For the first of the 2023 Warden’s Talks, we are delighted that the Chair of Historic England (formerly English Heritage), Sir Laurie Magnus, has agreed to speak.

Sir Laurie was Deputy Chairman of the National Trust from 2005 to 2013 and an elected member of the Trust’s Council since 2003. He was appointed as the Prime Minister's new Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests on 22 December 2022.

Sir Laurie is a Senior Adviser at Evercore Partners, the investment banking group, and holds a number of listed company non-executive directorships within the finance sector. He has over 40 years’ experience in the corporate finance advisory business, including in South East Asia.

The title of Sir Laurie’s talk is deliberately wide ranging and we look forward to both his talk and the Q&A session afterwards.