Media Entrepreneur Meetup: Developing High Performing Leadership Teams

24 September 2025

Online 16:00 - 17:00 BST

 

Building and developing a cohesive, effective leadership group is the biggest enabler / blocker when it comes to scaling beyond a small team. The agility and creativity that fuelled your startup needs to mature into data-driven, collegiate decision-making, and professional reporting and governance. Very often part or most of the startup leadership team is replaced by new leaders, and culture can be hard to sustain in a more formal environment.

This roundtable features leaders who have successfully navigated growth, change and volatility in very large organisations, in a private equity-backed business, and in a startup on its way to a successful sale. They’ll share their hard-won knowledge and experiences, including a case study on the collaboration between Amicus and 1LoD, which enabled 1LoD’s accelerated scaleup and eventual sale to Infopro Digital in 2024.

This is an event for Media Entrepreneur Meetup members, RSVP here to attend.

If you are a CEO or Founder of an information, media or events company and would like to join please apply here

Speakers

Moderator: Julian Graves

Co-Founder, Collingwood

Peter retired as Chief of the British Army in 2015, bringing extensive experience in strategic leadership and international relations. A recognised speaker on geopolitics and military command, he now serves as a Director of General Dynamics Corporation and President of Combat Stress. He is also a visiting professor at Exeter University.

Speaker: Gen Sir Peter Wall

Co-Founder, Amicus

Jennifer is an accomplished industrial engineer with 20 years of experience in international corporations. Formerly Chief People Officer for Digicel, she designed transformational change programs and a global corporate university for Mars Incorporated. She is also a non-executive director and Chair.

Speaker: Jennifer Carnegie

Co-Founder, Amicus

John Baskott co-founded 1LoD with Paul Hodge in 2017. In 2024, they sold their company - an events and information provider for the financial services sector - at an impressive multiple.

Speaker: John Baskott

Co-Founder, 1LoD