Date: Thursday 8th October 2015 Venue: Assado 157 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8XA (Tube/rail: Waterloo/Southwark – 5 min walk) www.assado.co.uk Time: 6:30pm for 7:00pm start Cost: £10 for WZCC members, £15 for guests (free for those under 18, students and unwaged Zoroastrians). Speaker: Sir Bob Reid Sir Bob Reid is Chairman of ICE Futures and ICE Clear Europe. He is a Director of Intercontinental Exchange Inc., Diligenta Limited (TATA Group), Jubilant Energy and EEA Helicopter Operations. He is also Chairman of the Foundation for Young Musicians, Learning through Landscapes and the Edinburgh Business School. He joined Shell in 1956 and spent much of his career overseas, including posts in Brunei, Nigeria, Thailand and Australia. He was Chairman and Chief Executive of Shell UK Limited from 1985 until he retired in 1990. He was also Chairman of British Rail and Deputy Governor of the Bank of Scotland until he retired in 2004. Confirm by email: anup@veracityeducation.com or ph: 020 7629 8786
WZCCUK has organised an event about Crowd Funding and Peer-to-Peer Lending on 26th April 2016, at the Café Spice Namaste. Speakers for the event are Jonathan Hill and Ruby Sayed Click Here to know more
Investing Offshore Speaker: Dick Mody CEO – Ethical Advisers Date: Wednesday 3rd May 2017 Venue: Café Spice Namaste, 16 Prescot Street, London E1 8AZ Time: 6.30pm for 7.00pm sharp start Cost: £10 members & £15 non-members (under 18 and unwaged Zoroastrians at no cost) • Followed by a networking session where refreshments will be served to • Confirm by email: anup@veracityeducation.com or Tel: 020 7493 0437 Dick Mody gained invaluable investment experience working for top global financial institutions including JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche and Raymond James. He has worked in many financial centres such as New York, San Francisco, London, Mumbai and Florida in his capacity as Head of Sales/Executive Director – North America and the UK regions. After gaining knowledge and experience as an investment adviser to some of the most respected institutional asset managers across India, the USA, UK, Asia and the Middle East, he now heads up an investment advisory company in Mumbai. Book NOW for a great opportunity to combine Business with Pleasure!
How will it affect our lives and careers? What skills will you, your children, and grandchildren need to flourish in such a future? What does it take to be future-ready and life-ready? Speaker: Atul Pant – Author, co-founder of a knowledge management solutions company. He also imparts training on life skills essential for making the less privileged youth employment-ready. Date: Tuesday 27th February 2018 Venue: Fladgate LLP, 16 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5DG Time: 6.30pm for 7.00pm sharp start Cost: £10 members & £15 non-members (under 18 and students at no cost) Followed by a networking session where refreshments will be served Confirm by email: anup@veracityeducation.com or Tel: 020 7493 0437 Some experts argue that AI will lead to mass unemployment, leading to massive social unrest; while other experts are of the opinion that adoption of AI will lead to the emergence of new jobs. One thing is for sure, technology skews the income distribution and creates, what economists call, a ‘winner-takes-all-market’. And, when skills don’t keep pace with technology the end-result is inequality. Would the growing use of AI mean that most humans will survive only on Universal Basic Income and just eke out a living?
Looking for a new job? Or even a contractor role? Unsure about whether you should move or stay where you are? Not getting the promotion you deserve? Then you need to attend … WZCC is delighted to announce the return of Kris Wadia, co-presenting with Perses Sethna, for an intellectually stimulating session on ‘re-imagining your career’. They will take lessons learned from creating and promoting products and help you apply them to positioning and advancing your career. Perses Sethna has, in his 35 year career at BT, led teams responsible for creating Communication Technology products that have been critical to the success of many diverse industries ranging from oil exploration to finance and defence. He will distil his considerable experience into the 5 Key Levers you need to know for Promoting the Perfect Product. Kris Wadia will then ask you to imagine yourself as the product and apply Perses’ rules to the art and science of managing your own career, whether as a school-leaver, contractor, interim or employee. Kris will draw on his senior roles at Accenture and Quintiles and as a self-employed businessman. You will learn the answers to: What is the core Value Proposition that connects you at an emotional level with recruiters? Who is your best hidden friend when furthering your career aspirations? Which 3 golden rules does everyone follow … but you must avoid at all costs? Why your Social Media profile could be ruining your chances of success daily? When should you time your Career move or push for a new contractor role? Where should you look for inspiration and insights that your ‘competitors’ won’t know about? How important, really, is your LinkedIn profile? This session is not about “how to write a CV” or “how to perform at a job interview”. It is designed to challenge your current perceptions of yourself and your career needs. Date: Tuesday 17th July 2018 Time: 18:30hrs Doors Open (plus tea/coffee) 18:45 – 19:15hrs Perses and Kris presentation 19:15 – 20:00hrs Question and Answer session Venue: Penningtons Manches LLP, 125 Wood Street, London EC2V 7AW (nearest tube is St. Paul’s) Cost: £5 or free to those in full-time education or unwaged You should apply for a place no later than 10 July 2018 clearly stating if you are seeking a contractor role, employment or career advancement as these requests will get priority. Perses and Kris have kindly offered to relocate to The Fine Line, 1 Bow Churchyard, London EC4M 9DQ, a venue near the Penningtons Manches office, after 20:00hrs to help those attendees whose questions were not addressed during the Q&A session. Free feel to join them. WZCC looks forward to seeing you at Promoting the Perfect Product … You! Reply to anup@veracityeducation.com – or – Phone: 020 7493 0437 Deadline: 10 July 2018
HI All, a quick message about the next WZCC event which will again be hosted by Cyrus and Pervin Todiwala at the Cafe Spice, Albert Doc. This time we have Cyrus Mewawalla who will be discussing his career to date, what he has learned along the way and then of course his view of where tech stocks in particular are likely to go and why.
