This year's annual update returned in a brand new format with a series of topical webinars covering key areas of audit, risk and regulation.

This series of events was targeted at risk and finance executives as well as non-executive members of Audit and Risk Committees. Each webinar lasted approximately 1.5 hours and included keynote presentations from leading industry experts, a range of panel discussions, and the opportunity to ask our panel questions in Q&A sessions. 

  Webinar 1: Tuesday 10 October, 14:00-15:30
  Basel 3.1 around the globe, proportionality and the impact on building societies

With speakers:

• Chair: Ruth Doubleday, Head of Prudential Regulation, Building Societies Association (Biography)
• Steven Hall, Partner, KPMG (Biography)
• Bill Coen, US former Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Biography)
• Dr Holger Mielk, Head of the Legal Division, National Association of German Cooperative Banks Association (BVR) (Biography)
• Conrad O'Donnell, formerly supporting the Building Societies Association on Prudential Policy (inc. Basel 3.1) (Biography)

  Webinar 2: Tuesday 31 October, 14:00-15:30
  Audit reform, corporate governance & accounting 

With speakers:

• Chair: Robin Fieth, Chief Executive, Building Societies Association (Biography)
• Tim Copnell, Associate Partner, KPMG & Chair of KPMG's UK Audit Committee Institute (Biography)
• Eileen Mawdsley, Director, Accounting Advisory, Financial Services Finance Transformation, KPMG (Biography)
• John Sutherland, Non-Executive Director, Darlington Building Society
• Simon Gibbs, Financial Services, Banking and Insurance Manager, ICAEW (Biography)

  Webinar 3: Wednesday 8 November, 10:00-11:30
  Economic update and PRA supervisory priorities

With speakers:

• Chair: Alex Simpson, Partner, KPMG (Biography)
• Yael Selfin, Chief Economist, KPMG (Biography)
• Professor Trevor Williams, Economist, visiting professor and lecturer (Biography)
• Marc Dodd, CEO, King & Shaxson Ltd (Biography)
• Monica Shant, Senior Technical Credit Risk Specialist, PRA (Biography)
• Mehdi Muqtadir, Manager and Team Lead of the Supervisory Intervention & Resilience Team in UKDT, PRA (Biography)

  Webinar 4: Tuesday 14 November, 10:00-11:30
  Strategies for a modern mutual

Speakers include:

• Chair: Jo Moscrop, Chief Business Development Officer, No1 CopperPot Credit Union
• Julie Ann-Haines, Chief Executive, Principality Building Society (Biography)
• Andrew Haigh, Chief Executive, Newcastle Building Society (Biography)
• Robin Fieth, Chief Executive, Building Societies Association (Biography)
• Joss Tasker, Founder & CEO, Sync Savings (Biography)
• Peter Westlake, Partner, Strategy & Performance Transformation, & Head of Challenger Banks and Building Societies, KPMG (Biography)

  Webinar 5: Thursday 23 November, 14:00-15:30
  Climate change and stress testing, risk and reporting

Speakers include:

• Chair: Ruth Doubleday, Head of Prudential Regulation, Building Societies Association (Biography)
• Louise Pryor, Chair, Ecology Building Society (Biography)
• Aidan Walker, Senior Credit Risk Lead, Skipton Building Society (Biography)
• Serena Shaw, Senior Manager, Bank of England
• Richard Walsh, Partner – Banking & Capital Markets, EY