Speaker profile: Stuart Beaver

Stuart is the Director of Partnership & Community Programmes at Lloyds Banking Group. He is accountable for the design and delivery of customer, stakeholder and internal engagement programmes that drive brand sentiment, deliver measureable social-economic outcomes, and demonstrate the Group’s purpose; to ‘Help Britain Prosper’. Prior to his current role, Stuart was a lead on Lloyds Banking Group’s partnership with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, seeing it through from conception to delivery, over five years. In 2014, it was voted ‘Best Sponsorship Of The Last 20 Years’ at the UK Sponsorship Awards. Stuart has held senior management roles across the marketing and corporate communications spectrum, and has particular expertise in partnership development, working with brands, rights holders, agencies,government and NGOs. He is passionate about creating authentic partnerships, founded on clear alignment of partner objectives, committed resources and accountability for delivering measureable outcomes. On a personal level, he has a real passion for sport, and is a Board member with Youth Sport Direct and Streetleague ~ organisations dedicated to drivingparticipation and development through sport. Stuart is also a mentor to socialentrepreneurs & talent programmes and is a serial charity fundraiser.