Annual Dinner

Our next Annual Dinner, being the 92nd will take place on Thursday 19th April 2012. This dinner is "black tie"

We have chosen to return to the Thames Room in the Park Plaza Riverbank London. Please enter by the main entrance.

Situated on the south side of the River Thames, the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel London offers guests quality accommodation and an ideal location. The London lodging boasts 394 deluxe guestrooms with great amenities and is home to Chino Latino Brasserie, Bar and Lounge. Many hotel rooms and suites offer stunning views of the River Thames and the city skyline. The comfortable accommodations, world-class amenities and prime location make this hotel the ideal choice for the trip to London.

A special room rate will apply for the annual dinner of £130 + VAT including full English breakfast. Contact the hotel directly on +44 (0) 207 7692555, quoting “NAPM Annual Dinner - Block Code NATIO19041”

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Speakers

Pascal Lebard

Pascal is the In 2004, he became a member of the Executive Board of Sequana, becoming Deputy Managing Director in May 2005. Since 1st July 2007 he is Chief Excecutive Officer of Sequana. Pascal began his career in 1986 at Credit Commercial de France in London and Paris. In 1988, he joined UK private equity firm 3i Group Plc, where he was successively Business Manager, Director of Investments and Associate Director of the Paris office. He joined the Exor Group (part of the Agnelli Group) as Director of Investments in 1991. In 2004, he became a member of the Executive Board of Sequana, becoming Deputy Managing Director in May 2005. Since 1st July 2007 he is Chief Excecutive Officer of Sequana Capital. He is also President of Antalis International and Arjowiggins and Director of SGS. Born in 1962, Pascal Lebard is a graduate of EDHEC Business School.

For the day job Ian Robertson is the BBC Rugby Correspondent covering both Radio and TV. In the evening he is a very amusing, entertaining and highly articulate after-dinner speaker, Although happy to accept any challenge, he specialises in Sportsmen's Dinners, golf days (a very competitive handicap of 16) dinners and conferences for the business world. He enjoys entertaining mixed audiences. Robertson's entire life has been one of unexpected twists and turns; as a schoolboy cricketer at George Watson's in Edinburgh his sixth-form batting and bowling figures earned him an honourable mention in Wisden, as a school teacher he introduced Tony Blair to the delights of English literature, as Richard Burton's biographer he spent a week in Los Angeles interviewing Liz Taylor with whom he flirted outrageously, and, as a broadcaster his emotional radio description of Jonny Wilkinson's 2003 World Cup-winning dropped goal came second in a 5 Live poll to find the greatest sporting commentary of all time. "Thirty-five seconds to go…this is the one…it's coming back for Jonny Wilkinson…he drops for World Cup glory…it's up, it's over (accompanied by a strangled shriek of triumph emitted by Rob Andrew at his side)…he's done it…Jonny Wilkinson is England's hero yet again…" finishing runner-up to Brian Johnson and Jonathan Agnew's famous, "Just couldn't quite get his leg over…" fit of the giggles and ahead of Kenneth Wolstenholme's, "They think it's all over - it is now…"

Local Airports

London City Airport (LCY)
Distance from hotel: 9.7 miles / 15.5 km
Drive time: 18 minutes
Directions: Start out going North on Royal Docks Road, enter next roundabout and take 1st exit onto Newham Way. Keep right at the fork to continue on Newham Way which becomes East India Dock Road. Turn slight left onto East India Dock Road Tunnel, turn slight right onto Aspen Way. Keep right at the fork to continue on Aspen Way. Keep right at the fork to go on Limehouse Link. Turn slight left onto the Highway, which becomes East Smithfield. Turn sharp left onto the Tower Bridge approach which becomes Tower Bridge. Tower Bridge becomes A100, which in turn becomes Tower Bridge Road. Enter next roundabout and take 2nd exit onto New Kent Road. Enter next roundabout and take 2nd exit onto St Georges Road. Turn slight left onto Lambeth Road. Enter next roundabout and take 1st exit onto Albert Embankment. Pass the International Maritime Organisation on your left and Park Plaza Riverbank London will appear on your left hand side, opposite Tate Britain.
Public Transport: £5.00 *
Taxi fare: £25.00 *
*All fares are approximate and are based on a one way journey

London Heathrow (LHR)
Distance from hotel: 18.4 miles / 29.6 km
Drive time: 36 minutes
Directions: Take M4 to London. Drive towards Junction 4, at roundabout take 3rd exit to join motorway M4. At Junction 2 take right-hand lane (signposted Central London), keep driving to join A4. At Hogarth roundabout take 2nd exit. Take Junction to Hammersmith (signposted Central London) and drive onto the Hammersmith Flyover. At the traffic signals forward then immediately take right-hand lane (signposted Westminster). At next traffic signals turn right onto A3220 (one way) and you will pass Earls Court Underground Station on your right. Continue driving forward until Junction A304/A308. Turn left at traffic signals onto Cheyne Walk (Thames Embankment) and continue forward along the Chelsea Embankment A3212 (signposted Central London). Pass Albert Bridge and Chelsea Bridge and turn right to cross Vauxhall Bridge. Continue forward and turn left onto Albert Embankment A3036. Continue forward and Park Plaza Riverbank London will appear on your right hand side, opposite Tate Britain.
Taxi fare: £50.00 *
Public Transport: £5.00 *
*All fares are approximate and are based on a one way journey

Gatwick Airport (LGW)
Distance from hotel: 28 miles / 45.1 km
Drive time: 54 minutes
Directions: Drive towards Junction with A23 and at roundabout take 3rd exit A23 (signposted M23). At next roundabout take 1st exit (signposted London) to join Motorway M23. Continue driving to join the A23. Follow signs for Central London, Croydon. Continue driving forward and take 2nd exit at the Lombard Roundabout, Junction with A236. Take 2nd exit again at next roundabout, Junction A235/B266, and follow signs for Selhurst, Central London. Continue driving on the A23 and pass Streatham Station on the left. Follow signs for Central London. Brixton Station will appear on the right. Turn left at traffic signals onto the A203 into Stockwell Road (signposted Central London, West End). At traffic signals bear right, then keep left signposted Central London, West End. Vauxhall Park will appear on your right and then turn right onto Albert Embankment A3036. Continue forward and Park Plaza Riverbank London will appear on your right hand side, opposite Tate Britain.
Taxi fare: £80.00*
Public Transport: £11.00*
*All fares are approximate and are based on a one way journey

Brian Greenan is our regular toastmaster, he was President of the Society of London Toastmasters in 1998. His clients include the Variety Club, the Lord's Taverners, the Lady Taverners and the Lady Rattlings, as well as many other high profile charities, institutions, organisations and corporate clients. In January 2004 he was the Toastmaster for the Royal Inaugural Ball on board the world's biggest cruise ship the Queen Mary 2, just one of the many Royal functions he has done. In October 2004 he was made an Honorary Barker of the Variety Club of Great Britain. Brian is one of London’s busiest and best known Toastmasters. His many years of experience have given him the ability to advise, adapt and provide instant solutions, while his charm, flexibility and eye for detail ensure that every client gets a quality of professional service that is unsurpassed.