With the UK’s historic vote to leave the EU creating political and economic uncertainty globally, major questions remain about the UK’s future relationship with the EU and the impact on businesses in Europe and Asia. In the run-up to the triggering of Article 50 and the beginning of formal Brexit negotiations, Conall McDevitt, CEO of public relations and public affairs consultants Hume Brophy, will provide an in-depth analysis of the rapidly evolving political landscape in London, Brussels, and key European capitals. Conall will review the expected timescale and process of negotiations, the major political and regulatory factors at play in the UK and Brussels, and the expected impact on key sectors like agri-food, energy, financial services, TMT and transport.
Hume Brophy is an international strategic communications firm specialising in public affairs and corporate and financial communications, with operations in Brussels, Dublin, London, Paris, Singapore and New York. Founded in 2005 by John Hume and Eoin Brophy, the firm’s 80-strong team includes former regulators, legislators, Government Ministers and officials and senior journalists. Leveraging expansive networks and deep wells of knowledge and experience, Hume Brophy advises and represents some of the world’s largest companies from a wide range of industries, including financial services, transport, energy and agri-food.
Conall McDevitt has 20 years’ experience of strategic communications, politics and public affairs in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Brussels. He served as the Social Democratic and Labour Party’s Director of Communications during the Good Friday Agreement talks in Northern Ireland, as a special adviser to the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development during the first power-sharing government, and as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and a member of the SDLP’s leadership team. As an MLA in Northern Ireland, he led on Health, Education, Reconciliation and International Development and North – South policy for the SDLP. He also served on the Northern Ireland Policing Board.
Conall has also held senior leadership roles at Fleishman-Hillard and was Managing Director (Northern Ireland) of Weber Shandwick. He has worked across a wide range of industries including finance, innovation policy, energy, agri-food, bioscience and extractives.
Date/Time
Date - Wednesday, 12 October 2016
8:00 am - 9:00 am
