Womble Bond Dickinson’s Business Leader Dinner

Over 100 of Bristol’s dignitaries and leading business people gathered on board the ss Great Britain for Womble Bond Dickinson’s Business Leaders Dinner.  Before assembling in the First Class Dining Saloon, the Lord Lieutenant, Mrs Peaches Golding OBE, joined the Lord Mayor, Cllr Mrs Lesley Alexander, and the Metro Mayor, Tim Bowles, in the newly opened Being Brunel Museum.  The Museum is full of artefacts and memorabilia belonging to, or associated with, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.  Julian Kinsey, Partner and Head of the Bristol office of Womble Bond Dickinson, welcomed guests to the Business Leader Dinner and announced that the firm is celebrating its 20th year of Bristol-based operations.  He also welcomed from the US office of Womble Bond Dickinson his fellow Partner and corporate lawyer, Christopher Gyves.  James Shone, founder of the charity 'I Can & I Am', spoke movingly on how adversity enabled him to re-evaluate how to find and negotiate future opportunities.  James Woudhuysen, Visiting Professor of Forecasting and Innovation at London South Bank University, spoke on the unbelievable opportunities in the future and how Bristol is well-placed to lead in several significant market subsegments as diverse as robotics, nuclear energy generation and housing.