The full agenda for R3’s upcoming annual conference has been announced, with headline sponsor CAPA due to appear in a speaker line-up featuring BBC economics editor Faisal Islam and a host of restructuring experts.

Islam will be a keynote speaker at the conference next month, which will be held at the Beaumont Estate, Windsor, as it returns as a physical event from May 18 to 20.

The broadcaster will join a range of legal and corporate restructuring professionals drawn from various business rescue companies, law firms and the government. These include:

  • Christina Fitzgerald, partner, Edwin Coe and R3 president;
  • Dean Beale, chief executive, The Insolvency Service;
  • Raquel Agnello, QC, Erskine Chambers;
  • Jim Morrison, debt management enforcement and insolvency lead, HMRC;
  • Claire Howell, insolvency partner, Antony Batty & Company;
  • Ian Corfield, partner, FRP Advisory;
  • Mike Sheath, director and co-founder, CAPA;
  • Marcus Rea, senior managing director, Teneo Restructuring;
  • Melanie Leech, chief executive, BPF;
  • Matt Meehan, head of Europe, partner, Sandton Capital.

Other speakers from firms including RSM Restructuring UK, Smith & Williamson, Keidan Harrison, Begbies Traynor and South Square are also on the agenda.

CAPA’s co-founder Mike Sheath will be appearing alongside panellists who will explore the new Commercial Rent Arrears Arbitration Scheme.

They will discuss how effective the scheme could be in resolving rent arrears disputes – a long-running issue that the pandemic has exacerbated in retail and other sectors.

Registration for the event can be completed on R3’s website.