The 5% Club Skills Summit: Employer Audit 2025-26

The 5% Club Skills Summit: Employer Audit 2025-26

Date: Thursday 23 October 2025
Time: Arrive1.30pm, event 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Venue: British Library Knowledge Centre, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB

How to book – below

Formerly known as the Employer Audit Symposium, this year’s in-person Skills Summit will offer more than ever before, with a fresh focus on wider skills challenges and insights from across the employment landscape.

Priority booking will be given to Employer Audit participants but we have a limited number of places for members not in the Employer Audit.

Due to limited places, if you would like to join this event please email helen.tanner@5percentclub.org.uk

This event is free for members of The 5% Club.

Our thanks to our Headline Sponsor, The School Outreach Company

 

Agenda 

1.30pm-2pm Arrival and Registration
2pm-2.05pm
Mark Cameron OBE, CEO, The 5% Club

Welcome

2.05pm-2.15pm
Phil Smith CBE, Chair, Skills England

Opening Speech

2.15pm-2.30pm
Martin Birchall, MD High Fliers

The 5% Club Employer Audit 2025-26 – Key Research Results

2.30pm-2.50pm
Member Panel

  • Helen Jeffery, Funded Learning Manager, Mitie
  • Claire McKay, Head of Learning & Development, Peel Ports Group
  • Stephen Wilde, Managing Director, Southbourne Rubber
2.50pm-3.30pm
Dr Paul Redmond – Expert in generational theory and employability

How to engage and motivate Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z to thrive in today’s multi-generational workplace.

3.30pm-3.50pm – Break, tea and coffee
3.50pm-4.35pm
Question Time Panel

Chaired by Mark Cameron OBE, CEO, The 5% Club, joined by:

  • Professor Kenye Karemo, Director of Education, Workforce Development and Research, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Faheem Khan,  Founder and CEO, Future Leaders UK
  • Dr Paul Redmond, Expert in generational theory and employability
  • Phil Smith CBE, Chair, Skills England
4.35pm-4.45pm
The 5% Club 2025-26 Platinum, Gold, Silver & Bronze Members

The first ‘reveal’ of our 2025-26 accredited members 

4.45pm-5pm
Mark Cameron OBE, CEO, The 5% Club

Closing Remarks