Nick Kilhams Memorial Lecture 2025

The LMA and the Nick Kilhams Foundation (NKF) would like to invite you to the fourth annual Nick Kilhams Memorial Lecture.

The event will be chaired by Tim Bradford, Chairman of the NKF. The event will include:

• Update from James’ Place Charity
• Keynote lecture 1: “A Diplomatic Correspondent’s view” James Landale, Diplomatic Correspondent, BBC
• Keynote lecture 2: “What happened to emerging markets?” Jonathan Young, Chief Executive Officer, Gryphon Holdings plc

About James Landale
James is the BBC’s diplomatic correspondent. Before that, he was the BBC’s deputy political editor and presented programmes such as The Andrew Marr Show, Daily Politics and The World This Weekend. James joined the BBC in 2003 after a spending a decade at The Times, primarily as a political correspondent in the Westminster lobby. He also worked as the paper’s Brussels correspondent and assistant foreign news editor.

About Jonathan Young
Jonathan Young is an investment banker who has worked at Chase Manhattan Bank in London, Carnegie (Sweden’s leading investment bank) and Gryphon Holdings plc, an investment firm focused on Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (CEEMENA). His book on the region, Frontier: An Emerging Markets Story, was published in July 2025 and was chosen by Tej Parikh in the Financial Times as his “gripping” economics pick of the summer.

About James’ Place Charity
The NKF is proud to support James’ Place Charity, a charity dedicated to saving the lives of men in suicidal crisis. James’ Place Charity provides free, life-saving treatment at its centres in Liverpool, London and Newcastle. Its professional therapists work quickly to get to the heart of a man’s crisis and help him resolve it. Since 2018, the charity has supported more than 3,600 men, helping them find hope for the future.

About NKF
Tragically, Nick Kilhams died from suicide early one Saturday morning in May 2021. NKF’s mission is to keep Nick’s memory and legacy alive in the marketplace that he loved so dearly. NKF fears others in the industry may be struggling to deal with their inner thoughts and mental health challenges.

They hope that by bringing Nick’s story to the fore, others will be brave enough to share and talk openly if they need help. NKF aims to raise money to fund mental health resources, to aid anyone in our market that needs help.

If you have any questions about this event, please email jackie.clark@lmalloyds.com.

Audience

This lecture is open to political risk and credit market practitioners, including those with an interest in the work of the NKF; advancing education and raising awareness of mental health issues.