If you would like to know more about the work of the Industry Forum or your organisation would like to become a member please contact:
Rod Dowler, Chairman at rdowler@industry-forum.org
Jo Wyer, Manager at jwyer@industry-forum.org
- The Industry Forum Ltd, 31 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 5HJ
- +44 (0)20 7434 0090
- info@industry-forum.org
- Events
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Events
The core Industry Forum membership programme focuses on a range of key current or strategic issues and features some 20-plus meetings per year on topics chosen by members. Our events are informal and interactive, and adhere to the… read more
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Membership
Membership is open to businesses, trade bodies and other organisations operating in the UK and with an interest in business-related public policy in the UK and Europe. Members of the Industry Forum include leading international enterprises from Industry Forum members…read more
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- About
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About
The Industry Forum promotes constructive dialogue between public policy makers, industry operating in the UK, and leading commentators. It has operated for over 20 years and has established good relations with the main political parties….read more
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People
Board of Directors
Rod Dowler, Executive Chair
Rod is a business adviser, executive, and business angel who is Executive Chair of the Industry Forum, a highly active London-based business policy forum that promotes dialogue between senior UK policy-makers and the business community. He is a board member of AgeneBio a US life sciences, spin-out from Johns Hopkins, which is developing therapeutics to preserve and restore brain function for patients at risk from neurological and psychiatric diseases; the lead, late-stage clinical programme is focussed on Alzheimer’s Disease. After graduation in Physics from Oxford, Rod worked as a softw...
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Diana Sternfeld, Director
Diana is a well-known patent litigator, working particularly in life sciences with an international practice in that area. As well as acting in patent disputes in all UK courts, she advises on international disputes and coordinates and assists with actions in other jurisdictions and patent offices. Diana graduated from the University of Sussex with a degree in mathematics, statistics and economics. After a period with the civil service, she retrained as a solicitor. On qualification, Diana joined the central London commercial firm of Stringer Saul. She managed that practice for three yea...
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Andrew Smith, Chief Economic Adviser
Andrew Smith is an independent economist and commentator. Formerly Chief Economist at KPMG, and before that Chief Economist and Investment Strategist at Credit Lyonnais Laing he is a member of the UK Government Secretary of State’s Panel on the Economy at BIS and a Board Member of the Centre for International Business and Management at the University of Bath. Andrew has an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and an M Phil in Economics from Oxford University.
Read moreDiana Sternfeld, Director
Diana is a well-known patent litigator, working particularly in life sciences with an international practice in that area. As well as acting in patent disputes in all UK courts, she advises on international disputes and coordinates and assists with actions in other jurisdictions and patent offices. Diana graduated from the University of Sussex with a degree in mathematics, statistics and economics. After a period with the civil service, she retrained as a solicitor. On qualification, Diana joined the central London commercial firm of Stringer Saul. She managed that practice for three yea...
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Ashley Goodall,
Ashley Goodall is an experienced Marketing Consultant to charitable, business, cultural and financial brands. Ashley currently works as a Consultant for Iraq Britain Business Council, Crossborder capital and the AMAR Foundation in London and a Chinese creative investment fund. His work includes connecting organisations with audiences, traditional press and media communications, events and digital and government affairs. As MD of Saatchi & Saatchi Design, Ashley ran large branding projects for clients such as Barclays Capital, Raifeissen bank, The Post office, A1 telecom Austria, H...
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Melissa Dowler,
Melissa Dowler is a director of Bell Phillips Architects, a 35 person practice based in Wapping and working predominantly in the housing sector. Over the last decade BPA has developed a strong reputation for delivering exemplar affordable housing and has won numerous regional and national design awards including RIBA, Civic Trust and Housing Design Awards. Beyond housing BPA has a growing body of public projects including the award winning Gasholder Park at Kings Cross Central.
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Marie Jouliac, Director
Marie held the position of General Manager of the Industry Forum from 1995 – 2002, working initially with the Forum’s founder Gerald Frankel in building the membership, arranging the events programme and organising research activities. She has also worked for PR consultancies, KPMG and Reed Exhibitions as PA to the Chief Executive.
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