Michelle Nelson QC of Red Lion Chambers

Michelle Nelson QC is a highly experienced barrister and defends and prosecutes across the criminal spectrum, having been involved in a large number of high profile cases.  She is passionately committed to social justice and is a trustee of the Prison Reform Trust, and Chair of Ekaya Housing Association, a Housing Association set up for young single BME mothers. Previously she was trustee of Scene & Heard, a charity helping children in Somers Town to write and have performed plays.

She is head of the Equality and Diversity Committee at Red Lion Chambers and in the past has sat on the Bar Council Race Relations Committee and on the Conduct and Complaints Committee.

Pierre Davis, Chief Legal Officer, S&P Global Platts

Pierre Davis is an attorney in the Global Legal and Regulatory Affairs team of S&P Global and serves as Chief Legal Officer for S&P Global Platts, a division of S&P Global and the leading independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets. Based in London, Pierre is responsible for all legal support for Platts and is a member of the Platts Operating Committee.

Pierre joined S&P Global in 2005 as Associate General Counsel, and, in addition to his responsibilities at Platts, provides legal advice and counseling to S&P Global in the areas of general litigation and prelitigation, the impact of regulation on various S&P Global businesses, employment law, First Amendment and press freedoms, print and electronic publishing law, as well as assisting with internal investigations.

Prior to joining S&P Global, Pierre was an associate in the Litigation Department in the New York office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he focused on intellectual property litigation, with a specific emphasis on copyright law.

In addition to his legal duties, Pierre serves on the Commodity Markets Council Europe (CMCE)

Executive Committee, is a founding member of S&P Global’s employee resource group, Black

Organization for Leadership and Development (BOLD), and through BOLD and other initiatives,

has a deep commitment to diversity efforts both inside the Company and in the broader

community.

Pierre received a bachelor’s degree from University of California, Los Angeles, and his juris doctorate degree from Columbia Law School.

East London Business Alliance

East London Business Alliance (ELBA) has over 30 years of experience in enabling successful partnerships between business and the community. ELBA’s mission is to create possibilities to bring about positive change in London by channeling the wide-reaching resources and influence of the private sector to address key areas of need.

Every year, ELBA helps hundreds of people into work in London through its award-winning Employment Works programme, places thousands of business volunteers into the community, and works with hundreds of local organisations across east London.