21/10/2009
Press release
Issued by the Catholic Communications Network
Leadership in the financial sector: a moral and spiritual challenge?
A private seminar was held this morning at Schroders Bank to explore the relevance of the Pope’s encyclical on social teaching, Caritas in Veritate, for the financial sector.
The seminar was organised by Archbishop Vincent Nichols and brought together a number of leading figures in the City to look at issues of ethics and values in the light of the moral principles of Catholic social teaching, and the various challenges facing leaders of the financial sector in the UK.
The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, sent a message of support for this event (below the list of participants).
Wednesday 21st October 2009, Schroders Bank
List of participants
all attending in a personal capacity
Marcus Agius, (Chairman, Barclays Bank)
Helen Alexander, (President, CBI)
Bishop John Arnold, (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster)
Ben Andradi, (Managing Partner, Syntel and Trustee of Catholic Trust for England and Wales)
Sir Win Bischoff, (Chairman, Lloyds TSB)
Geoff Boisi, (Chairman and CEO, Roundtable Investment Partners)
Gavin Boyle, (CEO, Tudor Capital UK)
Robin Buchanan, (Senior Adviser, Bain & Co))
Mel Carvill, (President, PPF Partners Ltd)
Dominic Casserley, (Managing Partner UK and Ireland, McKinsey & Co)
Sr Catherine Cowley, (Lecturer in Christian Ethics, Heythrop College, University of London)
Michael Dobson, (Chief Executive, Schroders)
Stephen Green, (Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings)
Lord Brian Griffiths, (Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International)
Field Marshal Lord Peter Inge, (former Chief of the Defence Staff)
Louis Jordan, (Vice Chairman, Deloitte)
Rt. Hon. John McFall, MP (Chairman, Treasury Select Committee)
George Mallinckcrodt, W KBE (President, Schroders)
Philip Mallinckrodt, (Group Head of Private Banking, Schroders)
Paul Marshall, (Founder and Chairman, Marshall Wace)
Archbishop Vincent Nichols, (President, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales)
Andrea Ponti, (Global Head, Healthcare JP Morgan)
Anthony Salz, (Director, Rothschild’s)
Archbishop Peter Smith, (Vice-President, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales)
Keith Wade, (Chief Economist, Schroders)
Charles Wookey, (Assistant General Secretary, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales)
Professor Stefano Zamagni, (Professor of Economics, University of Bologna, adviser to the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on Caritas in Veritate)
The message of support from the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI:
Click on the image above for a message of support from the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI:
