ASC Winter Conference - 6th February 2025
We are hosting our first seminar of the year at the Knowledge Centre at The British Library - an iconic and inspiring venue renowned for its rich history and intellectual legacy.
Join us for a full day of insightful and thought-provoking presentations from industry leaders, followed by a debate and networking lunch.
Event Information
| Event Date | 06-02-2025 9:00 am |
| Event End Date | 06-02-2025 5:00 pm |
| Location | British Library |
Venue Information - British Library
British Library, 96 Euston Road, London
Agendas
| 09.00-09.30 |
Registration |
| 09.30 -09.40 |
Welcome to the ASC Winter Business Group |
| 09.40 - 10.25 |
Nick Hymans - How to help clients with their Travel Risk Management programs.In this presentation, we will talk through some of the simple elements you can ensure your clients think about when pulling together their Travel Risk Management programs, including why they need to do it and some of the key selling points you can add to help them justify the programs internally. |
| 10.25 - 11.10 |
SibyllineTravel Intelligence |
| 11.10 - 11.55 |
Coffee & Networking |
| 11.55 - 12.40 |
Freddie McGrath - PeopleSafeSaaS travel safety |
| 12.40 - 13.25 |
Dr Nikki Mepham - Regional Medical Director, Assistance, International SOSHealth and Medical Support |
| 13.25 - 14.30 |
Lunch & Networking |
| 14.30 - 16.00 |
Debate Travel Risk Management |
Speakers
Nick Hymans
Travel and People Risk Advisor
Nick is currently an independent Travel and People Risk advisor and the Chair of the EMEA Risk Committee for the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). Nick has worked in the Corporate Security sector at Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse, where among other duties he was responsible for Operations and Travel Risk. Before this, Nick worked for a number of Risk Management companies, advising a wide range of different clients, from NGOs, through the extractive sector to government organisations.
John Seddon
PeopleSafe
John advises on the provision of worker protection technology for some of the UK’s largest organisations, including Royal Mail, Pret a Manger and Peabody. With over 15 years' experience working with personal safety technology companies, John is passionate about pioneering tech for good to keep people safe.
Dr Nikki Mepham
Regional Medical Director, Assistance, International SOS
Dr Nikki Mepham is responsible for the delivery of medical assistance services in the London Assistance Centre, supporting a team of doctors and nurses who provide support to International SOS clients, including the provision of medical advice, facilitating access to local healthcare, and the coordination of medical transportations. She is responsible for delivery of medical support from the MedAire platform in London, supporting BGA clients in close collaboration with the Phoenix Global Response Centre. Nikki completed her medical training in South Africa and worked in remote medicine in a rural district hospital in the public sector and then for an NGO as an HIV physician before transferring to Anaesthetics. She moved to London in 2010 and worked in anaesthetics and Intensive care in the NHS, before joining International SOS London as a Coordinating Doctor in 2012. Nikki supported the implementation of the London Response Centre which provided topside support to offshore installations in the North Sea. She later undertook further training in Travel Medicine and is a Regional Advisor for the Faculty of Travel Medicine in the UK. Nikki has been in the role of Medical Director, Assistance since early 2019 and became Regional Medical Director in August 2023.
Justin Crump
Sibylline, CEO
Justin founded Sibylline in 2010, based on his experience as head of intelligence at Stirling Assynt and as an embedded Security Intelligence Analyst with UniCredit. Justin has served full and part time in the UK’s armed forces since 1995. Originally a front-office investment banker at JP Morgan Chase, after 9/11 he volunteered for operational service as a tank commander; this included operational deployments in Iraq, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Bosnia. From 2004-2007 he was also the Aide-de-Camp to the 6th Duke of Westminster, in his tenure as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff. This background, combining cavalry leadership and intelligence insight to business decision-making, is the foundation of the company’s success and its unique ethos as “the place people are proudest to work”. He has degrees from the University of Durham and King’s College London, and is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Joint Services Command and Staff College at Shrivenham. He was the President of the intelligence industry association, AIRIP, from 2021-22 and continues as a Board member. As a keen fixed-wing and helicopter pilot, he is currently working on Aviation Warfare for the British Army, but will take over as the chief tactics instructor for the Reserve cavalry regiments in mid-2024. His first book, Corporate Security Intelligence and Strategic Decision-making, was published in 2015 and remains the definitive work on the topic, becoming an Amazon Management Science bestseller. He is currently one of the lead external defence and security commentators for the BBC, and is routinely on channels including Sky News, Deutsche Welle, and in print media globally, including as a columnist in the Sunday Telegraph
Sponsors
PeopleSafe
International SOS
Sibylline
