Strategy into Practice: Frances Haque, Chief Economist for Santander

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Time: 6.00pm - 7.00pm
Venue: Room 0026, Business School, Kingston Hill campus, Kingston Hill, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 7LB
Price: free

Kingston Business School's premium Strategy into Practice seminar series is designed to give you the opportunity to gain insights of strategy within business and not-for-profit corporations. This series is kindly sponsored by Santander.

You will hear first-hand accounts from top executives on strategic challenges in their industry and how they strategically steer their organisation to compete successfully and deal with complex issues such as international growth, innovation and corporate social responsibilities. 

You will have the opportunity to ask questions and network after each session with the speaker, other local business leaders and academic staff from Kingston Business School.

The hour-long session will be followed by networking in the Business School Atrium.

Guest speaker

Frances Haque is the Chief Economist for Santander UK responsible for the economic analysis and macroeconomic forecasts used by the retail bank. Prior to joining she worked for a number of different institutions as a senior economist including, EY, BT, BBC and Ofcom. She also specialises in Competition and Regulatory economics and has appeared on BBC News providing commentary on economic data published. View her LinkedIn profile >

Lecture: Why economics is instrumental in helping to define business strategy

The talk will discuss how "economics", in particular economic data, provides insights into the development of specific strategies that companies may want to adopt. It will demonstrate that economics, in its various forms pervades into all strategic decisions taken by firms both implicitly and explicitly. Strategic decisions based on a longer term outlook require an understanding of the wider economic environment, including how demand and supply for products and services offered might change over that period, to ensure that the strategy to be adopted is the correct one for the business.

Sponsor: Santander Universities

For further information about this event:

Contact: Kent Springdal
Email: K.Springdal@kingston.ac.uk