The Guernsey Branch of the Institute of Directors (IoD) will focus its 2025 Spring Seminar on the pressing need for change and economic growth. The IoD recently published a report on Guernsey’s social capital, which highlighted a trend of stagnation and its impact on the island’s future economic growth, wellbeing and prosperity. The annual event, formerly known as the Mid Term, builds on this theme and will take place on Wednesday, 26 March, from 7:45 am to 10 am at St Pierre Park.
The seminar will feature Andrew Doyle, author of Reinvention Guernsey, a book that examines how Guernsey has transformed its economy seven times over the past 500 years.
The most recent reinvention, the finance industry, establishing Guernsey as a globally recognised ‘brand’, is now 60 years old. In his book, Mr Doyle explores the rise and fall of its six predecessors and the lessons they offer for ensuring the continued success and growth of Guernsey’s economy.
After the keynote, a fireside chat will take place, with additional speakers to be announced in due course.
The seminar aims to address concerns that Guernsey is stagnating and that more collaborative action is needed to tackle emerging issues, threats, and challenges, as highlighted in the social capital report from the Convention last October.
The event is supported by headline sponsor Carey Olsen, breakfast sponsor Newgate Bovill, speaker sponsor Core Fund Services, and event sponsors Grant Thornton and Polygon.
Tickets for the event can be purchased here.