Day 2 - Keynote Speakers

Graham Stuart MP | Exports Minister

Graham was elected as the Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness in 2005. He joined the Department for International Trade in January 2018 as Minister for Investment. In February 2020 he was appointed Minister for Exports. In Parliament Graham: chaired the Education Select Committee (2010 to 2015); was Assistant Government Whip with responsibility for the Department of Health, and later for HM Treasury and the Ministry of Defence (2016 to 2018)

Chris Heaton-Harris MP | Rail Minister

Chris Heaton-Harris was appointed as a Minister of State at the Department for Transport on 25 July 2019. He was previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union. Previously he was Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip) and Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip). He was elected Conservative MP for Daventry in May 2010.

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Jim McMahon MP | Shadow Transport Secretary

Before becoming an MP, Jim was a Councillor in Oldham for 13 years and the Leader of the Council. He served on the Greater Manchester Combined Authority with responsibility for transport. As an MP, Jim has served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to former Labour deputy leader, Tom Watson and was subsequently appointed as Shadow Minister for Local Government and Devolution in 2016. In April 2020, Jim was appointed by Keir Starmer to serve in Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Transport Secretary a role which he currently holds.

Nick Smallwood | Chief Executive, Infrastructure and Projects Authority

Nick is the Chief Executive Officer of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority and Head of Government’s Project Delivery Function. Nick is the former Vice President for Projects Engineering and Chief Projects Engineer at Shell. He joins the IPA with 37 years’ experience of managing complex project portfolios and having developed Shell’s Global Project Academy.

Sir Peter Hendy CBE |Chairman, Network Rail

Sir Peter has been the Chair of Network Rail since July 2015, and Chair of the London Legacy Development Corporation since July 2017. He was previously Commissioner of Transport for London (TfL) since 2006, having served since 2001 as TfL's Managing Director of Surface Transport. Sir Peter led, and played a key role in preparing for, the successful operation of London's transport for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. He started his transport career in 1975 as a London Transport graduate trainee.