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The Credit Services Association (CSA)
19-06-2014
CSA Announces High Profile Speakers for Annual Conference
Keynote speakers at this year’s CSA Annual Exhibition and Conference have been confirmed as Steph McGovern, the Breakfast business presenter, and Susan de Mont, Director of Credit Authorisations at FCA.
Award winning business presenter, Steph McGovern will open the conference following a welcome address from CSA President Leigh Berkley. Steph has been working in financial journalism for more than 10 years and joined Breakfast in 2012. As the main business presenter Steph travels across the UK reporting economic and business news.
Steph will immediately be followed by the FCA’s Susan de Mont. Susan will report on the FCA’s progress since 1 April 2014, and a be giving very timely and eagerly anticipated talk on the FCA's authorisation process.
At the popular afternoon panel debate held in the hotel auditorium, Steph will return to chair a debate around industry standards and how they have, or have not, improved in recent times. Guest speakers sitting on the panel will be Sue Wigley, COO Citizens Advice, Joanna Elson, CEO Money Advice Trust, and Susan de Mont.
Leigh Berkley, CSA President, says he is delighted to have secured the services of two such high profile speakers: “Steph McGovern will offer a fresh perspective and one that encompasses the wider business environment beyond debt collection,” he says. “At the Association we have had a tradition of securing high profile business journalists and presenters, with some of our previous keynote speakers including John Pienaar and Simon Jack, who were very well received by attendees and we therefore look forward to the contribution Steph will make to the conference.”
This year’s conference is at the Crowne Plaza Heythrop Park in Oxford, between 10 and 11 September 2014. For further information and booking details please contact Adriana Galli Davison on 0191 217 3073 or email adriana.gallidavison@csa-uk.com.