The Nordic countries consistently lead the World Happiness rankings. Rooted in trust, equity, and sustainability the Nordic approach fuels not just wellbeing, but also innovation, ethical leadership, and long-term business success. What if happiness wasn’t just a personal goal, but a professional and strategic advantage?
At this event, you’ll hear from industry leaders and change-makers who are proving that happy workplaces build sustainable businesses. Discover how you can harness Nordic principles to drive meaningful growth – in your business, your leadership, and your life.
Programme:
5:30 pm: Arrival & registration
6.20 pm: Opening of the NCBF 2026 by Nordic Chambers representative and panel moderator: Saga Palmer, Senior Partnerships Executive, Goodwille Ltd
6.25 pm: Welcome remarks from our host from Stuart McNeill, Partner, Pinsent Masons
6:30 pm: Keynote Presentation
Sarah Cunningham, Managing Director, World Wellbeing Movement
Title: Work Wellbeing Playbook 2.0 Taking your work wellbeing strategy to the next level
Description: In this talk, Sarah Cunningham, Managing Director of the World Wellbeing Movement and lead co-author of the Work Wellbeing Playbook, will share the latest evidence on what truly improves workplace wellbeing and how Playbook 2.0 helps leaders build strategies that deliver real impact.
6:50 pm: “What if happiness wasn’t just a feeling but a business strategy?
Moderated fireside discussion with David Marsden-Pearson, Principal Consultant, Pinsent Masons
7:00 pm Nordic Chambers Panel discussion
Panellists include:
- Raymond Walsh, General Manager, Wärtsilä Energy Storage
- Nadine Allen, Head of UK and Head of the Vodafone Global Customer Unit, Ericsson
- Anders Grevstad, CEO BNB (UK) Ltd & Head of DNB CEMEA
- Jaye Cowle, CEO & Founder of Launch
- Siofra Whyte, Country Manager at Danske Bank in London
- Moderated by: Saga Palmer, Senior Partnerships Executive, Goodwille Ltd.
8:00 pm: Networking with drinks and canapés
9:00 pm: End of programme
Ticket Prices:
FBCC Member: £49 (incl.VAT)
General Admission: £75 (incl.VAT)
Bookings are non-refundable, but at the discretion of the organiser, you can change the name of the person attending. For this, please contact events@fbcc.co.uk
Managing Director, World Wellbeing Movement, and Host of the Working on Wellbeing podcast
Sarah Cunningham is Managing Director of the World Wellbeing Movement (WWM), and host of the
‘Working on Wellbeing’ podcast series.
Housed within the University of Oxford’s Wellbeing Research Centre at Harris Manchester College, the
World Wellbeing Movement’s aim is to improve the quality of life of people across the world by
putting wellbeing at the heart of decision-making in both business and public policy.
Sarah’s own expertise, which bridges both the corporate and academic worlds, strongly aligns with
the World Wellbeing Movement’s approach. She is a senior business leader, workplace wellbeing
expert, and future of work strategist with over 20 years’ experience, gained in companies including
Accenture, Google and Mastercard.
Sarah graduated first in her year from the London School of Economics’ (LSE’s) Executive Master’s
(EMSc) in Psychological & Behavioural Science, where she also won awards for both best dissertation,
and best overall performance. She is also a graduate of the Smurfit Business School Senior Leadership
programme in partnership with Darden University, and she has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business & Law
from University College Dublin.
Nadine is the Head of UK and Vodafone Group and a global executive with extensive experience in the telecommunications and enterprise technology sectors. In 2025 she was appointed Head of UK and Vodafone Group at Ericsson. Nadine joins Ericsson from SES Satellites, where she led the company’s global enterprise business as Global Head of Enterprise & Cloud.
Prior to her role at SES Satellites, Nadine held various senior leadership positions at Ericsson, including Head of Enterprise Business and Strategy for Southeast Asia, India and Oceania, where she was responsible for growth businesses in 5G, Private Networks, Cloud, Security and IoT. Prior to this Nadine held roles as CEO of Ericsson Thailand and Head of Global Customer Unit Telenor group, as well as Head of Enterprise Business in Western Central Europe.
Nadine holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Warwick.
Raymond Walsh is the Managing Director of Wärtsila Energy Storage UK Ltd.
Wärtsilä Energy Storage is driving the transition to a 100% renewable energy future, combining time-tested technology with deep grid expertise, helping customers and the energy sector accelerate global decarbonisation.
Raymond held various leadership positions in over 30 years of experience in the energy business with Wärtsilä in Finland. This includes heading the project management organisation for Europe, Asia, and Australia. He has also led technology development for renewable and thermal power generation. His international business and project leadership experience spans South Asia, the Middle East, and South America.
Raymond holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) Degree from University College Dublin, Ireland.
Siofra Whyte is the Country Manager for the London Branch of Danske Bank A/S, bringing international perspective and steady, values-led leadership to one of the world’s most dynamic financial centres.
After more than five years with Danske Bank in Copenhagen, she relocated to London in 2024 to take on this role—building bridges across markets and helping teams thrive amid complexity and change.
Recognised for her leadership across global banking, compliance, and corporate governance, Siofra Whyte has built a career defined by clarity, courage, and sound judgement—strengthening businesses and shaping strategic approaches to risk management in multinational environments.
A passionate advocate for developing others, she is actively engaged in training future leaders, sharing hard-won experience and equipping them with the skills to navigate difficult decisions with confidence and integrity.
With senior experience across leading financial institutions and a career spanning multiple disciplines and business lines, she brings a whole-system view of how organisations can grow responsibly—balancing ambition with resilience.
David Pearson, Principal Consultant, is an award-winning leadership, culture and inclusion expert, keynote speaker and presenter, with global experience advising clients on every aspect of diversity & inclusion. His professional background is as an organisational change practitioner, strategy consultant, economist, policy advisor and corporate finance specialist. His senior in-house and consulting roles include Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Corporate Responsibility for Gowling WLG, D&I subject matter expert for KPMG’s People Consulting practice, Director Global Inclusion & Diversity at KPMG and Culture & Engagement Lead, KPMG UK. He has held a number of external appointments, including on Hyatt hotels Global D&I Advisory Panel, the Global Life Sciences Advisory Board and the Business Disability Forum Global Taskforce. He is the creator of the UK’s only in-house inclusive leadership certification. In 2017 he was named as a NatWest Top 10 Diversity Champion and in 2019 was named as Channel 4 Diversity Hero of the Year. In 2021 his team won the Excellence in Equality & Inclusion Award at the People in Law Awards and was shortlisted for D&I Initiative of the Year at the British Legal Awards. He is a past regional and national winner of Boston Consulting Group’s Business Strategy Competition.
David’s select professional experience includes assisting clients to develop culture and D&I strategies and policies; conducting D&I diagnostics; developing and applying D&I maturity models; undertaking diversity benchmarking; setting diversity targets; delivering inclusive leadership programmes and workshops to Board members, executive teams and employees; and advising clients on leading practice for creating effective diversity networks. He led a major culture transformation programme for KPMG UK, including designing values and behaviours workshops and training 100 Ethics Champions to deliver the sessions to 18,000 employees.
He has advised organisations in the private, public and third sectors, including Macquarie Bank, Aegon, De Beers, Siemens, Unilever, Virgin Money, Carbon Trust, Sainsbury’s, Marsh, Lloyds of London, Colt Technology, JP Morgan, Financial Ombudsman Service, Government Equalities Office, Government Legal Department, International Securities Lending Association, Linnaeus, Mainstream Renewable Power, Mewburn Ellis, Ruffer, IGF, Team England, London Business School, Second Home and Peakon.
As Senior Partnerships Executive at Goodwille, Saga leads the company’s collaborations, strategic alliances and brand building across the UK, the Netherlands, and Northern Europe. With a background in journalism, she spent several years working at some of Sweden’s leading media outlets before relocating to London in 2020. Prior to joining Goodwille, Saga was part of the communications team at the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK, where she represented the Swedish business community in London, and in the wider UK.
Jaye Cowle is the CEO and Founder of Launch, the performance marketing growth agency Powered by Happiness™️.
She believes happy people deliver the best results and has built Launch on that ethos: a high-performing team where positivity, trust, and collaboration drive measurable growth.
Launch partners with ambitious brands like Icelandair, to go beyond short-term wins to deliver sustainable growth through advertising. https://www.launchonline.co.uk/
For Jaye, the business of happiness is about better performance at workplace.
Sarah Cunningham, World Wellbeing Movement – keynote speaker
Sarah Cunningham is Managing Director of the World Wellbeing Movement (WWM), and host of the ‘Working on Wellbeing’ podcast series. Housed within the University of Oxford’s Wellbeing Research Centre at Harris Manchester College, the World Wellbeing Movement’s aim is to improve the quality of life of people across the world by putting wellbeing at the heart of decision-making in both business and public policy.
Sarah’s own expertise, which bridges both the corporate and academic worlds, strongly aligns with the World Wellbeing Movement’s approach. She is a senior business leader, workplace wellbeing expert, and future of work strategist with over 20 years’ experience, gained in companies including Accenture, Google and Mastercard.
Sarah graduated first in her year from the London School of Economics’ (LSE’s) Executive Master’s (EMSc) in Psychological & Behavioural Science, where she also won awards for both best dissertation, and best overall performance. She is also a graduate of the Smurfit Business School Senior Leadership programme in partnership with Darden University, and she has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business & Law from University College Dublin.
Opening words: David Marsden-Pearson, Principal Consultant, Pinset Masons
David Pearson, Principal Consultant, is an award-winning leadership, culture and inclusion expert, keynote speaker and presenter, with global experience advising clients on every aspect of diversity & inclusion. His professional background is as an organisational change practitioner, strategy consultant, economist, policy advisor and corporate finance specialist. His senior in-house and consulting roles include Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Corporate Responsibility for Gowling WLG, D&I subject matter expert for KPMG’s People Consulting practice, Director Global Inclusion & Diversity at KPMG and Culture & Engagement Lead, KPMG UK. He has held a number of external appointments, including on Hyatt hotels Global D&I Advisory Panel, the Global Life Sciences Advisory Board and the Business Disability Forum Global Taskforce. He is the creator of the UK’s only in-house inclusive leadership certification. In 2017 he was named as a NatWest Top 10 Diversity Champion and in 2019 was named as Channel 4 Diversity Hero of the Year. In 2021 his team won the Excellence in Equality & Inclusion Award at the People in Law Awards and was shortlisted for D&I Initiative of the Year at the British Legal Awards. He is a past regional and national winner of Boston Consulting Group’s Business Strategy Competition.
David’s select professional experience includes assisting clients to develop culture and D&I strategies and policies; conducting D&I diagnostics; developing and applying D&I maturity models; undertaking diversity benchmarking; setting diversity targets; delivering inclusive leadership programmes and workshops to Board members, executive teams and employees; and advising clients on leading practice for creating effective diversity networks. He led a major culture transformation programme for KPMG UK, including designing values and behaviours workshops and training 100 Ethics Champions to deliver the sessions to 18,000 employees.
He has advised organisations in the private, public and third sectors, including Macquarie Bank, Aegon, De Beers, Siemens, Unilever, Virgin Money, Carbon Trust, Sainsbury’s, Marsh, Lloyds of London, Colt Technology, JP Morgan, Financial Ombudsman Service, Government Equalities Office, Government Legal Department, International Securities Lending Association, Linnaeus, Mainstream Renewable Power, Mewburn Ellis, Ruffer, IGF, Team England, London Business School, Second Home and Peakon.
Nadine Allen, Head of UK & Global Customer Unit, Ericsson
Nadine is a global executive with extensive experience in the telecommunications and enterprise technology sectors. In 2025 she was appointed Head of UK and Vodafone Group at Ericsson. Nadine joins Ericsson from SES Satellites, where she led the company’s global enterprise business as Global Head of Enterprise & Cloud.
Prior to her role at SES Satellites, Nadine held various senior leadership positions at Ericsson, including Head of Enterprise Business and Strategy for Southeast Asia, India and Oceania, where she was responsible for growth businesses in 5G, Private Networks, Cloud, Security and IoT. Prior to this Nadine held roles as CEO of Ericsson Thailand and Head of Global Customer Unit Telenor group, as well as Head of Enterprise Business in Western Central Europe.
Nadine holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Warwick.
Anders Grevstad, CEO BNB (UK) Ltd & Head of DNB CEMEA
Raymond Walsh, General Manager, Wärtsilä Energy Storage
Wärtsilä Energy Storage is driving the transition to a 100% renewable energy future, combining time-tested technology with deep grid expertise, helping customers and the energy sector accelerate global decarbonisation.
Raymond held various leadership positions in over 30 years of experience in the energy business with Wärtsilä in Finland. This includes heading the project management organisation for Europe, Asia, and Australia. He has also led technology development for renewable and thermal power generation. His international business and project leadership experience spans South Asia, the Middle East, and South America.
Raymond holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) Degree from University College Dublin, Ireland.
Siofra White, Country Manager, London Branch, Danske Bank
Siofra Whyte is the Country Manager for the London Branch of Danske Bank A/S, bringing international perspective and steady, values-led leadership to one of the world’s most dynamic financial centres.
After more than five years with Danske Bank in Copenhagen, she relocated to London in 2024 to take on this role—building bridges across markets and helping teams thrive amid complexity and change.
Recognised for her leadership across global banking, compliance, and corporate governance, Siofra Whyte has built a career defined by clarity, courage, and sound judgement—strengthening businesses and shaping strategic approaches to risk management in multinational environments.
A passionate advocate for developing others, she is actively engaged in training future leaders, sharing hard-won experience and equipping them with the skills to navigate difficult decisions with confidence and integrity.
With senior experience across leading financial institutions and a career spanning multiple disciplines and business lines, she brings a whole-system view of how organisations can grow responsibly—balancing ambition with resilience.
Jaye Cowle, CEO & Founder, Launch
Jaye Cowle is the CEO and Founder of Launch, the performance marketing growth agency Powered by Happiness™️. She believes happy people deliver the best results and has built Launch on that ethos: a high-performing team where positivity, trust, and collaboration drive measurable growth. Launch partners with ambitious brands like Icelandair, to go beyond short-term wins to deliver sustainable growth through advertising. https://www.launchonline.co.uk/
Moderated by: Saga Palmer, Senior Partnerships Executive, Goodwille Ltd
As Senior Partnerships Executive at Goodwille, Saga leads the company’s collaborations, strategic alliances and brand building across the UK, the Netherlands, and Northern Europe. With a background in journalism, she spent several years working at some of Sweden’s leading media outlets before relocating to London in 2020. Prior to joining Goodwille, Saga was part of the communications team at the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK, where she represented the Swedish business community in London, and in the wider UK.
