Northern Ireland's Premium Leadership Event | Friday 1st March 2024

SuMMit 2024 Event Details

When did you last take time to think about the bigger picture for you and your organisation?

Business and Public Sector leaders from across Ireland are using the SuMMit as an opportunity to step back from ‘urgent’ tasks and consider what is ‘important’ for them and their organisations. The event provides world-class stimulus that triggers fresh perspectives, disruptive thinking, new ideas and an impetus to act. It has received acclaim from the leaders of micro-businesses, SMEs, Corporates, Local Government, Central Government, Charities and Social Enterprises.

Date: Friday 1st March 2024
Time: 8.00am – 1.30pm (Includes Light Breakfast & Lunch)
Venue: Titanic Belfast, 1 Olympic Wy, Queen’s Road, Belfast BT3 9EP
Speakers:  See Below – Full 2024 line-up to be announced over the coming months

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The 2024 Line-Up... Further Speakers to be Announced Over the Coming Months

Bobby Healy
Entrepreneur & AI Implementor

Bobby applies his curiosity and expertise in AI to building businesses that make things better. His latest venture is ‘Manna Drone Delivery’ which has a mission to improve the world by making lightning-fast suburban deliveries affordable, green and safe. Founded by Bobby 4 years ago and already operational in both Ireland and the US, Manna is the most advanced suburban drone delivery service in the world. Bobby began his career building video games for Nintendo after which he founded Eland (an airline tech company) which he sold to SITA. He then built CarTrawler over 15 years and led the business to a successful exit. Reflecting on his (and Manna’s) leadership journey, and how AI will impact all of us, Bobby will share his observations on curiosity, doubt, preconceived ideas, reinvention, getting stuff done and why kids get it.

Helen Thompson
Former MD of TOMS & Titan of Social Business 

Helen has led and built some of the best known consumer brands, across the UK, Europe and global markets. Her most recent executive position, with TOMS, saw her lead a business with strong purpose and charitable giving at its heart. TOMS was the planet’s original One for One® shoe giving company and now devotes significant sums to causes that support its mission to ‘Use Business to Improve Lives’. Prior to this she led the European operations for both ECCO and Clarks. Passionate about working with purpose-led brands that are driving meaningful change and helping to solve many of the inequalities in our world, Helen now works in various Non-Executive and Board Chair roles. Specifically she sits of the boards of Childfund International, Brewgooder and Lilys Kitchen, which is a purposeful pet food brand and B Corp company that seeks to make pets lives better by inspiring pet parents to feed pets properly and have fun doing it. Reflecting on her journey to date, Helen will offer her insights on ‘purposeful leadership’ and outline how businesses of all shapes, sizes and sectors can be a force for good.

Sir A. P McCoy OBE
World #1 for Two Decades

While time takes its toll on every individual on the face of this planet, it excused one man. We have had champions, we have had legends, but we will never have another AP”. Sir Anthony McCoy OBE is the greatest jump jockey of all time and one of the world’s highest profile sporting personalities. He dominated his sport for 20 years, setting records which will not be broken in our lifetime – a tribute to his stamina, motivation and dedication. The recipient of an OBE and Knighthood, AP is the only sportsman of his kind to have received the ‘BBC Sports Personality of the Year’ award. He is the subject of several bestselling books (and a feature length film), a sought-after speaker and a tireless champion for several children’s charities.  Reflecting on the highs, and painful lows, of being #1 in the world for two decades, AP will offer his insights on strategy, agility, adversity, staying power and sustaining a life/family/work balance.

Gerry Hussey
Ireland’s Leading Authority on Wellbeing & Performance

Gerry has helped to build some of the world’s most successful sports and business teams. He has been working at the fore front of international sport since 2003. In his role as Performance Consultant, Gerry has coached elite athletes for Olympic Games, Heineken Cups, All-Ireland Finals, World Cups and Golf Majors. His work with the Irish Boxing team at the Beijing and London Olympic Games has been well documented and acclaimed. The author of 2 best-selling books, Gerry currently works with market-leading organisations and individual business leaders. An internationally renowned speaker, Gerry empowers his audiences to awaken energy with a focus that allows them to achieve repeatable and sustainable high performance while maintaining health and wellbeing.

Justin Urquhart Stewart​
Business Commentator, Media Personality & Entrepreneur

Justin is one of the most recognisable and trusted business and market commentators on television, radio and the press. An entrepreneur in his own right, Justin is Chairman and Co-Founder of the investment platform Regionally and he also serves as Chairman of Investors in Community. Prior to that Justin co-founded Seven Investment Management (7IM) and was integral in building the business to one that now employs 360+ people with over £18bn of assets under management. In light of the current economic and political events, Justin’s insights on local, national and international developments will be both timely and exceptionally relevant. As SuMMit Chair, he will set the context for the other speakers and draw out the key lessons from their sessions.

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It was superb! There were so many messages to take from this for all in the room – at both a personal and business level, I can honestly say it was up there with the best of the best that I have ever been to.

Teresa CampbellFPM

A superb event. What a line up of speakers. Not sure how you will ever top that. Hugely interesting and beneficial.

John Elwood,Arthur J Gallagher

Best speaker event I have ever been to

John ArmstrongResponsible

Simply the best management/leadership conference of the year- Repeatedly!

Neil McCabeWhiterock Finance

Aspirational, inspirational and reflective

Nikki McQuillanUlster University Business School

Mindblown- 5 world class, inspirational leaders

Richard DaleFlowlens

Excellent, inspirational event

David CreightonThales

Great show! Memorable - will have changed lives.

Professor Ken O'NeillSchool for Social Enterprises in Ireland

Well done on a fantastic Summit event. I must say I really enjoyed this one as one of the best I have been to. I think everyone’s mindset after the past few years meant we were ready for it and certainly inspired by all of the speakers (there were lots of tears too!).

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