John is President of the OCCA, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, and an accomplished author, who has lectured globally on the interplay of science, philosophy, and religion.

Lydia is Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center, Director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, and Co-Director of Clinical Ethics at NewYork-Presbyterian Milstein Hospital.

Joshua is a poet, author and community builder. He's the founder of The Psalmists, a charity helping the lives of offenders through creative expression and lives with his wife and two children in North London.

Samantha is an international opera singer and producer, currently producing a new opera, Slave, bringing awareness to the issue of modern day slavery. Her most recent album, Freedom Cries Out, will tell stories of displaced people and refugees.

Alderman & Sheriff Robert Hughes-Penney served in the British Army before working at Rathbones for over 30 years. He is Chair of the CityUK’s Business Council, Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee at the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and on the Board of the Impact Investing Institute.

Janie has been CEO of Stewardship since 2024, having joined as CFO in 2021. Originally trained as a chartered accountant in South Africa, she spent her formative career in senior finance roles at Barclays Bank before transitioning to the charitable sector ten years ago.

Brook serves as Chairman of Charity:Water and is Group Director of Arrow Global, a private credit and real estate asset manager. Former management roles include co-CEO of Digital Reasoning, an AI business, and President of Christie’s, the global auction house.

Sarah is a historian, writer, and storyteller. She trained as a historian at Oxford University, where she subsequently taught. A Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall and Research Professor at Regent, Sarah wrote When Courage Calls, which explores Josephine Butler’s political activism and Christian faith.

Stewart is CEO of Christians Against Poverty (CAP), following 5 years as CEO of Stewardship. CAP is a church-based movement helping people in financial vulnerability or distress become resilient, debt free and to explore the Christian faith.

Baroness Philippa Stroud is the Co-founder of Everything, Executive Chair of ARC, former Chief Executive of the Legatum Institute and Centre for Social Justice, and co-founder of the Forum Network.

David is the Co-founder of the Everything Network, founding pastor of Christ Church London, and the co-founder of the Forum Network.

Andy is one of the senior pastors at Christ Church London, has hosted the conference several times, and previously spent ten years as a broadcast journalist with the BBC.