1st November 2023 at 7:15pm in The Debating Chamber.The Union and the Professor Hawking Fellowship Committee are delighted to announce that the team behind OpenAI, the creators of Chat-GPT and DALL-E, have been jointly awarded the 2023 Professor Ha…
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Ben Shapiro speaks in the Debating Chamber at 8:00pm on 31st October 2023.Ben Shapiro is the co-founder and Editor Emeritus of The Daily Wire and host of The Ben Shapiro Show, the largest conservative podcast and radio show in the United States. Shapiro is the author of eight nonfiction books, including the #1 New York Times best-seller, The Right …
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